296 B.C. - events and references

296 B.C. Olympiad 121.1

Consuls: Ap. Claudius C.f. Caecus (II), L. Volumnius C.f. Flamma Violens (II)
Athenian archon: Nicias
Olympic victor in the stadion race: Pythagoras of Magnesia (II)

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1	EPI << Pyrrhus marries Antigone, the daughter of Berenice, and returns to Epirus, where he becomes joint king with Neoptolemus. * Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Pyrrh_4'5-5'3;* Paus_1.6'8, 11'5; Porph:Fr_42; {CAH_7.2'459; OCD_p.}
2	GRE ?? Lachares enriches himself by plundering the public buildings of Athens. * Read Pausanias' account @ Athen_9.405'f<q" Demetrius>; +FGrH_257a'4; Plut:Mor_379'C; Paus_1.29'16;* {No doubt a continuous process, but dated to this year by the anonymous chronicler in FGrH_257a.}
3	PEL The Olympic victors include two men who have won prizes at all the major games, Pythagoras in the stadion race, and Nicon of Boeotia in the pancration. @ +FGrH_257a'4.
4	ITA The proconsuls Decius and Fabius capture Murgantia and other towns in Samnium. @ +Liv_10.16'2-17'12.
5	ETR Claudius and Volumnius defeat a combined Etruscan and Samnite army in Etruria. * Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.18'1-19'22;* Ovid:Fast_6'201-203;^L DioCass_fr.36'27; [Vict]:VirIll_34'5;^L {CAH_7.2'378; possibly on 3rd June (the date in Ovid).}
6	Volumnius defeats a Samnite army which had invaded Campania, in a battle near the river Volturnus. @ +Liv_10.20'1-21'2; {CAH_7.2'378.}
7	ROM The senate introduces emergency measures before receiving news of Volumnius' victory. @ +Liv_10.21'3-6.
8	PAL Demetrius captures Samaria. @ +Hieron:Chron_1721; {Green_502.}
9	ROM Fabius and Decius are elected consuls to take charge of the war against the Etruscans and Samnites. @ +Liv_10.21'11-22'9.
10	ROM Omens at Rome, which the seer Manius interprets as portending victory. * Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.23'1-10;* DioCass_fr.36'28; Zonar_8.1'b-e.
11	The aediles Cn. and Q.Ogulnius exact fines from money-lenders and use the money on public works, including a statue of a wolf suckling Romulus and Remus. @ +Liv_10.23'11-13; {CAH_7.2'412; OCD_o.}

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