311 B.C. Olympiad 117.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM {March -R} The new consuls refuse to accept the censors' changes to the senate.
@ +Liv_9.30'1-2; {CAH_7.2'396.} |
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| 2 | SYR << Demetrius defeats Cilles, the general of Ptolemaeus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_19.93'1-3; Plut:Demetr_6'1-5;* Paus_1.6'5; {Holbl_p18.} |
| 3 | << Ptolemaeus sends Seleucus with a small force to reoccupy Babylonia.
* Read Appian's account @ BabylChron_BM.35920; +MarmPar_B'16; +Diod_19.86'5, 90'1-5; Appian:Syr_54'a,* 56'b; Arrian:Ind_43'4; Porph:Fr_42; [Euseb]:Chron_249'a; {CAH_7.1'49.} |
| 4 | PAL Ptolemaeus retreats back to Egypt.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_19.93'3-7; Plut:Demetr_6'5;* Paus_1.6'5; {Green_687.} |
| 5 | EGY Ptolemaeus settles some of the Jews in Egypt.
* Read Josephus' account @ Aristeas_12, 22, 23, 36; ~Joseph:AJ_12'7-9,* :Ap_1'186-189; August:DeCiv_18.42'b, 45'd; ChronSynt_65'b, 67'c; {Green_499.} |
| 6 | MES The beginning of the reign of Seleucus in Babylonia.
@ +BabylChron_3'R3-4, IM.65066; Appian:Syr_63'a<+v>; +[Euseb]:Chron_249'b; +Hieron:Chron_1705; Sulpit_2.19'a; ExcBarb_46A; ChronSynt_91'd. |
| 7 | {Nisan -B = April} The start of the Seleucid Era.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ ~BabylChron_BM.35603; 1Macc_1'10, '54, 10'21; 2Macc_1'7, 11'33; Joseph:AJ_12'246, '264, '297, 13'213; Euseb:HistEc_1.13'21; ChronPasc_421'C, 816'A; +Hieron:Chron_1704,* 1706, 2295; {CAH_7.1'52; OCD_s; in the Macedonian calendar, the Seleucid Era is counted from October 312.} |
| 8 | ARA The Nabataeans defeat Athenaeus, the general of Antigonus.
@ +Diod_19.94'1-96'3. |
| 9 | ROM The flute-players return to Rome after protesting at the removal of their privileges by Ap.Claudius.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.30'5-10;* Ovid:Fast_6'661-692;L ValMax_2.5'4;L [Vict]:VirIll_34'1.L |
| 10 | SIC Hamilcar son of Gisco arrives as the new Carthaginian general in Sicily.
@ +Diod_19.106'1-5; {CAH_7.1'392.} |
| 11 | Agathocles enters Gela and massacres his opponents there.
@ +Diod_19.107'1-5; {CAH_7.1'393.} |
| 12 | MES Seleucus gains complete control of Babylonia.
* Read Appian's account @ +BabylChron_3'R6-8; Daniel_11'5; +Diod_19.91'1-5; Plut:Demetr_7'2; Appian:Syr_54'a-b;* Just_15.4'11; [Euseb]:Chron_249'a; !Hieron:Chron_1716; Oros_3.23'44;L {CAH_7.1'52<312>; Holbl_p18.} |
| 13 | ARA Demetrius leads a raid against the Nabataeans.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Diod_19.96'3-98'1; Plut:Demetr_7'1.* |
| 14 | PAL Demetrius persuades Antigonus to attempt to extract asphalt from the Dead Sea.
@ HierCard_5; +Diod_19.98'1-100'3. |
| 15 | ITA The Romans lose control of Cluviae, but quickly recapture it.
@ +Liv_9.31'1-3; {CAH_7.2'662.} |
| 16 | GRE << Zenon of Citium moves to Athens; he loses his wealth in a shipwreck and becomes a student of philosophy.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sen:Dial_9.14'3; Plut:Mor_87'A,* 467'D, 603'D; DiogLaert_7'2-5, '13, ~'28, '31-32; Suda_N'82, N'604; {CAH_7.1'494; OCD_z<313>.} |
| 17 | << Timaeus the historian moves to Athens.
@ Polyb_12.25d'1<q" Timae_34>; {CAH_7.1'392; Green_687.} |
| 18 | SIC {July} The Carthaginians under Hamilcar defeat Agathocles by the river Himera.
* Read Justin's account @ Diod_19.1'10, +108'1-109'5, 20.3'1, 30'1; Just_22.3'8-9;* {CAH_7.1'393; OCD_a.} |
| 19 | AEG << Protogenes starts work on his painting of Ialysus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Demetr_22'5;* Fronto:Ep_1'p134; {The painting took 7 years to complete (or 11 years, according to Fronto).} |
| 20 | ITA The Romans capture Bovianum.
@ +Liv_9.31'4-5; {CAH_7.2'662.} |
| 21 | ETR Aemilius defeats an Etruscan army near Sutrium.
@ +Liv_9.32'1-12; {CAH_7.2'373; this needs to be distinguished from a similar event in 310 BC.} |
| 22 | SYR Antigonus agrees to a peace treaty with Cassander, Lysimachus, and Ptolemaeus.
@ OGI_5<t= Bagnall_6>, 6'5-9<t= Bagnall_6>; +Diod_19.105'1; {CAH_7.1'50; OCD_a.} |
| 23 | ITA The Samnites attempt to trap Junius in an ambush.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.31'6-16;* Zonar_8.1'a-b. |
| 24 | The consuls defeat the Samnites at (?) Talium.
@ +Diod_20.26'3-4. |
| 25 | SIC Agathocles escapes to Gela, where he beats off a Carthaginian attack.
@ +Diod_19.110'1-3. |
| 26 | ASI Document: OGI_5, a letter from Antigonus to Scepsis concerning the recent peace treaty.
@ Bagnall_6; {CAH_7.1'51.} |
| 27 | Document: OGI_6, a decree of Scepsis granting divine honours to Antigonus.
@ Bagnall_6; {Green_403.} |
| 28 | ROM {5 August -R} Brutus celebrates a triumph over the Samnites.
@ #FastTr_p96. |
| 29 | {13 August -R} Aemilius celebrates a triumph over the Etruscans.
@ #FastTr_p96. |
| 30 | PER {August/Sept.} Seleucus defeats Nicanor and gains control of Media.
* Read Appian's account @ +BabylChron_3'R9-10; +Diod_19.92'1-5; Appian:Syr_55'a;* {CAH_7.1'53<312>.} |
| 31 | EGY {Dius -M = Oct.} Document: PEleph_1, the marriage contract of Heracleides and Demetria.
@ Bagnall_122. |
| 32 | BOS ++ Parysades is a just ruler, and receives divine honours.
@ Strab_7.310'a.(4.4) |
| 33 | The death of Parysades, the ruler of the Cimmerian Bosporus, who is succeeded by his son Satyrus.
@ +Diod_16.52'10, 20.22'1-6; {OCD_spartocids.} |
| 34 | SIC Many Sicilian cities changes sides to support Hamilcar and the Carthaginians.
@ +Diod_19.110'4-5. |
| 35 | MES The foundation of Seleuceia on the Tigris.
* Read Appian's account @ Strab_16.738'e;(1.5) Plin:HN_6'117,L '122;L Joseph:AJ_18'372; Tac:Ann_6'42; Appian:Syr_57'b, 58'a-d;* Paus_1.16'3; AmmMarc_23.6'23;L {OCD_s; Green_687.} |
| 36 | ROM == The Roman people are given the right to elect the tribuni militum.
@ +Liv_9.30'3; {CAH_7.2'373.} |
| 37 | == The first duumviri are appointed to supervise the Roman fleet.
@ +Liv_9.30'4; {CAH_7.2'410; Green_687.} |
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