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| 1 | EGY {? Choiak -E = January} Document: BD_100, a letter from Apollonius to Demetrius about wood for the navy. |
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| 1a | {21 Elaphebolion -G = March/April} Document: Syll_466.B, a second Athenian decree in honour of Agathaeus. |
| 1b | << Document: Syll_468, an Athenian decree in honour of the general Thucritus. |
| 2 | ROM The Romans build a new fleet.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.39'15, 41'2-3;* { CAH_7.2'559.} |
| 3 | PEL << The Egyptian government gives financial support to Aratus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Off_2'81-83; ~Plut:Arat_12'1-14'4;* { CAH_7.1'502; Green_697.} |
| 4 | << Antigonus attempts to establish friendly relations with Aratus.
@ ~Plut:Arat_15'1-5; { CAH_7.1'246.} |
| 5 | SIC Hasdrubal advances from Lilybaeum, to Panormus.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.40'1-2;* ~Zonar_8'14.(p437) |
| 6 | {? June} L.Caecilius defeats the Carthaginian army under Hasdrubal at Panormus.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.40'3-41'1;* Cic:Rep_1'1; Diod_23.21'1; [Liv]:Per_19; Frontin:Str_1.7'1, 2.5'4, 3.17'1; Plut:Mor_305'C; Flor_1.18'27-28; Suda_K'1706<q" Aelian:Fr_118>; ~Eutrop_2.24'1; ~Oros_4.9'14-15; ~Zonar_8'14;(p439) { CAH_7.2'559.} |
| 7 | The Carthaginians destroy Selinus.
@ Diod_24.1'1. |
| 8 | GRE ?? Document: Syll_401, an Athenian decree in honour of Heracleitus the son of Asclepiades. { Dated between 258 and 250 B.C. (Burstein_60).} |
| 9 | PEL ++ Craterus, governor of Corinth, remains loyal to his half-brother Antigonus.
@ Plut:Mor_486'A; { CAH_7.1'247; OCD³?255.} |
| 10 | CYR Magas, the king of Cyrene, dies of over-eating.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_12.550'b-c;* ~Just_26.3'2; { CAH_7.1'502; OCD³.} |
| 11 | Demetrius the Fair makes himself king of Cyrene.
* Read Justin's account @ DiogLaert_4'41; ~Just_26.3'3-5;* Trog:Prol_26; [Euseb]:Chron_243; { CAH_7.1'502; OCD³?255.} |
| 12 | PON << The death of Ariobarzanes of Pontus, who is succeeded by his son Mithridates.
@ Memn_16'1; { OCD³.} |
| 13 | SIC The Romans besiege Lilybaeum by land and sea.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.41'4-42'13;* Diod_24.1'1, 14'1; +Oros_4.10'2; +Zonar_8'15;(p3) { CAH_7.2'560.} |
| 14 | The Carthaginian commander Himilco foils a plot to betray Lilybaeum.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.43'1-8;* +Zonar_8'15.(p3) |
| 15 | Hannibal the son of Hamilcar arrives at Lilybaeum with reinforcements.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.44'1-7;* Diod_24.1'1-2; Frontin:Str_3.10'9; +Zonar_8'15;(p5) { CAH_7.2'560.} |
| 16 | The Romans drive back a Carthaginian sally at Lilybaeum.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.45'1-14;* Diod_24.1'2-3, 2'1; +Oros_4.10'2. |
| 17 | Hannibal sails from Lilybaeum to Drepana.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.46'1-3;* Diod_24.1'3; +Zonar_8'15.(p5) |
| 18 | Hannibal "the Rhodian" slips through the Roman blockade and sails into Lilybaeum.
@ +Polyb_1.46'4-47'10. |
| 19 | The Carthaginians burn down the Roman siege works at Lilybaeum.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.48'1-11;* Diod_24.1'3-4; +Zonar_8'15.(p5) |
| 20 | ROM {7 Sept. -R} L.Caecilius celebrates a triumph, in which he displays elephants captured in Sicily.
* Read Fasti's account @ #FastTr_p100;* [Liv]:Per_19; Plin:HN_7'139, 8'16-17, 18'17;L ~Eutrop_2.24'1. |
| 21 | AFR The Carthaginians send M.Regulus to Rome to negotiate peace terms and an exchange of prisoners.
* Read Dio's account @ [Liv]:Per_18; Silius_6'346-382; Appian:Sic_2,(↓↓) :Pun_4; Justin:Dig_49.15.5'3<q" Pomponius>; Polyaen_8.12'1; DioCass_fr.43'26-27;* [Vict]:VirIll_40'4; ~Eutrop_2.24'2; August:DeCiv_1'15; ~Oros_4.10'1; ~Zonar_8'15;(p441) { Modern writers doubt that this is historical, but ancient writers place it after the battle at Panormus.} |
| 22 | ROM Regulus addresses the Roman senate and urges them to reject the Carthaginians' proposals.
* Read Eutropius' account @ Cic:Off_3'99-100; Hor:Od_3.5'13-56; Silius_6'383-489; Flor_1.18'24; Appian:Sic_2,(↓↓) :Pun_4; Polyaen_8.12'1; Gell_7.4'1; DioCass_fr.43'27, '30-32a, '32d-32e; ~Eutrop_2.25'1-2;* August:DeCiv_1'15; Suda_R'126; ~Zonar_8'15.(p441-7) |
| 23 | Regulus returns to Carthage after the failure of his mission to Rome.
* Read Eutropius' account @ Cic:Sest_127, :Fin_2'65, :Off_1'39, 3'100-111; [Liv]:Per_18; ValMax_1.1'14; Silius_6'490-528; Appian:Pun_4, 63; Polyaen_8.12'1; Ampel_20'8; [Vict]:VirIll_40'4; ~Eutrop_2.25'2-3;* August:DeCiv_1'15, '24, 5'18;(↓↓) ~Oros_4.10'1; ~Zonar_8'15.(p447) |
| 24 | AEG ?? Aristarchus of Samos invents a kind of sun-dial, in the shape of a hemisphere.
@ Vitr_9.8'1. |
| 25 | ?? The theories of Aristarchus about the movement of the earth and the planets.
* Read Vitruvius' account @ Vitr_9.2'3-4;* Plut:Mor_1006'C; { ~CAH_7.1'497; ~ OCD³.} |
| 26 | ?? Cleanthes accuses Aristarchus of impiety, because of his heliocentric theories.
@ Plut:Mor_923'A. |
| 27 | MAC ?? The death of the historian Hieronymus of Cardia, at the age of 104.
@ Lucian:Macr_22<q" Agatharch>; Phlegon:Macr_2'81; { ~ OCD³.} |
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