276 B.C. Olympiad 126.1Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM {5 January -R} The triumph of Brutus, over the Lucanians and Bruttii.
@ #FastTr_p98. |
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| 2 | SIC Negotiations between Pyrrhus and the Carthaginians.
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'2; {~CAH_7.2'480.} |
| 3 | Pyrrhus prepares to attack Lilybaeum.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Diod_22.10'4-7; ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'3-4;* Appian:Sam_12'1.(29) |
| 4 | Pyrrhus has Thoenon of Syracuse killed on suspicion of treason, and his despotic behaviour makes him unpopular with the Sicilians.
* Read Dionysius' account @ DionHal_20.8'1-4;* ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'5; ~Zonar_8.5'j; {CAH_7.2'481.} |
| 5 | EGY ?? Alexander of Aetolia and Lycophron sort out the tragedies and the comedies which have been collected in the library at Alexandria.
@ Tzetz:ProlCom_19-21; {~OCD_A.} |
| 6 | GRE ++ Aratus of Soli is a pupil of Zenon, or possibly of Dionysius of Heracleia.
@ Vit:Arat_1'p8, 3'p16, 4'p19. |
| 7 | ?? Persaeus shares a home with Zenon, and on one occasion brings a flute-girl back there.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Persaeus:Fr_5; Athen_13.607'e-f<q"* AntigonusC>; Gell_2.18'8. |
| 8 | MAC << Zenon sends Persaeus as his representative to the court of Antigonus.
* Read Suda's account @ DiogLaert_7'6, '9; Vit:Arat_4'p20; Suda_P'1368;* {According to the Life of Aratus, Persaeus went to Macedonia at the same time as Araatus.} |
| 9 | << Antigonus invites the poets Aratus of Soli and Alexander of Aetolia to Macedonia, at the time of his marriage to Phila.
@ Vit:Arat_1'p8, 3'p15, 4'p19-p20; {OCD_ar.} |
| 10 | EGY << Ptolemaeus II sends an expedition to Ethiopia.
@ Diod_1.37'5; {Holbl_p55.} |
| 11 | SIC Pyrrhus abandons the siege of Lilybaeum.
@ ~Diod_22.10'7; {CAH_7.2'480; Green_231.} |
| 12 | ITA The Romans attack the Samnites and Lucanians.
@ +Zonar_8.6'e. |
| 13 | MAC ++ The cruelty of Apollodorus, tyrant of Cassandreia.
* Read Pausanias' account @ Polyb_7.7'2; Diod_33.14'3; Plut:Mor_556'D; Paus_4.5'4-5;* Aelian:NA_5'15; Suda_B'279. |
| 14 | ?? Apollodorus suffers from nightmares.
@ Plut:Mor_555'B. |
| 15 | Antigonus captures Cassandreia; the death of Apollodorus.
* Read Polyaenus' account @ Polyaen_4.6'18;* Trog:Prol_25; {CAH_7.1'221; OCD_a.} |
| 16 | SYR Antiochus returns to Syria to stop an Egyptian invasion.
@ +Austin_141'10-11; {Green_693.} |
| 17 | ITA The Italians appeal to Pyrrhus to return to help them.
@ ~Just_23.3'5-7. |
| 18 | SIC Pyrrhus defeats the Carthaginians in a final battle.
@ ~Just_23.3'8-9. |
| 19 | ++ Pyrrhus is generally successful in the war against the Carthaginians.
* Read Justin's account @ Just_25.5'5;* Trog:Prol_23; Oros_4.6'33.L |
| 20 | Pyrrhus leaves Sicily and returns to Italy; he is attacked and defeated by the Carthaginian fleet en route.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Polyb_1.23'4; ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'7-24'8,* :Mor_184'C; Appian:Sam_12'2-4;(29) Paus_1.12'5-13'1; Just_23.3'9-12, 25.3'1; ~Zonar_8.5'j-k; {CAH_7.2'481' Green_231.} |
| 21 | ROM >> Outbreak of plague at Rome.
* Read St.Augustine's account @ August:DeCiv_3.17'n-o;* +Oros_4.2'1-2.L |
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