back 299 B.C. Olympiad 120.2

Consuls: M. Fulvius Cn.f. Paetinus, T. Manlius T.f. Torquatus
Athenian archon: Euctemon

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1 ETR {March -R} Nequinum is still under siege when the new consuls enter office.
@ +Liv_10.9'9.
2 GRE << Lachares becomes tyrant of Athens.
@ Paus_1.25'7; {CAH_7.1'101<295?>; Green_124.}
3 ASI << Document: OGI_10, a decree of Ephesus in honour of Nicagoras of Rhodes.
@ Burstein_1.
4 PAL ?? Areus, king of Sparta, sends an embassy with a letter to the Jewish high priest Onias.
@ Joseph:AJ_12'225-228.
5 << Simon "the Just" becomes high priest of the Jews.
* Read Josephus' account
@ ~Joseph:AJ_12'43;*  ChronPasc_421'B, 424'B, 464'B, 509'A; +Hieron:Chron_1717; ExcBarb_35B; ChronSynt_95'c; {There is some confusion over whether it was Simon I or Simon II who was called "the Just".}
6 ROM The censors P.Sempronius and P.Sulpicius complete the census; two new tribes, Aniensis and Terentina, are created.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.9'14;*  FastCap_p50.
7 ETR The Romans capture Nequinum, and found a colony there, called Narnia.
@ +Liv_10.10'1-5; {CAH_7.2'376; Green_689.}
8 CIS The Gauls invade Etruria.
@ ~Polyb_2.19'1-4; {CAH_7.2'377.}
9 ROM T.Manlius dies after falling from his horse, and M.Valerius is elected consul in his place.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.11'1-4;*  +FastCap_p50.
10 ETR Valerius invades Etruria.
@ +Liv_10.11'4-6.
11 GRE {21 Metageitnion -G = August/Sept.} Document: SIG_362, an Athenian decree in honour of Poseidippus after an embassy to Cassander.
@ Burstein_4.
12 ROM {24 Sept. -R} The triumph of Fulvius, over the Samnites and Nequinates.
@ #FastTr_p97.
13 The Picentes report that the Samnites are about to start a rebellion.
@ +Liv_10.11'7-8.
14 >> Food shortages at Rome.
@ +Liv_10.11'9; {CAH_7.2'409.}

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