253 B.C. Olympiad 131.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM {18 January -R} The triumph of Ser.Fulvius, over the Cossurenses and Carthaginians.
@ #FastTr_p100. |
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| 2 | {19 January -R} The triumph of M.Aemilius, over the Cossurenses and Carthaginians.
@ #FastTr_p100. |
| 3 | SIC The Roman consuls are repulsed at Lilybaeum.
@ +Zonar_8.14'e; {CAH_7.2'559.} |
| 4 | ASI {Daesius -M = May/June} Document: OGI_225, recording the sale of land from Antiochus II to Laodice.
@ Bagnall_25. |
| 5 | EGY {19 Pharmuthi -E = June} Document: PCZen_59823, a letter from Promethion to Zenon.
@ Bagnall_82. |
| 6 | PEL << Leonidas II becomes king of Sparta.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Agis_3'8-9;* Paus_3.6'6-7; {Bickerman_p156.} |
| 7 | PAL << Manasses becomes high priest of the Jews.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~Joseph:AJ_12'157;* ChronPasc_428'C, 464'B, 509'A; +Hieron:Chron_1763; ExcBarb_35B; ChronSynt_95'c; GeorgMon_p236'b. |
| 8 | EGY << Document: PCZen_59236, a petition from Neoptolemus to Diotimus.
@ Bagnall_77. |
| 9 | SYR ++ General comments on the Second Syrian War.
@ Porph:Fr_43. |
| 10 | << The end of the Second Syrian War between Antiochus and Ptolemaeus II; Rhodes is reconciled with Ptolemaeus.
@ AnagLind_C'37; {CAH_7.1'249; Holbl_p44.} |
| 11 | AFR The Roman fleet raids the African coast.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.39'1-2;* Diod_23.19'1; +Eutrop_2.23'1; +Oros_4.9'10;L +Zonar_8.14'e; {CAH_7.2'559.} |
| 12 | SIC The Romans fail to capture Thermae.
@ ~Diod_23.19'1. |
| 13 | AFR The Roman fleet escapes from the shoals of the Lesser Syrtis.
@ +Polyb_1.39'2-5. |
| 14 | SIC The Roman fleet is wrecked in a storm near Panormus.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.39'6;* Diod_23.19'1; +Eutrop_2.23'1; +Oros_4.9'11;L +Zonar_8.14'e; {CAH_7.2'559; Green_696.} |
| 15 | ROM The Romans decide not to try to rebuild their fleet.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.39'7,* 59'4; +Eutrop_2.23'2; +Oros_4.9'12;L +Zonar_8.14'e. |
| 16 | D.Junius resigns as censor, after the death of his colleague L.Postumius.
@ +FastCap_p56. |
| 17 | << Ti. Coruncanius becomes pontifex maximus.
* Read Livy's account @ [Liv]:Per_18'b;* Vell_2.128'1; {~OCD_c.} |
| 18 | MAC == Demetrius son of Antigonus marries Stratonice, the daughter of Antiochus I.
@ [Euseb]:Chron_249'c; {Shortly after the end of the war between Antiochus and Ptolemaeus.} |
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