back 263 B.C. Olympiad 129.2

Consuls: M'. Valerius M.f. Maximus, M'. Otacilius C.f. Crassus

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1 EGY {14 Xandicus -M = Mecheir -E = April} Document: PHib_92, a contract for two men acting as sureties for Timocles.
@ Bagnall_107.
2 EGY {5 Daisius -M = June} Document: PRev_36, a decree ordering the registration of land to assess the quota due to the cult of Arsinoe.
@ Austin_235.
3 PEL ?? Cleinias builds a gymnasium at Sicyon.
@ Paus_2.10'7.
4 << Abantidas murders Cleinias and makes himself tyrant of Sicyon.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Arat_2'2-3'1;*  Paus_2.8'2; {CAH_7.1'243.}
5 CYR ?? Magas seizes Philemon but lets him go unharmed, after being attacked in one of his plays.
@ Plut:Mor_449'E-F, 458'A.
6 GRE ?? The death of the comic poet Philemon.
* Read Suda's account
@ ~Diod_23.6'1; ValMax_9.12e'6;L  Plut:Mor_785'B; Lucian:Macr_25; Aelian:Fr_11; Suda_Ph'328;*  {OCD_p.}
7 AEG << Document: MarmPar_, the "Marmor Parium", an inscription listing the dates of important events. {OCD_m; Green_695.}
8 SIC The new consuls arrive in Sicily: 67 cities revolt from the Carthaginians.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Naev:Pun_29-30; +Polyb_1.16'1-3;*  ~Diod_23.4'1; +Eutrop_2.19'1; +Zonar_8.9'i; {CAH_7.2'546.}
9 Hieron of Syracuse changes sides and becomes an ally of the Romans.
* Read Polybius' account
@ +Polyb_1.16'4-17'1;*  ~Diod_23.4'1; Liv_24.4'5, 25.31'4; [Liv]:Per_16'a; Paus_6.12'3; [Vict]:VirIll_37'5;L  Eutrop_2.19'2; +Hieron:Chron_1754; Oros_4.7'3;L  +Zonar_8.9'j; {CAH_7.2'546; OCD_h.}
10 ROM Claudius celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Carthaginians.
* Read Eutropius' account
@ ValMax_5.4'6;L  Eutrop_2.18'2.* 
11 SIC The Romans fail to capture Macella and Hadranum.
@ ~Diod_23.4'2.
12 Crassus punishes some troops who had been defeated by Hannibal.
@ Frontin:Str_4.1'19.
13 The Carthaginians raise fresh forces, and concentrate them at Agrigentum.
@ +Polyb_1.17'1-6.
14 ROM Valerius adopts the cognomen of Messalla, in recognition of the help he gave to the inhabitants of Messana.
@ +FastCap_p54; Sen:Dial_10.13'5; Macrob:Sat_1.6'26;L  {OCD_v.}
15 EGY {2 Dius -M = Nov./Dec.} Document: PRev_37, a decree ordering payment of the quota due to the cult of Arsinoe.
@ Austin_235.
16 ITA >> The Romans found a colony at Aesernia.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_16'b; {CAH_7.2'381; OCD_a..}
17 ROM >> Cn.Fulvius Centumalus is appointed dictator, to perform the ceremony of "driving the nail".
@ +FastCap_p54.

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