304 B.C. - events and references

304 B.C. Olympiad 119.1

Consuls: P. Sempronius P.f. Sophus, P. Sulpicius Ser.f. Saverrio
Olympic victor in the stadion race: Andromenes of Corinth
Athenian archon: Pherecles

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1	AEG The Rhodians send out ships to attack Demetrius' supply bases, and Menedemus captures a ship sent by Phila to Demetrius. * Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.93'1-7;* ~Plut:Demetr_22'1-2.
2	Demetrius prevents the destruction of a picture by Protogenes. * Read Plutarch's account @ Plin:HN_7'126,^L 35'102,^L '104-105;^L ~Plut:Demetr_22'3-7,* :Mor_183'A-B; Fronto:Ep_1'p134; Gell_15.31'1-5;^L Suda_P'2963.
3	ITA Peace between the Romans and the Samnites: end of the Second Samnite War. * Read Livy's account @ +Diod_20.101'5; +Liv_9.45'1-4;* {CAH_7.2'375; Green_688.}
4	AEG Demetrius fails to bribe Athenagoras, one of the Rhodian commanders, but he attacks and makes a breach in the city walls. * Read Diodorus' account @ FGrH_533'2; +Diod_20.94'1-95'5.*
5	Supplies from Ptolemaeus, Cassander, and Lysimachus reach Rhodes. * Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.96'1-3;* Paus_1.6'6.
6	A violent counter-attack by the Rhodians forces Demetrius to pull back his siege machines. * Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.96'3-97'7;* Vitr_10.16'7.
7	ROM { 15 July -R } The censor Q.Fabius holds a parade of the equites. * Read Livy's account @ #Liv_9.46'15;* ValMax_2.2'9;^L [Vict]:VirIll_32'3;^L {CAH_7.2'663.}
8	GRE Demetrius captures the island of Salamis. * Read Pausanias' account @ Paus_1.35'2;* Polyaen_4.11'1; {Green_50.}
9	AEG The Athenians arrange a short truce between Demetrius and the Rhodians, which is followed by another unsuccessful attack by Demetrius, during which the Rhodian magistrate Damoteles is killed. @ +Diod_20.98'1-3.
10	Demetrius agrees to end the siege of Rhodes, through the mediation of the Aetolians. * Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.99'1-100'2;* Plut:Demetr_22'8; Trog:Prol_15; {CAH_7.1'56; Green_32.}
11	Demetrius leaves behind his siege engines for the Rhodians to keep. * Read Plutarch's account @ Vitr_10.16'8; ~Plut:Demetr_20'9,* :Mor_183'B.
12	ETR Sempronius subdues the Aequi. * Read Livy's account @ +Diod_20.101'5; +Liv_9.45'5-17;* {CAH_7.2'376.}
13	SIC << Agathocles massacres the inhabitants of Leontini. @ Polyaen_5.3'2; {Shortly after Deinocrates' desertion to Agathocles.}
14	Agathocles attacks the Lipara islands. * Read Diodorus' account @ FGrH_564'4<q" Callias>; +Diod_20.101'1-4;* {CAH_7.1'405.}
15	EXT << Fighting between Seleucus and the Indian king Sandracottus. * Read Appian's account @ Appian:Syr_55'c;* ~Just_15.4'12, '20; ~Oros_3.23'46;^L {CAH_7.1'210.}
16	GRE Demetrius crosses to Greece and captures Chalcis. * Read Diodorus' account @ +MarmPar_B'24; +Diod_20.100'5-6;* Plut:Demetr_23'3.
17	ETR The Romans make an alliance with the Marsi, Paeligni, Marrucini, and Frentani. * Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.101'5;* +Liv_9.45'18; Strab_5.241'c;^(4.2) {CAH_7.2'376.}
18	AEG The Rhodians honour Ptolemaeus as a god, and give him the title "Soter". * Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.100'3-4;* Paus_1.8'6; {Green_33, 403.}
19	GRE ?? Demochares arranges an alliance between the Athenians and the Boeotians, but is subsequently forced to go into exile. @ Plut:Mor_851'E; {OCD_d.}
20	<< Olympiodorus recaptures the Peiraeus from the Macedonians. @ Paus_1.26'3; {CAH_7.1'232; ~OCD_o. .}
21	Demetrius drives Cassander's army out of Attica and pursues it as far as Heracleia. @ ~Plut:Demetr_23'1-3; {Green_50.}
22	ROM {24 Sept. -R} Sempronius celebrates a triumph over the Aequi. * Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.45'18;* #FastTr_p96.
23	GRE The Athenians grant further honours to Demetrius. * Read Athenaeus' account @ CratesHist_2; Frontin:Str_4.1'10; ~Plut:Demetr_23'4-5; Athen_6.252'f-253'f<q"* Democh_1-2, & Duris_13>, 254'a, 255'c; {Frontinus applies to Demetrius a saying which Plutarchus says was addressed to his brother Philippus.}
24	ROM == Cn.Flavius, the son of a freedman, holds office as curule aedile but is opposed by the nobility, who try to prevent him from dedicating a temple to Concordia. * Read Livy's account @ Gell_7.9'1-6<q" LPiso>; Cic:DeOr_1'186,^L :Att_6.11'8, '18; +Liv_9.46'1-13;* ValMax_2.5'2,^L 9.3'3;^L Plin:HN_33'17-20;^L Justin:Dig_1.2.2'7,^L '36<q"^L Pomponius>; Macrob:Sat_1.15'9;^L {CAH_7.2'306-377.}
25	== The censors Q.Fabius and P.Decius distribute the urban plebs amongst four tribes. * Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.46'14-15;* +FastCap_p48; ValMax_2.2'9;^L Plut:Pomp_13'11; Ampel_18'6;^L [Vict]:VirIll_13'11;^L {CAH_7.2'397.}

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