back 291 B.C. Olympiad 122.2

Consuls: L. Postumius L.f. Megellus (III), C. Junius C.f. Bubulcus Brutus

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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 Livy's account
@ Ovid:Met_15'644-745; ~[Liv]:Per_11'a-b;*  #Ovid:Fast_1'290-294;L  Strab_12.567'e;(5.3)  ValMax_1.8'2;L  Plin:HN_29'16,L  '72;L  Arnob_7'44; [Vict]:VirIll_22'2-3;L  August:DeCiv_3.12'a, 10.16'g; Oros_3.22'5;L  {CAH_7.2'408; OCD_a.}
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.
@ DiogLaert_7'2, '4; {Zenon attended philosophy lectures for twenty years after his arrival in Athens, before setting himself up as a teacher.}
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]:Per_11'b; DioCass_fr.36'32; {OCD_p.}
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.}
6 GRE Demetrius and his son Antigonus recapture Thebes after a second revolt.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Diod_21.14'1-3; ~Plut:Demetr_40'2-6;*  Polyaen_3.7'2; {CAH_7.1'107; Green_126.}
7 THR << Ptolemaeus Ceraunus seeks refuge with Lysimachus after being forced to leave Egypt.
@ Nepos_21.3'4; {CAH_7.1'113.}
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;L  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; OCD_v.}

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