283 B.C. Olympiad 124.2

Consuls: P. Cornelius Dolabella, Cn. Domitius Cn.f. Calvinus Maximus
Athenian archon: Euthius

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1	BOS << Death of Spartocus III, king of Bosporus. * Read Diodorus' account @ FGrH_257a'5<x>; ~Diod_20.100'7;* { OCD³.}
2	THR << The floruit of the tragedian Homerus of Byzantium. * Read Suda's account @ Vit:Lycoph_1; Vit:Theoc_2; +Suda_O'253.*
2a	EGY {3 Hyberberetaeus -M = July} Document: SelPap_5A, payment for maintenance made by a woman at Elephantine.
3	ETR Dolabella defeats the Boii and the Etruscans at Lake Vadimon. * Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_2.20'1-3;* Strab_5'212;(1.6) Flor_1.8'21; Appian:Sam_6'4,(14) :Gall_11'4;(13) DioCass_fr.38'1-2; ~Eutrop_2.10'1; { CAH_7.2'381; Green_692.}
4	GRE {18 Boedromion -G = Sept./Oct.} Document: *IG_2³.877 (Syll_374),* an Athenian decree in honour of the poet Philippides. { OCD³; Green_398=285.}
5	++ General comments on the career of Philippides as a poet and a politician. * Read Suda's account @ Suda_Ph'345,* Ph'346.
6	THR == Lysimachus kills his son Agathocles. * Read Pausanias' account @ Strab_13'623;(4.1) Memn_5'6; Appian:Syr_64; Paus_1.10'3-4;* Lucian:Icar_15; ~Just_17.1'2-6; Trog:Prol_17; [Euseb]:Chron_233; ~Oros_3.23'56-57; { CAH_7.1'112; Errington_p60-61=283/2.}
7	CIS == The Romans found a colony at Sena. * Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_2.19'12-13;* [Liv]:Per_11; { CAH_7.2'391.}
8	ROM == Q.Caedicius is elected censor, but later resigns. @ +FastCap_p52.

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