back 273 B.C. Olympiad 126.4

Consuls: C. Fabius M.f. Licinus, C. Claudius M.f. Canina (II)

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1 SYR << Ptolemaeus' navy mounts a counter-attack against the territory of Antiochus.
@ Paus_1.7'3; {This may well be a general description of the First Syrian War, but Pausanias places it soon after Magas' invasion of Egypt.}
2 ITA << Pyrrhus recalls his son and other officers from Tarentum.
@ ~Just_25.3'6; {CAH_7.2'483; Green_231.}
3 MAC Antigonus is defeated by Ptolemaeus the son of Pyrrhus in a second battle.
@ ~Just_25.3'7-8; {CAH_7.1'499.}
4 SYR << The poet Aratus goes to stay with Antiochus in Syria.
@ Vit:Arat_1'p8, 3'p16; {Green_184; Aratus was probably forced to leave Macedonia as a result of Pyrrhus' invasion.}
5 ETR The inhabitants of Caere make peace with the Romans.
* Read Dio's account
@ DioCass_fr.33'1;*  ~Zonar_8.6'j; {CAH_7.2'423.}
6 ROM The Romans elect new consuls to take command of the war in Southern Italy.
@ Liv_24.9'8.
7 EGY {Peritius -M} Document: PCZen_59001, recording a loan of 34 drachmae of silver from Dionysius to Isidorus.
@ PLoeb_1.66.
8 ROM >> The first Egyptian embassy to Rome.
* Read Dionysius' account
@ DionHal_20.14'1-2;*  ~[Liv]:Per_14'b; ValMax_4.3'9;L  DioCass_fr.41'1; Just_18.2'8-9; +Eutrop_2.15'1; ~Zonar_8.6'k; {CAH_7.2'449; Green_177.}
9 ITA >> The Romans establish colonies at Cosa and Paestum.
* Read Velleius' account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_14'b; Strab_5.251'b;(4.13)  +Vell_1.14'7;*  Plin:HN_3'51;L  {CAH_7.2'481, '491; OCD_c.}
10 ROM >> The punishment of Sextilia, a Vestal Virgin.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_14'b;*  ~Oros_4.2'8.L 

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