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1 | ROM {1 Jan. -R} The god Aesculapius is brought to Rome in the form of a snake, and a temple is dedicated to him.
* Read Ovid's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_11; Ovid:Met_15'644-745;* #:Fast_1'290-294; Strab_12'567;(5.3) ValMax_1.8'2; Plin:HN_29'16,L '72;L Arnob_7'44; [Vict]:VirIll_22'2-3; August:DeCiv_3'12, 10'16;(↓↓) Oros_3.22'5; { CAH_7.2'408; OCD³.} |
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2 | L.Postumius, as interrex, presides over his own election as consul for 291 B.C.
@ ~Liv_27.6'8. |
3 | GRE << Zenon of Citium sets himself up as an independent teacher of philosophy.
* Read Diogenes' account @ DiogLaert_7'2,* '4; { Zenon attended philosophy lectures for twenty years after his arrival in Athens, before setting himself up as a teacher.} |
3a | << Document: Epicur:Fr_127, a letter from Epicurus to Themista. |
4 | ROM L.Postumius is recalled from his province, and subsequently brought to trial on a charge of misuse of his troops.
* Read Dionysius' account @ DionHal_17.4'1-5'4;* Liv_fr'1a;L ~[Liv]:Per_11; DioCass_fr.36'32; { OCD³.} |
5 | MAC Demetrius drives Pyrrhus out of Thessaly.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Pyrrh_7'3, ~:Demetr_39'7-40'2;* { CAH_7.1'497.} |
5a | GRE << Document: Syll_366, an alliance between the Boeotians and the Aetolians. { See: Hammond, History of Macedonia, 3.p203=300/299.} |
6 | Demetrius and his son Antigonus recapture Thebes after a second revolt.
* Read Diodorus' account @ Diod_21.14'1-3;* ~Plut:Demetr_40'2-6; Polyaen_3.7'2; { CAH_7.1'107; Green_126.} |
7 | THR << Ptolemy Ceraunus seeks refuge with Lysimachus after being forced to leave Egypt.
@ Nepos_21.3'4; { CAH_7.1'113; Errington_p60?287; Bennett?287/5.} |
7a | MAC {12 intercal. -M = September} Document: SEG_56.703, a letter of Demetrius concerning the territory of Demetrias and Pherae. |
8 | ROM Fabricius supports Rufinus, his personal enemy, as a candidate for the consulship of 290 B.C.
* Read Gellius' account @ Cic:DeOr_2'268; Quint_12.1'43; Gell_4.8'1-8;* DioCass_fr.36'33, fr.40'1-2. |
9 | ITA >> The Romans found a colony at Venusia, which was captured by Postumius.
* Read Dionysius' account @ DionHal_17.5'1-2;* ~Vell_1.14'6; { CAH_7.2'380; OCD³.} |
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