246 B.C. Olympiad 133.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | CYR << Ecdemus and Demophanes expel Berenice and turn Cyrenaica into an independent federal state.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_10.22'3;* Plut:Phil_1'4; {See Holbl, Ptolemaic Empire, p.46.} |
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| 2 | AEG ?? The animals of Chios fall in love with Glauce the citharode.
@ Plin:HN_10'51;L Plut:Mor_972'F; Aelian:NA_1'6, 5'29, 8'11<+v>, :VH_9'39; {Ael:NA.8.11'c<v> makes this Glauce a contemporary of Ptolemaeus II; she is also mentioned by Hedylus, a poet of the same period.} |
| 3 | GRE ++ General comments on the career of the tragedian Philiscus of Corcyra.
@ Suda_Ph'358. |
| 4 | SYR ?? Ptolemaeus rewards the doctor Cleombrotus for saving the life of Antiochus.
@ Plin:HN_7'123,L 29'5.L |
| 5 | ?? Document: PHib_198, regulations concerning police and judicial procedures.
* Read Bagnall's account @ Austin_250; Bagnall_103.* |
| 6 | ?? The philosopher Hegesias is silenced by Ptolemaeus, because his lectures are too morbid.
@ Cic:Tusc_1'83;L ValMax_8.9e'3.L |
| 7 | ?? Ptolemaeus ridicules the far-fetched grammatical explanations of Sosibius of Laconia.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_11.493'e-494'b;* Suda_S'859. |
| 8 | ?? Ptolemaeus completes a canal between Pelusium and Arsinoe on the Red Sea.
@ Diod_1.33'11-12; Strab_17.804'e.(1.25) |
| 9 | ?? Ptolemaeus attempts to dig a canal between the delta of the river Nile and the Red Sea.
@ Plin:HN_6'165-166.L |
| 10 | ?? Ptolemaeus builds a road between Coptus and Berenice to encourage trade with India.
@ Strab_17.815'b.(1.45) |
| 11 | ?? Ptolemaeus launches a ship with 30 banks of oars.
@ Plin:HN_7'208.L |
| 12 | ?? An elephant falls in love with Menander, a soldier in Ptolemaeus' army.
@ Plin:HN_8'14.L |
| 13 | ?? A dolphin forms a friendship with a boy from Alexandria.
@ Aelian:NA_6'15. |
| 14 | ?? Ptolemaeus dedicates a temple to his concubine Belistiche.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_13.576'e-f<q"* PtolEuerg_4>; Plut:Mor_753'E; ClemAl:Protr_4.42'd. |
| 15 | ?? Ptolemaeus erects statues in honour of Cleino, his wine-pourer.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_10.425'e-f,* 13.576'f. |
| 16 | ?? The architect Timochares begins construction of a temple of Arsinoe at Alexandria.
@ Plin:HN_34'148,L 37'108.L |
| 17 | ?? Ptolemaeus transports the obelisk of Necthebis down the Nile and erects it at Alexandria.
@ Plin:HN_36'67-68.L |
| 18 | ?? Ptolemaeus erects many statues of Arsinoe, who is depicted holding a rhyton in her left hand.
@ Athen_11.497'b-c. |
| 19 | LYC ?? Ptolemaeus rebuilds Patara in Lycia, and calls it Arsinoe.
@ Strab_14.666'a.(3.6) |
| 20 | PON ?? Ptolemaeus pays for a new temple of Heracles at Heracleia.
@ Memn_17'1. |
| 21 | EXT ?? Ergamenes the king of Ethiopia suppresses the priests in his kingdom.
@ Diod_3.6'3-4. |
| 22 | ?? Hunters capture a giant snake in Ethiopia, and present it to Ptolemaeus.
@ Diod_3.36'3-37'8; Aelian:NA_16'39. |
| 23 | ?? Ptolemaeus sends out elephant-hunters, who found the cities of Philotera and Ptolemais in the country of the Troglodytes.
* Read Strabo's account @ OGI_54<t= Bagnall_26>; Strab_16.769'd,* (4.5) 770'd,(4.7) 17.789'e;(1.5) Plin:HN_2'183,L 6'167-168,L '171,L 9'6.L |
| 24 | ?? Pythagoras, an officer of Ptolemaeus, extracts a huge piece of rock-crystal from an Arabian island.
@ Plin:HN_37'24.L |
| 25 | ?? Ptolemaeus sends Dionysius as ambassador to the court of the king of India.
@ Plin:HN_6'58.L |
| 26 | EGY << A crocodile predicts the death of Ptolemaeus.
@ Aelian:NA_8'4. |
| 27 | ++ Ptolemaeus keeps a pet elephant.
@ Aelian:NA_9'58, 11'25. |
| 28 | ++ The prosperous reign of Ptolemaeus, who is a great patron of the arts.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_1.3'a-b, 12.536'e<q"* Phylarch_40>; Plut:Mor_341'A; Ampel_35'3; Aelian:VH_4'15; Porph:Fr_42. |
| 29 | {January 29} The death of Ptolemaeus II, and accession of Ptolemaeus III.
@ +AstrCan_3; OGI_54<t= Bagnall_26>; Strab_17.795'd;(1.11) Joseph:AJ_12'11; ClemAl:Strom_1.21'w; ~[Euseb]:Chron_127'c, 161'b, 169'd; ChronPasc_425'A, 429'A; +Hieron:Chron_1771; Malal_196; ExcBarb_35B; ChronSynt_91'b; GeorgMon_p435'c; {CAH_7.1'503; OCD_p.} |
| 29a | MES {6 Nisan -B = 9 April} Seleucus, Antiochus and Apame, the children of Antiochus and Laodice, attend a ceremony in Babylon.
@ BabylChron_11x.A'O11-13. |
| 30 | {June} A festival is held at an estate near Babylon, which had been given by Antiochus to his wife Laodice.
@ BabylChron_11x.B'O3-5, 16'O2-13. |
| 30a | AEG << Document: SIG_443, a decree of Chios in honour of the Aetolians.
@ Austin_52. |
| 31 | GRE ?? The philosopher Lycon rejects an invitation to visit Antiochus.
@ DiogLaert_5'67.(L.4) |
| 32 | THR ?? Antiochus besieges Cypsela.
@ Polyaen_4.16'1. |
| 33 | EXT ?? Antiochus encourages exploration of the Indian Ocean.
@ Plin:HN_2'167.L |
| 34 | ASI ?? Antiochus grants rights of citizenship to the Greeks(?) in Ionia.
@ Joseph:AJ_12'125. |
| 35 | SYR ++ Antiochus maintains a herd of elephants.
@ Plin:HN_8'11,L '12.L |
| 36 | ++ Antiochus treats Herodotus, a reciter of mimes, and Archelaus, a dancer, with great honour.
@ Athen_1.19'c. |
| 37 | ++ Antiochus is regularly drunk, and entrusts the government of his kingdom to his favourites, Aristus and Themison.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_7.289'f-290'a,* 10.438'c-d<q" Phylarch_6>; Aelian:VH_2'41. |
| 38 | {month5 -B = August} The death of Antiochus II, and accession of Seleucus II.
* Read Appian's account @ BabylChron_10'R5-6, #11x.A'R5-6, #BM.35603'O11-15; ValMax_9.14e'1;L Plin:HN_7'53;L Appian:Syr_65'a-b,* 66'a; Polyaen_8.50'1; Trog:Prol_26; Porph:Fr_43; ![Euseb]:Chron_251'a, 263'a; +Hieron:Chron_1771; Sulpit_2.19'a; Malal_205; ExcBarb_46A; {CAH_7.1'420; OCD_a.} |
| 39 | Berenice and her son are murdered at Antioch.
* Read Polyaenus' account @ ValMax_9.10e'1;L ~Appian:Syr_65'b; Polyaen_8.50'1;* ~Just_27.1'1-5, '7; Porph:Fr_43; Suda_Ph'828; {~CAH_7.1'420; OCD_b.} |
| 40 | EGY Ptolemaeus leaves Egypt for Syria; his wife Berenice dedicates a lock of her hair for his safe return.
@ Callim:Fr_110'40-78; Catull_66'9-78. |
| 41 | SYR Ptolemaeus invades Syria.
* Read Justin's account @ ~OGI_54<t= Bagnall_26>; FGrH_160<t= Bagnall_27>; Daniel_11'7; Polyb_5.58'11; ~Appian:Syr_65'b; ~Just_27.1'6-10;* Porph:Fr_43. |
| 42 | AEG Antigonus defeats the Egyptian fleet at Andros.
* Read Trogus' account @ Plut:Pel_2'4-5; ~Trog:Prol_27;* {CAH_7.1'248.} |
| 42a | The Rhodians defeat another Egyptian fleet, led by Chremonides, near Ephesus.
@ Polyaen_5.18'1; {This battle probably took place in the same year as Antigonus' victory at Andros.} |
| 43 | ASI Laodice plots against Sophron, the governor of Ephesus, but he is protected by his lover Danae.
@ Athen_13.593'b-d<q" Phylarch_24>; {This probably happened at about the same time as Ptolemaeus gained possession of Ephesus, for which see Holbl, p.50.} |
| 44 | MES {Nov./Dec.} Ptolemaeus reaches Mesopotamia, and his army besieges the palace in Babylon.
* Read Appian's account @ BabylChron_11; ~OGI_54<t= Bagnall_26>; ~Appian:Syr_65'b;* Polyaen_8.50'1; Porph:Fr_43; {CAH_7.1'420; Green_697; the fighting in Babylon continued until at least February of the following year.} |
| 45 | ROM The census of Roman citizens is completed; a total of 241,212 citizens are counted.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_19'b;* !Hieron:Chron_1773. |
| 46 | Ti.Coruncanius is appointed dictator, to hold the elections for new consuls.
@ +FastCap_p56. |
| 47 | >> Claudia is convicted of treason for remarks about her brother.
* Read Gellius' account @ ~[Liv]:Per_19'b; ValMax_8.1d'4;L Suet:Tib_2'3; +Gell_10.6'1-4.* |
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