259 B.C. Olympiad 130.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | EGY {11 Hathyr -E = January} Document: PLille_1, a letter from Diodorus describing plans for reclamation work.
@ Bagnall_86. |
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| 2 | ROM {1 Intercal. -R} The triumph of Duilius.
* Read Fasti's account @ CIL_25<t=L ROL_p128>; #FastTr_p100;* [Liv]:Per_17'a; ValMax_3.6'4;L Plin:HN_34'20;L Silius_6'663-669;L Flor_1.18'9-10;L [Vict]:VirIll_38'4.L |
| 3 | SIC << Hannibal is removed from the command of the Carthaginian navy, but escapes further punishment.
* Read Zonaras' account @ ~Diod_23.10'1; ValMax_7.3e'7;L DioCass_fr.43'18; [Vict]:VirIll_38'2-3;L +Zonar_8.11'c-d.* |
| 4 | Hamilcar attacks and defeats the Roman allies at Thermae.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.24'3-4;* ~Diod_23.9'4; {CAH_7.2'553.} |
| 5 | PAL {Xandicus -M = May/June} Document: PCZen_59003, the deed of sale of a slave girl.
@ Bagnall_120. |
| 6 | EGY {Artemisius -M = June/July} Document: PCZen_59012, the valuation at Pelusium of goods imported by Apollonius.
@ Austin_237. |
| 7 | GRE ?? Timaeus writes his history in exile.
@ Plut:Mor_605'C; {Timaeus' history covered events in Sicily and Italy down to 264 B.C.} |
| 8 | ?? The death of the historian Timaeus, aged 96 years.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_12.25d'1<q"* Timae_34>; Lucian:Macr_22; {CAH_7.2'669; OCD_t.} |
| 9 | ++ General comments on the life and writings of Philochorus.
@ Suda_Ph'441. |
| 10 | << The historian Philochorus is put to death by Antigonus for supporting Ptolemaeus.
* Read Suda's account @ Burstein_57; Suda_Ph'441;* {~OCD_ph.} |
| 11 | EGY ?? A saying of the poet Theocritus, addressed to a thief.
@ Plut:Mor_534'B; {~Green_240.} |
| 12 | ++ General comments on the career of Theocritus, the first of the bucolic poets.
* Read Suda's account @ Vit:Theoc_1, 2; Suda_Th'166.* |
| 13 | ?? Document: ApRhod_, the "Argonautica" of Apollonius, written while he was staying in Rhodes.
@ Vit:ApRhod_1, 2; {~OCD_a; ~Green_204.} |
| 14 | EGY ++ General comments on the career of Zenodotus of Ephesus, the first head of the library at Alexandria; Apollonius is appointed to be his successor.
* Read Suda's account @ POxy_1241; Vit:ApRhod_2; Suda_Z'74;* Tzetz:ProlCom_21-22; {OCD_apollonius; Green_204<270-265>.} |
| 15 | ASI Ptolemaeus "the Son" and Timarchus the tyrant of Miletus lead a rebellion against Ptolemaeus II.
* Read Frontinus' account @ Frontin:Str_3.2'11;* Polyaen_5.25'1; Trog:Prol_26; {CAH_7.1'419.} |
| 16 | SIC The Romans capture a fort at (?) Mazara.
@ ~Diod_23.9'4. |
| 17 | Hamilcar captures Camarina and Enna, and transfers the inhabitants of Eryx to Drepanum.
* Read Zonaras' account @ ~Diod_23.9'4; +Zonar_8.11'e-f;* {CAH_7.2'553.} |
| 18 | SAR L.Cornelius leads an expedition against Corsica and Sardinia, and captures Aleria.
* Read Zonaras' account @ CIL_9'5<t=L ROL_p4>; ~[Liv]:Per_17'a; ValMax_5.1'2;L Frontin:Str_3.9'4, 10'2; Silius_6'670-672;L Flor_1.18'15-16;L +Eutrop_2.20'3; +Oros_4.7'11;L +Zonar_8.11'f-g;* {CAH_7.2'536, '553; OCD_scipio.} |
| 19 | EGY {10 Loius -M = Sept./Oct.} Document: PRev_38-56, the regulations for the oil monopoly of Ptolemaeus II.
* Read Bagnall's account @ Austin_236; Bagnall_95.* |
| 20 | {Gorpiaeus -M = Mesore -E = October} Document: PRev_57-58, a revision of the law governing the oil monopoly.
@ Bagnall_95. |
| 21 | {15 Gorpiaeus -M = Oct./Nov.} Document: PAmh_33'28+, a letter from Ptolemaeus II to Apollonius.
@ PLoeb_2.273. |
| 22 | ROM A conspiracy between slaves and allied forces is discovered and suppressed.
* Read Zonaras' account @ +Oros_4.7'12;L +Zonar_8.11'g-i.* |
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