297 B.C. Olympiad 120.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | GRE << The opponents of Lachares, led by Charias, are condemned to death by the Athenians.
@ ~FGrH_257a'1-2; {At the same time as, or shortly before, the death of Cassander.} |
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| 2 | EXT ?? The fictional voyage of Euhemerus in the Indian Ocean, in which he discovers the island of Panchaea.
@ Diod_6.1'4-10; {Green_55; Euhemerus lived during the reign of Cassander.} |
| 3 | THR ?? Alexarchus the son of Antipater founds Uranopolis.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_3.98'd-f<q"* Heracleid>; Strab_7.fr'35.(7.12) |
| 4 | ?? Cassander attacks a fortified camp of Gauls on Mount Haemus.
@ Plin:HN_31'53.L |
| 5 | MAC ?? Cassander is disturbed by the sight of a statue of Alexander.
@ Plut:Alex_74'6. |
| 6 | ?? Cassander commissions a famous painting by Philoxenus of Eretria, of a battle between Alexander and Darius.
@ Plin:HN_35'110.L |
| 7 | ?? Cassander memorises large parts of the poems of Homerus.
@ Athen_14.620'b. |
| 8 | ++ The policy of Cassander towards the Greek states.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_2.41'10, 9.29'5-6;* Strab_9.398'a;(1.20) Paus_1.4'1. |
| 9 | {Artemisios -M = April/May} Death of Cassander.
* Read Justin's account @ Plut:Demetr_36'1; #FGrH_257a'3; Paus_9.7'2; DiogLaert_5'78;(D.8) Just_15.4'24-25,* 16.1'1, '2; Trog:Prol_15; +[Euseb]:Chron_231'b-c, 241'a, 'd, 245'c; +Hieron:Chron_1719; Oros_3.23'49;L ExcBarb_44A; {CAH_7.1'104; OCD_c.} |
| 10 | ITA Fabius defeats the Samnites, while Decius invades Apulia.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.14'1-15'2;* Frontin:Str_2.4'2. |
| 11 | The consuls spend five months laying waste to Samnium.
@ +Liv_10.15'3-6; {CAH_7.2'398.} |
| 12 | ?? The Bruttii attack Agathocles by night at Ethae, and force him to return to Sicily.
@ ~Diod_21.3'1; {~CAH_7.1'407.} |
| 13 | EXT ?? Sandracottus conquers most of India.
@ Plut:Alex_62'4; {OCD_s.} |
| 14 | ++ Megasthenes stays in India as Seleucus' ambassador to Sandracottus.
* Read Clement's account @ Strab_2.70'e,(1.9) 15.702'd,(1.36) 709'b,(1.53) 711'b;(1.57) Arrian:Ind_5'3, 9'9; ClemAl:Strom_1.15'g;* {Green_610.} |
| 15 | MAC Document: Diyll_, the fragments of the history written by Diyllus of Athens, which covered the period 357-297 B.C.
@ +FGrH_257a'3; {OCD_d.} |
| 16 | MAC The Athenians send Demochares as an envoy to Philippus.
@ Sen:Dial_5.23'1-3; {The only way to make sense of Seneca's story, is to suppose that it refers to this Philippus rather than the father of Alexander.} |
| 17 | {August/Sept} Death of Philippus, son of Cassander.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Demetr_36'1;* ~FGrH_257a'3; Just_16.1'1; {CAH_7.1'104; Green_690.} |
| 18 | PON Zipoetes proclaims himself king of Bithynia; the start of the local eras of Bithynia and Bosporus.
@ Smallw:GCN_202-204; DionHal:Fr_5; {OCD_bith; Bickerman_p72.} |
| 19 | ROM Fabius refuses to stand for re-election as consul for the following year, in spite of pressure for two patricians to be elected.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:Brut_55;L +Liv_10.15'7-16'1.* |
| 20 | EGY Demetrius Phalereus leaves Greece, and goes to the court of Ptolemaeus in Egypt.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Cic:Fin_5'54;L Strab_9.398'b;(1.20) DiogLaert_5'78;* (D.8) !Hieron:Chron_1714; {CAH_7.1'127; OCD_d.} |
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