283 B.C. - events and references

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 Spartacus III, king of Bosporus. @ FGrH_257a'5<x>; ~Diod_20.100'7; {OCD_spartocids.}
2	THR << The floruit of the tragedian Homerus of Byzantium. * Read Suda's account @ Vit:Lycoph_1; Vit:Theoc_2; +Suda_O'253.*
3	ETR Dolabella defeats the Boii and the Etruscans at Lake Vadimon. * Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_2.20'1-3;* Strab_5.212'e;^(1.6) Flor_1.8'21;^L Appian:Sam_6'4,⁽¹⁴⁾ :Gall_11'4;⁽⁹⁾ DioCass_fr.38'1-2; ~Eutrop_2.10'1; {CAH_7.2'381; Green_692.}
4	GRE {18 Boedromion -G = Sept./Oct.} Document: SIG_374, an Athenian decree in honour of the poet Philippides. @ Bagnall_13; {OCD_p; 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'e;^(4.1) Memn_5'6; Appian:Syr_64'b; Paus_1.10'3-4;* Lucian:Icar_15; ~Just_17.1'2-6; Trog:Prol_17; [Euseb]:Chron_233'b; ~Oros_3.23'56-57;^L {CAH_7.1'112; Green_132.}
7	CIS == The Romans found a colony at Sena. * Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_2.19'12-13;* [Liv]:Per_11'b; {CAH_7.2'391.}
8	ROM == Q.Caedicius is elected censor, but later resigns. @ +FastCap_p52.

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