270 B.C. Olympiad 127.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ++ The character of Epicurus and his principal followers.
* Read Diogenes' account @ AnthPal_6'307; Lucr_1'62-79, 3'1-30, 5'7-12, '49-55, 6'4-34; Cic:Fin_1'14,L '72,L 2'49,L '80-81;L Strab_13.589'f;(1.19) Sen:Ep_6'6; Plin:HN_19'51;L Plut:Mor_487'D, 1097'C-F, 1100'A-B; Lucian:Vit_19; Gell_2.18'8; Athen_13.588'a-b; Aelian:Fr_39; DiogLaert_10'3-14,* '24, '25; August:DeCiv_18.41'e; Macrob:Sat_1.11'42;L Suda_N'192. |
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| 2 | {10 Gamelion -G = Jan./Feb} The death of the philosopher Epicurus.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Lucr_3'1042-1044; Plut:Mor_1089'F, 1099'E; #ClemAl:Strom_1.16'f; Aelian:Fr_39; +DiogLaert_10'15-16,* '23, '24; Suda_E'2404; {CAH_7.1'500; OCD_e.} |
| 3 | << The Athenians confer honours on Demochares and his family, at the request of his son Laches.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Mor_847'D-E,* 851'D-F; {Green_694; when Pytharatus was archon.} |
| 4 | AEG ?? Berosus opens a school of astrology on the island of Cos.
* Read Vitruvius' account @ Vitr_9.2'1,* 6'2, 8'1; {~OCD_b.} |
| 5 | THR ++ Sayings of Metrocles the Cynic philosopher.
@ DiogLaert_6'95.(Mt.2-3) |
| 6 | ?? The death of Metrocles.
@ DiogLaert_6'95;(Mt.4) {Metrocles was the brother of Hipparchia, the wife of Crates; he must have been rather younger than Crates.} |
| 7 | GRE ?? A comment by Asclepiades on his blindness.
@ Cic:Tusc_5'113.L |
| 8 | ++ The close friendship of Menedemus and Asclepiades, the Eretrian philosophers.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Plut:Mor_55'C; DiogLaert_2'131-132,* (M.6-8) '137-138;(M.13-14) {Asclepiades died slightly before Menedemus (DiogL_2'138).} |
| 9 | ?? The foundation of the town of Arsinoe (formerly Conopa) in Aetolia.
@ Strab_10.460'c.(2.22) |
| 10 | ASI ?? Smyrna is accepted as a new member of the Ionian League.
@ Vitr_4.1'4; {Vitruvius says this was done through the influence of "Attalus and Arsinoe" - which must mean Arsinoe II.} |
| 11 | EGY ?? Apollonius composes a first version of his "Argonautica", but it is badly received at Alexandria.
@ Vit:ApRhod_1, 2; {Apollonius was still young at the time; he was born about 295 B.C.} |
| 12 | << Ptolemaeus stages an elaborate procession through Alexandria.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_5.196'a-203'c<q"* Callixein>, 9.387'c-d<q" Callixein>; {CAH_7.1'417; Green_158<275/4>.} |
| 13 | The death of Arsinoe, sister and wife of Ptolemaeus II.
* Read Pausanias' account @ Poseidip:Pap_104b; Callim:Fr_228; Paus_1.7'3;* DiogLaert_4'15;(X.13) {CAH_7.1'237; OCD_a.} |
| 14 | ASI ?? Document: OGI_765, a decree of Priene in honour of Sotas, for bravery against the Galatians.
@ Burstein_17. |
| 15 | ?? Document: OGI_221, a copy of letters from Antiochus I granting land in the Troad to Aristodicides of Assus.
@ Bagnall_18. |
| 16 | ITA ?? Decius, the commander of the rebellious garrison at Rhegium, loses his sight.
* Read Diodorus' account @ ~Diod_22.1'2-3;* DionHal_20.5'1-3; Appian:Sam_9'3.(20) |
| 17 | The Romans capture Rhegium.
* Read Zonaras' account @ Polyb_1.6'8, 7'10-11; Liv_28.28'2-6, 31.31'7; DionHal_20.5'3-4, 16'1; ~[Liv]:Per_15'a; Appian:Sam_9'4;(21) +Oros_4.3'3-5;L ~Zonar_8.6'm-o,* 8'b; {CAH_7.2'539-540; Green_231.} |
| 18 | The Romans punish the garrison of Rhegium.
* Read Dionysius' account @ Polyb_1.7'12; Liv_28.28'3, 31.31'7; DionHal_20.5'5, 16'1-2;* ~[Liv]:Per_15'a; ValMax_2.7'15;L Frontin:Str_4.1'38; Appian:Sam_9'5;(21) +Oros_4.3'5-6;L ~Zonar_8.6'n. |
| 19 | EPI << Fighting between Alexander of Epirus and Mitylus the king of the Illyrians.
@ ~Trog:Prol_25; {Soon after the death of Pyrrhus.} |
| 20 | EPI {18 Poseideon -G = Dec./Jan.} Document: Austin_55, an Athenian decree in honour of Callias. {CAH_7.1'231; Green_694.} |
| 21 | AEG ++ Philetas is so thin that he has to wear weights on his shoes to stop himself being blown over by the wind.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Plut:Mor_791'E; Athen_12.552'b;* Aelian:VH_9'14. |
| 22 | ?? The death of Philetas of Cos.
@ Suda_Ph'332; {~OCD_p.} |
| 23 | ROM The triumph of Cornelius Blasio, over Rhegium.
@ +FastTr_p99. |
| 24 | ?? The death of M. Valerius Corvus, over 100 years old, who spent his old age cultivating his farm.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Sen_60;* ValMax_8.13'1;L Plin:HN_7'157;L {Valerius is said to have been born around 370 B.C. (Liv_7.26'12).} |
| 25 | ++ The incorruptible character of Curius, who is content with his small farm.
* Read Cicero's account @ Ennius:Ann_209; Cic:Leg_2'3,L :Sen_55;* Plin:HN_16'185;L Mart_6.64'2-3; Silius_13'723;L Plut:CatMai_2'1; Juvenal_11'78-80.L |
| 26 | >> The death of Curius Dentatus.
@ ~Frontin:Aqu_1'6; {OCD_d-2; two years after the first construction of the Aqua Aniensis.} |
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