306 B.C. Olympiad 118.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | GRE {? 6th prytany = Jan.} The Athenians pass a decree in honour of Lycurgus, and set up a statue of him.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Plut:Mor_843'C, #851'F-852'E.* |
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| 2 | SIC Agathocles sacks the city of Segesta.
@ +Diod_20.71'1-5. |
| 3 | Agathocles punishes the families of soldiers from Syracuse who took part in the attack on his sons.
@ +Diod_20.72'1-5. |
| 4 | ITA << The Samnites capture Sora and Calatia.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_20.80'1; +Liv_9.43'1;* {CAH_7.2'375.} |
| 5 | CYP << Demetrius defeats Menelaus and begins to besiege Salamis.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_20.46'6-48'8, 82'1; Plut:Demetr_15'1-2;* Trog:Prol_15; {CAH_7.1'124.} |
| 6 | EPI << Pyrrhus is installed as king of Epirus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Pyrrh_3'5;* Paus_1.11'5; ~Just_17.3'21; {CAH_7.2'459; OCD_p.} |
| 7 | << Demetrius of Phalerum meets the Cynic philosopher Crates at Thebes.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ ~Plut:Mor_69'C-D; Athen_10.422'c-d;* {Soon after Demetrius' eviction from Athens.} |
| 8 | ASI ++ Epicurus is associated with the leading men of Lampsacus during his stay in the city.
@ Strab_13.589'f.(1.19) |
| 9 | GRE << Epicurus returns to Athens.
* Read Suda's account @ +DiogLaert_10'2, '15; Suda_E'2404;* {CAH_7.1'496; OCD_e.} |
| 10 | ETR The Hernici and Anagnini surrender to Marcius.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_20.80'4; +Liv_9.43'2-7,* 45'5-6; Plin:HN_34'23;L {CAH_7.2'375.} |
| 11 | SYR << The foundation of the city of Antigoneia, Antigonus' capital in Syria.
* Read Strabo's account @ +Diod_20.47'5-6; Strab_16.750'b;* (2.4) Malal_198, 199, 201; {Green_162.} |
| 12 | CYP Demetrius heavily defeats Ptolemaeus in a naval battle off Salamis.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_20.49'1-52'6; Plut:Demetr_15'3-17'1;* Appian:Syr_54'b; Paus_1.6'6; Polyaen_4.7'7; Just_15.2'6; +Hieron:Chron_1712; Oros_3.23'39;L {CAH_7.1'56.} |
| 13 | Demetrius takes control of Cyprus, but allows Menelaus to escape to Egypt.
* Read Justin's account @ +MarmPar_B'21; +Diod_20.53'1; Sen:Ben_3.37'3; Plut:Ant_89'5; Just_15.2'7-9;* {CAH_7.1'56.} |
| 14 | EXT << Seleucus conquers Bactria.
* Read Justin's account @ Just_15.4'11;* Oros_3.23'44;L {Shortly before Seleucus reached India.} |
| 15 | SIC The breakdown of negotiations between Deinocrates and Agathocles.
@ +Diod_20.77'1-79'5. |
| 16 | ITA Marcius defeats the Samnites.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_20.80'1-4; +Liv_9.43'8-21;* {CAH_7.2'663.} |
| 17 | ROM {29 June -R} The triumph of Marcius, over the Hernici; an equestrian statue is erected in his honour.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.43'22;* #FastTr_p96; Plin:HN_34'23.L |
| 18 | SIC Agathocles agrees to peace terms with the Carthaginians.
* Read Justin's account @ +Diod_20.79'5; ValMax_7.4e'1;L Just_22.8'15;* Trog:Prol_22; {CAH_7.1'404; Green_222.} |
| 19 | SYR Antigonus and his son Demetrius adopt the title of King.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~FGrH_155.1'7; Diod_20.53'2; ~Plut:Demetr_17'2-18'1;* Appian:Syr_54'b; ~Just_15.2'10; Oros_3.23'40;L {CAH_7.1'57; OCD_a.} |
| 20 | The funeral of Philippus, son of Antigonus.
* Read MarmorParium's account @ +MarmPar_B'21;* +Diod_20.73'1. |
| 21 | EGY Antigonus invades Egypt, and advances as far as the Nile.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_20.73'1-74'5; Plut:Demetr_19'1-3.* |
| 22 | ETR The Romans grant rights of civitas sine suffragio to the Hernici.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:Off_1'35;L +Liv_9.43'23-24;* {CAH_7.2'375.} |
| 23 | EGY Antigonus retreats out of Egypt after his troops start to desert.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_20.76'1-7; Plut:Demetr_19'3;* Paus_1.6'6; {CAH_7.1'56; GR-30.} |
| 24 | GRE After thirty years, a refugee finds the money which he had hidden when Thebes was destroyed by Alexander.
@ ~Athen_1.19'c. |
| 25 | AEG == The start of (?) co-operation between Rhodes and Rome.
@ ~Polyb_30.5'6; {CAH_7.2'457; Green_688.} |
| 26 | ROM == The censor C.Junius Bubulcus and M.Valerius Maximus review the senate, build a temple of Salus, and construct the Via Valeria.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.43'25;* FastCap_p48; ValMax_2.9'2;L {CAH_7.2'375.} |
| 27 | == Ap.Claudius goes blind, and retires from public life.
* Read Livy's account @ ~Diod_20.36'6; Liv_9.29'11;* DionHal_16.3'2; [Liv]:Per_13'b; ValMax_1.1'17;L Justin:Dig_3.1.1'5<q"L Ulpian>; [Vict]:VirIll_34'2;L {Soon after his censorship, according to Diodorus, though Livius says it was some years after the censorship - presumably after his consulship, as well.} |
| 28 | == The Romans renew their treaty with the Carthaginians.
@ +Liv_9.43'26; {CAH_7.2'457; Green_688.} |
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