back 253 B.C. Olympiad 131.4

Consuls: Cn. Servilius Cn.f. Caepio, C. Sempronius Ti.f. Blaesus
Athenian archon: (?) Lysitheides

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1 ROM {18 January -R} The triumph of Ser.Fulvius, over the Cossurenses and Carthaginians.
@ #FastTr_p100.
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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