249 B.C. - events and references

249 B.C. Olympiad 132.4

Consuls: P. Claudius Ap.f. Pulcher, L. Junius C.f. Pullus

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1	AFR Regulus is tortured to death after his return to Carthage. * Read Gellius' account @ Cic:Pis_43, :Fin_2'65;^L ~[Liv]:Per_18'c; ValMax_9.2e'1;^L Sen:Dial_1.3'9; Silius_6'82-86,^L '529-550;^L Appian:Sic_2'3,⁽²⁾ :Pun_4'a; Gell_7.4'2-4;* [Vict]:VirIll_40'4;^L ~Eutrop_2.25'3; August:DeCiv_1.15'b, 5.18'l; ~Oros_4.10'1;^L Suda_R'126; ~Zonar_8.15'f-g.
2	SIC Claudius builds new sea-barriers at Lilybaeum, but they are destroyed by the sea. @ ~Diod_24.1'5, 3'1.
3	The Romans send out another 10,000 men to provide crews for their fleet. * Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_1.49'1-3;* +Zonar_8.15'l; {CAH_7.2'560.}
4	EGY {1 Pharmuthi -E = May} Document: PRyl_563, a letter from Pataecion to Zenon. @ Bagnall_75.
5	GRE ++ Comments on he character of the best-known followers of Epicurus: Colotes, Hermarchus, Idomeneus, Leonteus, Polyaenus, and Themista. @ DiogLaert_10'24-25.
6	PON << The Gauls ravage the territory of Mithridates of Pontus, and of his ally Heracleia. @ ~Memn_16'1-3; {Shortly after the accession of Mithridates.}
7	PEL << Alexander the son of Craterus rebels against Antigonus. @ ~Trog:Prol_26; {OCD_alex; Green_148<253/2>.}
8	<< An alliance between Alexander and the Achaean League. @ Plut:Arat_18'2; {CAH_7.1'247; OCD_alex.}
9	SIC The Romans send Junius out to Sicily with more ships and supplies. @ +Polyb_1.52'4-8.
10	The Carthaginian admiral Adherbal defeats the Roman fleet under P.Claudius at Drepana, after Claudius had thrown the sacred chickens into the sea. * Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.49'3-52'2;* Cic:ND_2'7;^L Diod_24.1'5, '11; [Liv]:Per_19'a; ValMax_1.4'3;^L Frontin:Str_2.13'9; Suet:Tib_2'2-3; Flor_1.18'29;^L MinFel:Oct_26'2; +Eutrop_2.26'1; +Oros_4.10'3;^L +Zonar_8.15'l; {CAH_7.2'562; OCD_claudius.}
11	The Carthaginian admiral Carthalo attacks the Roman fleet at Lilybaeum. * Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.53'1-7;* ~Diod_24.1'6-7.
12	The Roman quaestors decline battle with Carthalo, and save the ships under their command. * Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.53'7-12;* ~Diod_24.1'7.
13	L.Junius anchors his fleet on a rocky shore to avoid meeting the Carthaginian fleet. * Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.54'1-3;* ~Diod_24.1'8-9, 4'1.
14	The fleet of L.Junius is destroyed in a storm. * Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.54'4-55'4,* 59'1; Cic:ND_2'7,^L :Div_1'29;^L Diod_24.1'9; ValMax_1.4'3;^L MinFel:Oct_7'4; +Eutrop_2.26'2; +Oros_4.10'3;^L {CAH_7.2'562; Green_697.}
15	P.Claudius nominates his messenger Glycias to be dictator. * Read Livy's account @ +FastCap_p56; ~[Liv]:Per_19'a;* Suet:Tib_2'2.
16	ROM Glycias is forced to resign as dictator. * Read Livy's account @ +FastCap_p56; ~[Liv]:Per_19'a.*
17	SIC L.Junius captures Eryx. * Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.55'5-10;* Diod_24.1'10; Flor_1.18'12;^L +Zonar_8.15'm; {CAH_7.2'562.}
18	Carthalo recaptures Aegithallus. * Read Zonaras' account @ ~Diod_24.1'11; +Zonar_8.15'm.*
19	The Romans appoint a dictator, A.Atilius, to take charge of the war in Sicily. * Read Zonaras' account @ +FastCap_p56; ~[Liv]:Per_19'a; Flor_1.18'12;^L DioCass_36.34'2; +Zonar_8.15'm;* {OCD_a.}
20	ROM The secular games are celebrated. * Read St.Augustine's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_49'b; Phlegon:Fr_40'4; Censor:DN_17'8,^L '10;^L August:DeCiv_3.18'b-c;* {CAH_7.2'670; OCD_s; Censorinus mentions an alternative tradition, that these games were held in 236 B.C.}
21	>> The Romans and Carthaginians exchange prisoners. * Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_19'b;* ~Zonar_8.16'f.
22	>> The price of olive oil at Rome is set at 10 asses for 12 pounds. @ +Plin:HN_15'2.^L

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