305 B.C. Olympiad 118.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM P.Scipio is appointed dictator in order to preside over elections for new consuls.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.44'1-4;* +FastCap_p48. | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | AEG Antigonus decides to attack Rhodes.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.81'1-82'3;* Paus_1.6'6; {Green_32.} | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | CYR ++ Callimachus, grandfather of Callimachus the poet, is a general in the army of Cyrene.
@ Callim:Epigr_21'3-4; {Callimachus the poet was probably born around this time.} | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | PON ?? The prosperous reign of Dionysius of Heracleia, aided by his wife Amastris.
@ Memn_4'5-7. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | ++ The gluttony of Dionysius.
@ Athen_12.549'a-d. | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | << The death of Dionysius, tyrant of Heracleia, who is succeeded by his sons Oxathras and Clearchus.
* Read Memnon's account @ ~Diod_16.88'5, +20.77'1; Memn_4'8-9;* Trog:Prol_16; {OCD_h.} | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | SIC << The birth of Hieron, the future king of Syracuse.
* Read Justin's account @ ~ValMax_8.13e'1;L ~Lucian:Macr_10; Just_23.4'3-8;* {Green_688.} | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | << The (?) birth of the poet Sosiphanes.
@ +MarmPar_B'22. | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | SIC << Document: SIG_1097, a decree of an association of "orgeones" concerning the sanctuary of Egretes in Attica.
@ Austin_150. | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | AEG Demetrius arrives at Rhodes and begins to besiege the city.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +MarmPar_B'23; +Diod_20.82'4-84'6,* 100'1; {CAH_7.1'56; OCD_d.} | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | The goddess Athene appears to Callicles in a dream, and advises the Rhodians to appeal to Ptolemaeus for help.
@ ~AnagLind_D'3. | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | ITA The Roman consuls defeat the Samnites and capture Bovianum.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_20.90'4; +Liv_9.44'5-14;* {CAH_7.2'375.} | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Minucius is wounded in battle, and later dies; M.Fulvius is elected consul in his place.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.44'15;* +FastCap_p48. | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | SIC Agathocles defeats Deinocrates at Torgium.
@ +Diod_20.89'1-5; {CAH_7.1'496.} | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | GRE << The Athenian general Olympiodorus defeats the army of Cassander at Elateia, with help from the Aetolians.
* Read Pausanias' account @ Paus_1.15'1, 26'3, 29'8, 10.18'7, 34'2-3;* {OCD_o; Green_688.} | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | ITA The Romans capture Sora, Arpinum, and Cesennia.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.90'4;* +Liv_9.44'16; {CAH_7.2'375.} | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | AEG The Rhodians repel Demetrius' first attack on their harbour.
@ +Diod_20.85'1-87'4. | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | SYR Antigonus attempts to persuade Rhodian expatriates not to return home.
@ Polyaen_4.6'16. | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | SIC Deinocrates deserts his allies, and becomes a general of Agathocles.
@ +Diod_20.90'1-2. | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | ROM {5 October -R} The consuls celebrate a triumph over the Samnites.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.44'14;* #FastTr_p96. | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | AEG The Rhodians repel another attack by Demetrius, by land and sea; after which they receive reinforcements from Ptolemaeus and from the city of Cnossus.
@ +Diod_20.88'1-9. | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | EGY Ptolemaeus proclaims himself king.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +AstrCan_3; ~FGrH_155.1'7; +MarmPar_B'23; Diod_20.53'3, 54'1; Plut:Demetr_18'2;* Appian:Syr_54'b; Just_15.2'11; ~[Euseb]:Chron_161'a; {CAH_7.1'128; OCD_p 23
| SYR Seleucus proclaims himself king, and is given the epithet Nicator.
| * Read Diodorus' account @ +BabylChron_BM.35603'O7; ~FGrH_155.1'7; Diod_20.53'4-54'1;* Plut:Demetr_18'3; Appian:Syr_57'a; Sulpit_2.17'b; {CAH_7.1'58; Green_29.} 24
| MAC Cassander and Lysimachus take the title of king.
| * Read Justin's account @ ~FGrH_155.1'7; Diod_20.53'4-54'1; ~Plut:Demetr_18'3-4; ~Just_15.2'12-14;* Oros_3.23'40;L {CAH_7.1'58; OCD_l<306>.} 25
| AEG Demetrius constructs a large siege engine, which is called a Helepolis.
| * Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.91'1-8;* Vitr_10.16'3-6; Plut:Demetr_21'1-6; Athen_5.206'd; AmmMarc_23.4'10, 24.2'18; {Green_32.} 26
| Demetrius begins to be called Poliorcetes, "the Besieger".
| * Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.92'1-5;* Gell_15.31'1;L [Euseb]:Chron_247'c; AmmMarc_23.4'10, 24.2'18. 27
| PEL ?? Sayings of Eudamidas I, king of Sparta.
| @ Plut:Mor_220'E-221'A. 28
| ++ The peaceful reign of Eudamidas I.
| @ Paus_3.10'5; {Bickerman_p156 29
| EGY ++ The courtesan Thais lives with Ptolemaeus and bears him three children.
| @ Athen_13.576'e; {Thais had accompanied Alexander during his conquest of Persia, so her association with Ptolemaeus probably belongs to the early part of his reign.} 30
| ROM ?? An earthquake at Rome.
| @ ~DionHal_16.6'1-2; {From its position in the fragments of Dionysius, this appears to be dated to the period of the Second Samnite War..} |
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