252 B.C. Olympiad 132.1Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | EGY {6 intercalary Peritius -M = March/April} Document: PCZen_59251, a letter from Artemidorus to Zenon.
@ Bagnall_24. |
|---|---|
| 2 | ROM {23 March -R} The triumph of Cornelius Asina, over the Carthaginians.
@ #FastTr_p100. |
| 3 | {1 April} The triumph of Sempronius Blaesus, over the Carthaginians.
@ #FastTr_p100. |
| 4 | PEL ++ The education and physical training of Aratus of Sicyon.
@ Plut:Arat_3'1-3. |
| 5 | << Abantidas the tyrant of Sicyon is assassinated; his place is taken by Paseas.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Arat_3'4;* Paus_2.8'2; {CAH_7.1'243.} |
| 6 | SIC Cotta captures Himera.
* Read Zonaras' account @ Frontin:Str_4.1'30; +Oros_4.9'13;L +Zonar_8.14'e-f;* {CAH_7.2'670.} |
| 7 | Cotta captures Lipara, despite a defeat suffered by P.Aurelius (? or Q.Cassius) in his absence.
* Read Zonaras' account @ ~Polyb_1.39'13; Diod_14.93'5, ~23.20'1; ValMax_2.7'4;L Frontin:Str_4.1'31; +Zonar_8.14'f-g;* {CAH_7.2'559.} |
| 8 | The Romans besiege Hercte, but fail to capture it.
@ ~Diod_23.20'1. |
| 9 | EGY Document: PHib_98, a boat-captain's receipt for a cargo of grain.
@ Bagnall_93. |
| 10 | SYR == Antiochus marries Berenice, the daughter of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus.
* Read Daniel's account @ Daniel_11'6;* Athen_2.45'c; Porph:Fr_43; {CAH_7.1'502; OCD_b.} |
| 11 | ROM >> The censors punish some of the knights, after Cotta complains that they disobeyed his orders.
@ Frontin:Str_4.1'22. |
| 12 | >> The censors M'.Valerius and P.Sempronius complete the census; 16 senators are stripped of their rank.
* Read Livy's account @ +FastCap_p56; ~[Liv]:Per_18'b;* ValMax_2.9'7;L {OCD_v.} |
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