292 B.C. Olympiad 122.1Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM {13 January -R} Carvilius celebrates a triumph over the Samnites, and dedicates a colossal statue of Jupiter.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.46'13-15;* #FastTr_p97; Plin:HN_34'43.L |
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| 2 | {13 February -R} The triumph of Papirius, over the Samnites.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.46'1-9;* #FastTr_p97; Zonar_8.1'j. |
| 3 | Papirius dedicates a temple to Quirinus, where he erects the first sundial in Rome.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.46'7;* Ovid:Fast_6'795-796;L Plin:HN_7'213-214;L {CAH_7.2'408.} |
| 4 | THR << The marriage of Agathocles the son of Lysimachus to Lysandra the daughter of Ptolemaeus.
@ Paus_1.9'6; {~CAH_7.1'103<=298#9!!>; Lysandra was previously married to Alexander, the son of Cassander.} |
| 5 | SIC ++ The comic poet Apollodorus of Gela is a contemporary of Menander.
@ Suda_A'3405. |
| 6 | GRE ?? Menander refuses invitations to travel to the courts of Macedonia and Egypt.
@ Plin:HN_7'111.L |
| 7 | ?? Lynceus, the brother of the historian Duris, wins against Menander in a competition for comic poets.
@ Suda_L'776. |
| 8 | ?? Sayings of Menander, addressed to Glycera, Philemon, and others.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Plut:Mor_347'E-F; Alciphr_2'3-4; Gell_17.4'1-2;L Athen_13.585'c.* |
| 9 | ++ General comments on the character and writings of Menander.
@ Suda_M'589. |
| 10 | << The death of Menander the comic poet.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ Plut:Mor_853'F; Gell_17.4.4<q"L Apollod:Fr_43>, ~21'42; ChronPasc_424'B; +Hieron:Chron_1725;* Suda_P'2111; {CAH_7.1'497; OCD_m.} |
| 11 | AEG << The Colossus of Rhodes is completed, after 12 years.
@ ~Plin:HN_34'41.L |
| 12 | GRE Omens at Athens, which are said to presage the return of exiles.
@ DionHal:Din_3<q" Philoch_67>. |
| 13 | ROM ?? Fabius Gurges gains a reputation for gluttony.
@ Macrob:Sat_3.13'6.L |
| 14 | Fabius Gurges is defeated by the Samnites, but his father defends him against his critics.
* Read Zonaras' account @ ~[Liv]:Per_11'a; ValMax_2.2'4,L 5.7'1;L Polyaen_8.15'1; DioCass_fr.36'30; SHA:Heliog_26'2; Eutrop_2.9'2; +Oros_3.22'6-7;L Suda_Ph'3; +Zonar_8.1'k-n;* {CAH_7.2'665.} |
| 15 | MOE << Lysimachus and his son Agathocles are defeated and captured by the Thracian king Dromichaetes, but they are later released.
* Read Strabo's account @ ~Diod_21.11'1-6; Strab_7.302'b,(3.8) 305'c-d;* (3.14) Memn_5'1; ~Plut:Demetr_39'6, 52'6, :Mor_126'E, 183'E, 555'D-E; Paus_1.9'6; Polyaen_3.15'1, 7.25'1; Just_16.1'19; {CAH_7.1'105; OCD_l.} |
| 16 | ITA Fabius defeats the Samnites in a second battle, with the help of his father.
* Read Zonaras' account @ ~[Liv]:Per_11'a; Plut:Fab_24'3; DioCass_fr.36'31; Eutrop_2.9'2; +Oros_3.22'8-10;L Suda_Ph'3; +Zonar_8.1'n-o.* |
| 17 | ++ C.Pontius is a great leader of the Samnites in their wars against Rome.
@ Cic:Off_2'75.L |
| 18 | ROM {? 1 August -R} The triumph of Fabius over the Samnites, after which C.Pontius is executed.
* Read Plutarch's account @ #FastTr_p97; ~[Liv]:Per_11'a; ValMax_5.7'1;L Plut:Fab_24'3;* {OCD_p.} |
| 19 | GRE Deinarchus and other exiles are allowed to return to Athens.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Dinarch:Fr_14'1; Philoch_167; DionHal:Din_2, 3, 9; ~Plut:Mor_850'D;* {OCD_d; Green_126.} |
| 20 | EPI == For political reasons, Pyrrhus marries two more wives, the daughter of Audoleon and Bircenna the daughter of Bardyllis.
@ Plut:Pyrrh_9'1; {CAH_7.2'461.} |
| 21 | AFR ?? Synhalus, the "son" of Ammon, becomes famous as an expert on medicine.
@ Silius_5'357-361.L |
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