264 B.C. Olympiad 129.1Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | SIC << A Carthaginian garrison occupies Messana.
* Read Polyaenus' account @ Polyaen_6.16'4;* +Zonar_8.8'e; {CAH_7.2'668.} |
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| 2 | ROM A meeting of the senate decides to send aid to Messana.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.10'1-11'3;* Liv_31.7'3, 29'6; ~[Liv]:Per_16'a; Flor_1.18'1-4;L [Vict]:VirIll_37'3;L +Oros_4.7'1;L +Zonar_8.8'c-e; {CAH_7.2'448, '541.} |
| 3 | PON << The foundation of Nicomedeia in Bithynia.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ Strab_12.563'c,(4.2) 'd;(4.2) Memn_12'1, '6; Paus_5.12'7; Arrian:Fr_29; ChronPasc_425'B; !Hieron:Chron_1755;* AmmMarc_22.5'5;L {CAH_7.1'425; OCD_n.} |
| 4 | PEL Belistiche, the concubine of Ptolemaeus, wins the Olympic prize in the race for pairs of foals.
* Read Pausanias' account @ FGrH_257a'6; ~Paus_5.8'11;* +[Euseb]:Chron_207'b. |
| 5 | ETR The Romans capture Vulsinii, and take ruthless action to restore order.
* Read Zonaras' account @ ~[Liv]:Per_16'b; Plin:HN_34'34;L Flor_1.16'1;L [Vict]:VirIll_36'2;L ~Oros_4.5'5;L ~Zonar_8.7'g-h;* {CAH_7.2'424.} |
| 6 | SIC The Carthaginian garrison is forced to withdraw from Messana.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.11'4-5;* Diod_22.13'9; DioCass_fr.43'10; [Vict]:VirIll_37'3;L +Zonar_8.9'b-c; {CAH_7.2'543.} |
| 7 | SIC Acragas enters into an alliance with Carthage.
@ ~Diod_23.1'2; {CAH_7.2'543.} |
| 8 | The Carthaginians and Syracusans combine to besiege Messana.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.11'6-8;* Diod_22.13'9, ~23.1'2-3; Liv_45.22'6; +Zonar_8.9'c-d; {CAH_7.2'543.} |
| 9 | C.Claudius is defeated while attempting to cross over to Sicily.
* Read Dio's account @ (?) Diod_23.2'1; DioCass_fr.43'5-8;* +Zonar_8.8'e-h. |
| 10 | ROM {13 August -R} The dedication of the temple of Vortumnus.
@ #ROL_p456; {CAH_7.2'408.} |
| 11 | SIC Ap.Claudius crosses over to Sicily.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_1.5'1-5,* 11'9, +12'5-7, 20'13-14, 3.26'3-7; ~Diod_23.1'4; ~[Liv]:Per_16'a; Vell_2.38'2; Sen:Dial_10.13'4; Frontin:Str_1.4'11; Flor_1.18'5;L DioCass_fr.43'8-9; [Vict]:VirIll_37'4;L +Zonar_8.9'a, 'd. |
| 12 | Negotiations between Claudius and the Carthaginians.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.11'10-11;* Diod_23.2'1; {CAH_7.2'543.} |
| 13 | Claudius declares war against the Carthaginians and Syracusans: the start of the First Punic War.
* Read Dio's account @ Naev:Pun_27; Ennius:Ann_238; Polyb_15.6'6, 8'1; Liv_30.31'4, 45.22'6; +Vell_1.12'6; Plin:HN_15'76;L Silius_1'8-11,29-33,L 6'660;L Ampel_46'2-3; +Gell_17.21'40;L DioCass_fr.43'1-4;* Just_29.2'3; {CAH_7.2'541.} |
| 14 | Claudius defeats the Syracusans.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.11'12-15,* 15'1-3, '6-11; ~Diod_23.3'1; ~[Liv]:Per_16'a; Flor_1.18'6;L +Eutrop_2.18'2; +Oros_4.7'2;L +Zonar_8.9'd-e. |
| 15 | Claudius defeats the Carthaginians.
* Read Dio's account @ +Polyb_1.12'1-3, 15'2, '4, '6-11; ~Diod_23.3'1; Silius_6'661-662;L Suet:Tib_2'1; DioCass_fr.43'11-15;* [Vict]:VirIll_37'4;L +Eutrop_2.18'2; +Oros_4.7'2;L +Zonar_8.9'e-g. |
| 16 | Claudius is repulsed at Echetla.
@ ~Diod_23.3'1. |
| 17 | Claudius lays siege to Syracuse.
* Read Zonaras' account @ +Polyb_1.12'4, 15'5, '8, '10; +Zonar_8.9'g-h;* {CAH_7.2'545.} |
| 18 | ROM {1 November} The triumph of Fulvius Flaccus, over the inhabitants of Vulsinii.
@ #FastTr_p99. |
| 19 | ROM >> D.Junius Brutus holds the first gladiatorial show at Rome.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_16'a;* ValMax_2.4'7;L {OCD_glad; Green_695.} |
| 20 | >> The census of Roman citizens is completed, with a total of over 282,000 citizens.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_16'a;* +Eutrop_2.18'2. |
| 21 | ETR >> The Romans found colonies at Firmum and Castrum.
@ ~Vell_1.14'8; {CAH_7.2'391.} |
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