307 B.C. Olympiad 118.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | AFR Agathocles captures Utica.
@ +Diod_20.54'2-55'4. |
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| 2 | SIC Xenodocus is defeated by an army from Syracuse.
@ +Diod_20.56'1-3. |
| 3 | AFR Eumachus makes a successful raid into the interior of Africa.
@ +Diod_20.57'4-58'6. |
| 4 | ROM Claudius chooses to stay at Rome, while Volumnius takes charge of the army.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.42'4,* 10.19'7. |
| 5 | AFR Agathocles leaves his son Archagathus in charge of the army in Africa, and sails back to Sicily.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.55'5;* Just_22.8'1. |
| 6 | GRE ?? Laws passed by Demetrius of Phalerum while he was in control at Athens.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_13.610'e<q"* Alexis>; Plut:Arist_27'4-5<q" DemPhal_45>; DemPhal_28; Cic:Rep_2'2,L :Leg_2'66;L Plut:Mor_818'D; DiogLaert_5'75.(D.2) |
| 7 | ?? Demetrius of Phalerum gives a garden to Theophrastus.
@ DiogLaert_5'39.(T.9) |
| 8 | ?? Demetrius of Phalerum preserves a boat which is said to have carried Theseus to Crete.
@ Plut:Thes_23'1. |
| 9 | ?? Philon enlarges the temple of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis.
@ Vitr_7.pr'17. |
| 9a | ?? The orator Pytheas admits that he has sometimes behaved badly.
@ Aelian:VH_14'28; {Pytheas is mentioned in 322 B.C. as a supporter of Antipater.} |
| 10 | ++ Comments on the refined style of the public speeches of Demetrius of Phalerum.
@ Cic:Brut_37-38.L |
| 11 | ++ The decadent private life of Demetrius of Phalerum.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Plut:Mor_60'D<v>; Athen_12.542'b-543'a<q"* Duris_10>, 13.593'e-f; Aelian:VH_9'9; DiogLaert_5'76.(D.4-6) |
| 12 | Demetrius the son of Antigonus captures Peiraeus and expels Demetrius of Phalerum from Athens.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +MarmPar_B'20; +Diod_20.45'1-5; Plut:Demetr_8'1-9'4,* :Mor_182'E-F; Paus_1.25'6; Polyaen_4.7'6; Aelian:VH_3'17; Suda_D'429; {CAH_7.1'55-56.} |
| 13 | SIC Deinocrates rallies resistance in Sicily against Agathocles.
@ +Diod_20.56'3-57'3. |
| 14 | ITA Volumnius attacks the Sallentini.
@ +Liv_9.42'5; {CAH_7.2'663.} |
| 15 | Fabius defeats the Samnites at Allifae.
@ +Liv_9.42'6-8; {CAH_7.2'663.} |
| 16 | AFR Archagathus divides up his army, which is then heavily defeated by the Carthaginians.
@ +Diod_20.59'1-61'4. |
| 17 | PEL Demetrius captures Megara.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +DionHal:Din_3<q" Philoch_66>; +Diod_20.46'3; Sen:Dial_2.5'6, :Ep_9'18; Plut:Demetr_9'4-10,* :Mor_5'F, 475'C; DiogLaert_2'115.(St.4) |
| 18 | PER << Seleucus conquers the Parthians.
* Read Justin's account @ Just_41.4'3;* Malal_198; {There is very little evidence for the dating of Seleucus' campaigns in the east of his empire, but this must have one of his first conquests.} |
| 19 | SIC Agathocles defeats the Carthaginian fleet off Syracuse.
@ +Diod_20.61'5-62'1; {CAH_7.2'663.} |
| 20 | Leptines defeats Xenodocus, and puts an end to the revolt by Acragas.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.62'2-5;* Just_22.8'2-3; Trog:Prol_22; {CAH_7.2'663.} |
| 21 | Agathocles invites his opponents to a banquet at Syracuse, and has them killed.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.63'1-7;* Polyaen_5.3'3. |
| 22 | GRE Demetrius captures and destroys Munychia.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +MarmPar_B'21; +DionHal:Din_2, 3<q" Philoch_66>; +Diod_20.45'5-7;* Plut:Demetr_10'1, +:Mor_850'D; {Green_48.} |
| 23 | The start of a four years' war between the Athenians and Cassander; Demochares strengthens the fortifications of Athens.
@ Plut:Mor_851'D; {OCD_d.} |
| 24 | AFR Agathocles is defeated by the Carthaginians in a battle which is followed by a panic in both camps.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.64'1-67'4;* Just_22.8'4-8; {CAH_7.1'399; Green_688.} |
| 25 | {November} Agathocles secretly returns to Sicily, abandoning his army.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.68'1-69'3;* Just_22.8'8-12; Trog:Prol_22; {CAH_7.1'400; OCD_a.} |
| 26 | {November} The soldiers kill Archagathus and Heracleides, the sons of Agathocles.
* Read Justin's account @ Polyb_7.2'4; +Diod_20.69'3, 70'4; Just_22.8'13-14.* |
| 27 | The remainder of Agathocles' army agrees terms with the Carthaginians.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_20.69'3-5;* Just_22.8'13; {CAH_7.1'400.} |
| 28 | GRE ?? The Athenian politician Stratocles has a mistress called Leme.
@ Athen_13.596'f; {Stratocles' flattery of Demetrius is described in Plut:Demetr_11.} |
| 29 | ?? A torchbearer at Eleusis, accompanying Stratocles, defiles the mysteries after becoming a follower of Epicurus.
@ Aelian:Fr_10. |
| 30 | The Athenians grant extravagant honours to Demetrius and his father Antigonus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Philoch_166; Athen_15.697'a<q" Philoch_165>; +Diod_20.46'1-5; Plut:Demetr_10'2-14'4;* Paus_10.10'2; ClemAl:Protr_4.48'c; {Green_688.} |
| 31 | The Athenians condemn Demetrius of Phalerum to death in his absence, and destroy his statues.
* Read Diogenes' account @ DionHal:Din_3<q" Philoch_66>; ~Strab_9.398'b;(1.20) Plin:HN_34'27;L Plut:Mor_559'D, 820'E-F; Ampel_15'19;L DiogLaert_5'77,* (D.8) '79,(D.8) '82;(D.10) {Green_48.} |
| 32 | ?? Deinarchus delivers several speeches against Polyeuctus.
* Read Suda's account @ Dinarch:Fr_1-2; Suda_P'99.* |
| 33 | Deinarchus is accused of having secret dealings with Cassander, and is forced to go into exile at Chalcis.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +DionHal:Din_2, 4, 9; ~Plut:Mor_850'C-D.* |
| 34 | ETR The Hernici declare war after the Romans take some of their citizens as prisoners.
@ +Liv_9.42'9. |
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