217 B.C. Olympiad 140.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM Sempronius returns to Rome to hold elections for new consuls.
* Read Livy's account @ ~Liv_21.15'6,* 57'4; ~Zonar_8.25'a; {CAH_8'49.} |
|---|---|
| 2 | EGY {27 Daesius -M = 29 Hathur -E = January} Document: PEnteux_48, a petition from Pistus son of Leontomenes.
@ PLoeb_2.270. |
| 3 | PEL << The incompetence of the Achaean general Eperatus allows Pyrrhias to lead an Aetolian raid into Achaea.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_5.30'1-6,* 91'4; {CAH_7.1'480.} |
| 4 | CIS Hannibal makes an unsuccessful attack on Placentia.
* Read Livy's account @ Diod_25.17'1; ~Liv_21.57'5-14,* 27.39'14; ~Appian:Hann_7'c; ~Zonar_8.24'e-f. |
| 5 | Hannibal retires to winter quarters in Cisalpine Gaul.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_3.77'3-78'4;* ~Zonar_8.24'g-h. |
| 6 | Hannibal crosses the Apennines.
* Read Livy's account @ ~Liv_21.58'1-59'10;* Silius_4'739-748;L +Oros_4.14'8;L ~Zonar_8.24'g; {OCD_h.} |
| 7 | ROM Bad omens at Rome.
* Read Livy's account @ ~Liv_21.62'1-11;* ValMax_1.6'5;L ~Plut:Fab_2'2-3; DioCass_fr.57'7; +Oros_4.15'1.L |
| 8 | The new consuls make preparations for fighting against Hannibal.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_3.75'1-8;* +Appian:Hann_8'a-c. |
| 9 | {March -R} Flaminius enters his consulship at Ariminum.
* Read Livy's account @ Liv_21.15'6, 63'1-15,* +22.1'5-7; Silius_4'707-721.L |
| 10 | ETR Hannibal follows a difficult route through marshes into Etruria.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_3.78'1-80'1;* Nepos_24.4'2-3; +Liv_22.1'1-4, 2'1-11; Strab_5.217'c;(1.11) Silius_4'749-762;L Juvenal_10'154-158;L +Oros_4.15'2-3;L +Zonar_8.25'b-c. |
| 11 | SPA Cn.Scipio defeats a Carthaginian fleet near the Ebro.
* Read Livy's account @ Sosyl_1; +Polyb_3.95'1-96'6; +Liv_22.19'1-20'3;* Frontin:Str_4.7'9; ~Zonar_9.1'a; {CAH_8'57; OCD_s.} |
| 12 | PEL Aratus becomes general of the Achaean League.
@ Polyb_5.30'7; {CAH_7.1'480.} |
| 13 | Lycurgus returns to Sparta and invades Messenia.
@ +Polyb_5.91'1-92'10. |
| 14 | Aratus puts an end to civil dissension at Megalopolis.
@ +Polyb_5.93'1-10. |
| 15 | Lycus of Pharae defeats the Aetolians near Leontium.
@ +Polyb_5.94'1-9. |
| 16 | ETR Hannibal devastates the countryside in Etruria.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_3.80'3-82'10;* Cic:Div_1'77,L 2'67;L +Liv_22.3'1-14; Silius_5'66-69;L Plut:Fab_2'2-3'1; Flor_1.22'14;L +Appian:Hann_9'a-b; AmmMarc_15.10'11;L +Oros_4.15'4;L +Zonar_8.25'd; {OCD_h.} |
| 17 | AFR The Carthaginians demand Hannibal's son for a human sacrifice.
@ Silius_4'763-829;L {This is clearly unhistorical.} |
| 18 | SPA P.Scipio arrives in Spain.
* Read Livy's account @ +Polyb_3.97'1-5; +Liv_22.20'4-22'3;* Appian:Hisp_15'a, +:Hann_8'b; ~Zonar_9.1'b; {CAH_8'57; OCD_s.} |
| 19 | PAL {13 June} The Egyptian army advances to meet Antiochus.
@ +Polyb_5.79'1-80'7. |
| 20 | ETR {21 June -R} Hannibal defeats and kills Flaminius at Lake Trasimene.
* Read Livy's account @ +Polyb_3.81'9-85'6, 5.101'3, 105'3; Cic:ND_2'8,L :Div_1'77,L 2'21;L Nepos_23.4'3; +Liv_22.4'1-7'5;* #Ovid:Fast_6'763-768;L Strab_5.226'e-227'a;(2.9) ValMax_1.6'6;L Frontin:Str_2.5'24, 6'4, 4.7'25; Silius_5'1-6'61;L Plut:Fab_3'1-3; Flor_2.6'13-14;L +Appian:Hann_10'a-c; Eutrop_3.9'2; +Oros_4.15'5-7;L +Zonar_8.25'd-h; {CAH_8'49; OCD_f.} |
| 21 | PAL {22 June} The Egyptian army defeats Antiochus at Raphia.
* Read Polybius' account @ Daniel_11'11-12; +Polyb_5.81'1-86'11;* 3Macc_1'1-5, 3'14; Strab_16.759'e;(2.31) Plut:Mor_972'C; Aelian:NA_7'44; Just_30.1'6; Trog:Prol_30; Porph:Fr_44; {CAH_7.1'437; Green_289-290.} |
| 22 | ETR Maharbal defeats a Roman cavalry force led by C.Centenius.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_3.86'1-5;* Nepos_23.4'3; +Liv_22.8'1; +Appian:Hann_11'a-b, 17'a; +Zonar_8.25'h. |
| 23 | GRE The Eleans and Aetolians make raids into their opponents' territory.
@ +Polyb_5.95'1-96'8. |
| 24 | MAC An unsuccessful attack by Philippus on Melitaea.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_5.97'1-98'11,* 9.18'5-9; {CAH_7.1'480.} |
| 25 | {June} Philippus captures Thebae in Phthiotis.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_5.99'1-100'11;* Diod_26.9'1; Liv_28.7'12; {CAH_7.1'480.} |
| 26 | ROM {? July} Q.Fabius Maximus is appointed dictator, and collects new recruits for the army, including some freedman.
* Read Livy's account @ +Polyb_3.85'7-10, 86'6-7, 87'6-9, 88'7-8; +Liv_22.7'6-8'7,* 9'7-11'9, 31'8-11; +FastCap_p60; ValMax_9.12'2;L Silius_6'552-595,L '609-640,L 7'1-89;L Plut:Fab_3'4-5'1; +Appian:Hann_11'b-12'a; Polyaen_8.14'1; DioCass_fr.57'8; Macrob:Sat_1.11'31;L +Zonar_8.25'i-j; {CAH_8'50; OCD_f.} |
| 27 | MAC << Document: SIG_532, an inscription from Lamia in honour of the poetess Aristodama.
@ Burstein_64. |
| 28 | ETR Hannibal advances to the Adriatic coast and rests his army in Picenum.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_3.86'8-87'5,* 88'1-6; +Liv_22.9'1-6; Silius_6'595-609,L '641-650,L 17'320-321; +Appian:Hann_12'a; +Zonar_8.25'h; {CAH_8'50.} |
| 29 | M.Cato serves as a soldier in the Roman army for the first time.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Nepos:Cat_1'2; Plut:CatMai_1'8;* {Cato was 17 years old at the time.} |
| 30 | Fabius declines to enter a set battle with Hannibal.
* Read Livy's account @ +Polyb_3.88'9-90'6; Diod_26.3'1-2; +Liv_22.12'1-12;* Sen:Dial_3.11'5; Silius_7'90-157;L Plut:Fab_5'1-6, :Mor_195'C; +Appian:Hann_12'a-b; Polyaen_8.14'1; DioCass_fr.57'9-10; +Zonar_8.25'j-l; {CAH_8'50.} |
| 31 | ITA Hannibal crosses to Campania, which he lays waste.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_3.90'7-92'7;* +Liv_22.13'1-14'15, 25'7; Silius_6'651-716,L 7'158-271;L (?) Polyaen_6.38'9; DioCass_fr.57'8; +Zonar_8.25'i; {OCD_h.} |
| 32 | Hannibal is trapped by Fabius near Falernum, but escapes.
* Read Livy's account @ +Polyb_3.92'8-94'8; Nepos_23.5'1-2; +Liv_22.15'1-18'6;* Quint_2.17'19; Frontin:Str_1.5'28; Silius_7'272-380,L 12'501-504;L Plut:Fab_6'1-7'2; +Appian:Hann_13'b-15'b; Polyaen_6.38'8; +Zonar_8.26'a-c; {CAH_8'50.} |
| 33 | SPA Abelux persuades Bostar to release the Spanish hostages from Saguntum.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_3.97'6-99'9;* +Liv_22.22'4-21; ~Zonar_9.1'b-c. |
| 34 | PAL Ptolemaeus visits Jerusalem, and attempts to enter the temple.
* Read 3Maccabees' account @ ~3Macc_1'6-2'24,* 3'15-19. |
| 35 | ++ General remarks on the Fourth Syrian War, and the devastation which it caused in Coele Syria.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_1.3'1-2;* Joseph:AJ_12'129-130. |
| 36 | {? September} Peace terms are agreed between Antiochus and the Egyptians; the end of the Fourth Syrian War.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_5.87'1-8,* 14.12'3; Just_30.1'7; Porph:Fr_44; {CAH_7.1'437.} |
| 37 | MAC {21 Hyperberetaeus -M = ? September} Document: SIG_543'1-22, a letter from Philippus to Larissa and a subsequent decree passed by the city assembly.
@ Bagnall_31; {CAH_7.1'511.} |
| 38 | PEL ?? Aratus fails in an attack on Cynaetha.
@ Polyb_9.17'1-10; {At an unspecified date during the Social War.} |
| 39 | GRE Peace terms are agreed at Naupactus between the Aetolians and Philippus and his allies; the end of the Social War.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_3.2'3, 4.28'5, +5.101'5-105'10;* (?) Paus_6.15'2; Just_29.2'1-3'8; {CAH_7.1'481; CAH_8'94.} |
| 40 | {? October} Agelaus becomes general of the Aetolian League.
@ +Polyb_5.107'5-7. |
| 41 | ETR A Carthaginian fleet approaches Caieta in Latium.
@ ~Silius_7'409-493;L {CAH_8'66.} |
| 42 | ITA Roman successes at Geronium.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_3.94'9-10, 100'1-102'11;* +Liv_22.18'7-10, 23'1-24'14; ValMax_3.8'2,L 4.8'1,L 7.3e'8;L Frontin:Str_1.8'2; Silius_7'380-408,L '494-507;L Plut:Fab_7'2-8'2; +Appian:Hann_15'c-16'a; DioCass_fr.57'15, '35; [Vict]:VirIll_43'6-7;L +Zonar_8.26'c-f; {CAH_8'51; OCD_minucius.} |
| 43 | ROM The magister equitum, M.Minucius, is granted the same powers as Fabius.
* Read Livy's account @ +Polyb_3.103'1-8, 106'2, 5.2'4; Nepos_23.5'3; +Liv_22.25'1-27'11;* Silius_7'508-522;L Plut:Fab_8'3-10'5, :Mor_195'C; +Appian:Hann_12'c-13'a; DioCass_fr.57'11, '16-17, '20; [Vict]:VirIll_43'3;L +Zonar_8.26'f-h; {CAH_8'51; OCD_m.} |
| 44 | ITA Fabius saves Minucius from defeat by Hannibal.
* Read Livy's account @ +Polyb_3.104'1-105'11; Diod_26.3'3; Nepos_23.5'3; +Liv_22.28'1-30'10,* 23.11'8-10; ValMax_5.2'4;L Plin:HN_22'10;L Frontin:Str_2.5'22, 4.6'1; Silius_7'523-750,L 9'563-567;L Plut:Fab_11'1-15'3, :Mor_195'D; +Appian:Hann_13'a-b; DioCass_fr.57'19-20; +Zonar_8.26'h-i; {CAH_8'51.} |
| 45 | AFR Servilius raids the African coast.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_3.96'7-14;* +Liv_22.31'1-7; +Zonar_8.26'j-k; {CAH_8'66.} |
| 46 | ILL Philippus invades Illyria.
@ +Polyb_5.108'1-9; {CAH_8'95.} |
| 47 | ROM ?? A woodpecker sits on the head of P.Aelius Tubero, and is interpreted as a bad omen.
@ ValMax_5.6'4;L Plin:HN_10'41;L Frontin:Str_5.10'14; {Before the battle of Cannae; but a similar story about P.Aelius Paetus is listed under 203 B.C..} |
| 48 | >> A plebiscitum removes restrictions to the re-election of consuls for the duration of the war.
@ +Liv_27.6'7; {CAH_8'68.} |
| 49 | >> Gold coins are minted at Rome for the first time, and the weight of the bronze coins is halved.
@ +Plin:HN_33'45,L '47.L |
| 50 | >> A record number of 57 earthquakes are reported at Rome during the year.
@ ~Plin:HN_2'200.L |
| 51 | == The delaying tactics of Fabius earn him the title of Cunctator.
* Read Livy's account @ Ennius:Ann_360-362; Liv_23.11'10;* Verg:Aen_6'845-846; Quint_8.2'11; Frontin:Str_1.3'3; Flor_1.22'27-28;L Ampel_18'6, 46'6; [Vict]:VirIll_43'2;L AmmMarc_29.5'32;L ~Oros_4.15'7.L |
| 52 | ROM == Document: CIL_607,L a dedication by Minucius.
@ ROL_p76. |
| Background
information: | How to use this site | Sources and abbreviations | Geographical labels |
| Symbols used to describe events | Symbols used to describe references |
This page © Andrew Smith, 2008
Attalus' home page
| 09.06.08
|
Any comments?