back 298 B.C. Olympiad 120.3

Consuls: L. Cornelius Cn.f. Scipio Barbatus, Cn. Fulvius Cn.f.Maximus Centumalus
Athenian archon: Mnesidemus

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1 ROM {March -R} Interregnum without consuls.
@ +Liv_10.11'10.
2 ROM The Romans declare war on the Samnites.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.11'11-12'3;*  DionHal_17.1'1-3'1; {CAH_7.2'377.}
3 SYR << Seleucus meets Demetrius at Rhossus, and marries his daughter Stratonice.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ (?) +MarmPar_B'27; Nepos_21.3'3; ~Plut:Demetr_31'5-32'3;*  Malal_198; {CAH_7.1'104; OCD_s.}
4 CIL << Demetrius seizes control of Cilicia.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Demetr_20'8,*  ~32'4; {CAH_7.1'104; Green_689.}
5 << Demetrius marries the daughter of Ptolemaeus.
@ ~Plut:Demetr_32'5-6; {Green_129.}
6 GRE << Peace between Cassander and Athens.
@ +MarmPar_B'27.
7 << Philippides obtains wheat and other aid for Athens from Lysimachus.
@ SIG_374'10-17<t= Bagnall_13>.
8 EGY << Demetrius sends Pyrrhus to Ptolemaeus "as a hostage".
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_4'5; {CAH_7.1'106, 72'459.}
9 ASI << Lysimachus marries Arsinoe, daughter of Ptolemaeus.
@ Memn_4'9; {CAH_7.1'103; OCD_a<300/299>.}
10 ASI << Document: OGI_213, an inscription at Didyma in honour of Antiochus son of Seleucus.
@ Burstein_2.
11 ETR Scipio invades Etruria.
* Read Livy's account
@ CIL_7<t=L  ROL_p2>; +Liv_10.12'3-8;*  {CAH_7.2'377.}
12 ITA Fulvius defeats the Samnites at Bovianum.
@ +Liv_10.12'9; {CAH_7.2'664.}
13 SYR Demetrius and Seleucus quarrel over Tyre and Sidon.
@ ~Plut:Demetr_32'7-8; {CAH_7.1'104.}
14 ROM Elections for new consuls are dominated by the threat from the Etruscans and Samnites.
@ +Liv_10.13'2-13; {CAH_7.2'398.}
15 {13 November -R} The triumph of Fulvius, over the Samnites and Etruscans.
* Read Livy's account
@ #Liv_10.13'1;*  +FastTr_p97.
16 ETR Roman colony founded at Carseoli.
@ +Liv_10.13'1; {CAH_7.2'376, '391.}
17 MAC ?? The wedding feast of Caranus.
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Athen_3.126'e, 4.128'a-130'd;*  {This must have been soon after the banquet given by Lamia in 302 B.C. One of the guests, Proteas, was the grandson of a contemporary of Alexander.}

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