312 B.C. Olympiad 117.1Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | SIC << The death of the poet Sosiphanes.
@ +MarmPar_B'15. |
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| 2 | PEL ?? Xenarces of Stratus wins the pancration contest at the Olympic Games.
@ Paus_6.2'1; {A statue of Xenocrates (whose name may be garbled) was attributed to Lysippus.} |
| 3 | PEL Ptolemaeus suppresses a revolt by Telesphorus.
@ +Diod_19.87'1-3. |
| 4 | SIC Agathocles captures Messene (? and Tauromenium).
* Read Polyaenus' account @ +Diod_19.102'1-7; (?) Polyaen_5.3'6;* {CAH_7.1'391, 72'662.} |
| 5 | ROM C.Junius (or C.Sulpicius) is appointed dictator in anticipation of an attack by the Etruscans.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.29'1-5;* +FastCap_p48. |
| 6 | The censors allow sons of freedmen to become members of the senate, and distribute landless citizens amongst all the existing tribes.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_20.36'3; Hor:Sat_1.6'20-21; +Liv_9.29'7, 30'2, 46'10-11;* Plut:Publ_7'8; Suet:Claud_24'1; [Vict]:VirIll_34'1;L {CAH_7.2'395.} |
| 7 | ETR The Romans attack Pollitium, a city of the Marrucini.
@ +Diod_19.105'5; {CAH_7.2'882.} |
| 8 | EPI Lyciscus, the general of Cassander, defeats Alcetas.
@ +Diod_19.88'1-89'1. |
| 9 | SIC Nymphodorus makes an unsuccessful attack on Centoripa.
@ +Diod_19.103'1-4. |
| 10 | MAC Cassander is defeated while attacking Apollonia.
@ +Diod_19.89'1-3. |
| 11 | ROM {13 Sept. -R} Valerius (? or Decius) celebrates a triumph over the Samnites, and dedicates the spoils to Ceres.
* Read Fasti's account @ #FastTr_p96;* [Vict]:VirIll_27'1.L |
| 12 | ASI ?? Antigonus rebukes the young Demetrius during a battle.
@ Plut:Demetr_28'10. |
| 13 | PAL Ptolemaeus defeats Demetrius at the battle of Gaza.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +MarmPar_B'16; Joseph:Ap_1'184-186<q" Castor>; +Diod_19.80'3-85'3; Plut:Demetr_5'2-6;* Appian:Syr_54'1; Just_15.1'6-9; Trog:Prol_15; Porph:Fr_42; [Euseb]:Chron_249'a; Oros_3.23'35;L Suda_D'429; {CAH_7.1'49; OCD_d.} |
| 14 | PHO Ptolemaeus gains control of Phoenicia.
@ +Diod_19.85'4-86'3. |
| 15 | SIC A Carthaginian fleet makes a raid on the harbour of Syracuse.
@ +Diod_19.103'4-5. |
| 16 | ROM C.Plautius resigns as censor, but Ap.Claudius stays on as sole censor.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.29'7-8;* +FastCap_p48; Frontin:Aqu_1'5; {CAH_7.2'396.} |
| 17 | EPI Alcetas is assassinated.
@ +Diod_19.89'3. |
| 18 | SIC Pasophilus defeats the Syracusan exiles under Deinocrates near Galeria.
@ +Diod_19.104'1-2. |
| 19 | A Carthaginian army takes up a strong position near Gela.
@ +Diod_19.104'3-4. |
| 20 | ETR == The Romans found a colony at Interamna Sucasina.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_19.105'5; +Liv_9.28'8;* Vell_1.14'4; {CAH_7.2'372.} |
| 21 | ROM == The construction of the Via Appia.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Mil_17;* +Diod_20.36'2; +Liv_9.29'6; Frontin:Aqu_1'5; Justin:Dig_1.2.2'36<q"L Pomponius>; [Vict]:VirIll_34'6;L Eutrop_2.9'2; Suda_A'3199; {CAH_7.2'395; Green_687.} |
| 22 | == The construction of the Appian Aqueduct.
* Read Frontinus' account @ +Diod_20.36'1; +Liv_9.29'6; +Frontin:Aqu_1'4-6;* Justin:Dig_1.2.2'36<q"L Pomponius>; [Vict]:VirIll_34'7;L Eutrop_2.9'2; Suda_A'3199; {CAH_7.2'395; Green_687.} |
| 23 | == Ap.Claudius arranges for the religious secrets of the Potitii family to be divulged; soon afterwards, the family dies out.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.29'9-11;* ValMax_1.1'17;L [Vict]:Origo_8'4-6, :VirIll_34'2;L Macrob:Sat_3.6'13;L {CAH_7.2'396.} |
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