back 223 B.C. Olympiad 139.2

Consuls: C. Flaminius C.f., P. Furius Sp.f. Philus

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1 SYR << Seleucus sets out to attack Attalus, leaving Hermeias as vice-regent.
@ Polyb_5.41'2.
2 CIS The Roman consuls cross the river Po, but their initial attack on the Insubres is unsuccessful.
* Read Polybius' account
@ +Polyb_2.32'1-3;*  ~[Liv]:Per_20'b.
3 PEL Antigonus captures Tegea.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_2.54'5-7,*  58'13; ~Plut:Cleom_23'1; {CAH_7.1'470.}
4 SYR ?? Mnesiptolemus recites his histories to Seleucus.
@ Athen_10.432'b-c<q" Epinicus>.
5 Seleucus III is assassinated, and is succeeded by his brother Antiochus III.
* Read Justin's account
@ +BabylChron_BM.35603'R2-3; Polyb_2.71'4, 4.2'7, 48'6-8, 5.40'6, 39.8'5-6; Appian:Syr_66'a; Just_29.1'3;*  Trog:Prol_27; Porph:Fr_44; +[Euseb]:Chron_253'b, 263'a; +Hieron:Chron_1794; Sulpit_2.19'a; Malal_205; ExcBarb_46A; {CAH_7.1'430; OCD_s.}
6 ASI Antiochus appoints Achaeus to command his forces in Asia Minor.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_4.48'9-10,*  5.40'7.
7 PEL Cleomenes enters Megalopolis in a surprise attack, but is forced out again.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_2.55'5, 9.18'1-4;*  {CAH_7.1'470.}
8 ROM The senate sends a letter to Flaminius, abrogating his consulship.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Liv_21.63'2, '12; ValMax_1.6'6;L  Plut:Marc_4'1-4,*  :Fab_2'4; +Oros_4.13'12-14;L  +Zonar_8.20'c-d; {OCD_f.}
9 CIS Flaminius defeats the Insubres.
* Read Polybius' account
@ +Polyb_2.32'4-33'9;*  Liv_22.6'3; Silius_5'107-113,L  '137-143,L  '646-654,L  6'21-26; Plut:Marc_4'5, :Fab_2'4; +Oros_4.13'14;L  +Zonar_8.20'd-f; {CAH_7.2'435; OCD_f..}
10 PEL Antigonus captures Orchomenus.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_2.54'8-11,*  4.6'4-6; ~Plut:Cleom_23'1, :Arat_45'1; {CAH_7.1'470.}
11 Antigonus captures Mantineia, Heraea and Telphusa.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Polyb_2.54'11-13, 56'6-16, 58'10-13, 61'1; ~Plut:Cleom_23'1, :Arat_45'6-7;*  {CAH_7.1'470; Green_701.}
12 ++ The early life and education of Philopoemen.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_10.22'1-4;*  Plut:Phil_1'1-5, 4'1-10; Paus_8.49'2-3; Suda_Ph'409.
13 Cleomenes raises extra troops by freeing helots, and captures Megalopolis.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Polyb_2.55'1-9, 61'2-62'12, 5.93'2; Liv_38.34'7; ~Plut:Cleom_23'1-25'1,*  26'2, 29'3, :Phil_5'1-5; Paus_4.29'7-8, 7.7'4, 8.27'15-16, 28'7, 49'4; Macrob:Sat_1.11'34;L  {CAH_7.1'470-471; OCD_c.}
14 Antigonus attends an Achaean assembly at Aegium.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_2.54'13-14;*  ~Plut:Cleom_25'2-3.
15 EGY {21 Thoth-E = November} Document: PEleph_28, a letter from Mnesarchus to Antipater concerning a payment for elephant hunters.
@ Bagnall_101.
16 ROM ?? Q.Sulpicius resigns as flamen dialis, after his cap falls off during a sacrifice.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ValMax_1.1'5;L  ~Plut:Marc_5'5.* 

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