back 237 B.C. Olympiad 135.4

Consuls: L. Cornelius L.f. Lentulus Caudinus, Q. Fulvius M.f. Flaccus
Achaean General: Aratus (V)

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1 AFR << Hamilcar and Hanno are reconciled, and defeat Mathus in a pitched battle.
@ ~Polyb_1.87'7-10; {CAH_7.2'568.}
2 ++ General comments on the Mercenary War.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_1.65'3-8,*  2.1'3; Gell_5.21'15<q" Cato:Orig_4'5>; Diod_25.2'1, 8'1; Appian:Hisp_4'b, :Pun_5'b.
3 << Utica surrenders to the Carthaginians: the end of the Mercenary War.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_1.88'1-7;*  Diod_25.5'3, ~6'1; Nepos_22.2'4-5; ~Liv_21.2'1; Zonar_8.17'h; {CAH_7.2'568.}
4 EGY {Audnaeus -M = April} Date of PMich+_70, a royal decree in response to a petition of Zenon.
@ Bagnall_108.
5 NUM Hamilcar campaigns against the Numidians.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~Diod_25.8'1<v>, 26.23'1; ~Nepos_22.2'5; Frontin:Str_4.7'18; ~Appian:Hisp_4'c,*  :Hann_2'a; {It is unclear whether all the sources refer to the same event.}
6 CIS Flaccus escapes after being surrounded by a band of Gauls.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ +Eutrop_3.2'1; +Zonar_8.18'c-d.* 
7 AFR The Carthaginians appoint Hamilcar to be their general in Spain.
@ ~Diod_25.8'1; {OCD_h.}
8 Hannibal the son of Hamilcar swears an oath of enmity to Rome.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_3.11'5-7;*  Nepos_23.2'3-5; ~Liv_21.1'4, 35.19'3; ValMax_9.3e'3;L  Silius_1'70-139,L  13'744-747;L  Flor_1.22'2;L  Appian:Hisp_9'a, :Hann_3'b; [Vict]:VirIll_42'1;L  Oros_4.14'3;L  {OCD_han.}
9 Hamilcar sails from Carthage to Spain.
* Read Nepos' account
@ ~Polyb_2.1'5-7, 15.19'3; Diod_25.10'1; Nepos_22.3'1-4'2;*  ~Liv_21.2'1, 16'5, 30.35'10; Silius_1'140-141;L  ~Appian:Hisp_5'a, :Hann_2'a; Ampel_28'4; Just_44.5'4; ~Oros_4.19'4;L  Zonar_8.17'h; {CAH_7.2'671; Green_699.}
10 ASI Attalus defeats the Galatians by the river Caicus.
* Read Polyaenus' account
@ OGI_276<t= Austin_197>; Polyb_18.41'7; Liv_33.21'3, 38.16'4; Strab_13.624'a;(4.2)  Frontin:Str_1.11'15, 2.13'1; Paus_1.4'5-6, 8'1; Polyaen_4.20'1;*  {CAH_7.1'429; Green_699.}
11 PHO ?? The city of Aradus makes an alliance with Seleucus, by the terms of which it is allowed to accept and protect fugitives.
@ Strab_16.754'c;(2.14)  {During the war between Seleucus and Antiochus Hierax.}
12 ROM >> Hieron of Syracuse visits Rome.
* Read Eutropius' account
@ Eutrop_3.1'2,*  +2'1.

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