314 B.C. Olympiad 116.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | PEL Aristodemus "liberates" Cyllene and Patrae and sacks Aegium during a raid into Achaea.
@ +Diod_19.66'1-4. |
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| 2 | ETR The Romans capture Sora.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.24'1-25,* 31'13; {CAH_7.2'372.} |
| 3 | PEL Alexander captures Dyme, but his garrison is overwhelmed by the inhabitants of the city shortly afterwards.
@ +Diod_19.66'4-6. |
| 4 | EPI Cassander persuades the people of Acarnania to move into fortified cities, the largest of which is Stratus.
@ +Diod_19.67'3-5. |
| 5 | PEL ?? Acrotatus becomes unpopular at Sparta because of his opposition to an amnesty for the survivors of the battle of Megalopolis.
@ +Diod_19.70'4-5; Plut:Mor_216'D-E. |
| 6 | SIC The inhabitants of Acragas summon Acrotatus the Spartan to be their general against Agathocles.
@ +Diod_19.70'1-71'1; {CAH_7.1'391.} |
| 7 | ITA The Romans recapture Luceria and found a colony there.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_19.72'9; +Liv_9.26'1-5;* Vell_1.14'4; {CAH_7.2'372; OCD_l.} |
| 8 | ETR The consuls subdue the Ausones.
@ +Liv_9.25'1-9. |
| 9 | GRE << Document: Theophr:HP, Theophrastus' "History of Plants".
@ +Plin:HN_13'101,L 15'1,L 16'144,L 19'32,L 33'113.L |
| 10 | GRE Ptolemaeus wins the prize at the Pythian Games in the race for chariots drawn by pairs of foals.
@ +Paus_10.7'8; {At the 69th Pythian games.} |
| 11 | PEL Alexander is assassinated, but his widow Cratesipolis retains control of Sicyon.
@ +Diod_19.67'1-2. |
| 12 | ILL Cassander invades Illyria, and captures Epidamnus.
* Read Polyaenus' account @ +Diod_19.67'6-7; Polyaen_4.11'4.* |
| 13 | EPI The Aetolians besiege Agrinium, and massacre the Acarnanians after the city surrenders.
@ +Diod_19.68'1. |
| 14 | SIC Acrotatus is forced to escape from Acragas after murdering Sostratus.
@ +Diod_19.71'2-5; {CAH_7.1'391.} |
| 15 | ITA C.Maenius is elected dictator to investigate anti-Roman plots at Capua.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_19.76'3-5; +Liv_9.25'2, 26'5-7;* +FastCap_p46; {CAH_7.2'662.} |
| 16 | PHO Antigonus captures Tyre.
* Read Memnon's account @ +Diod_19.61'5; (?) Memn_4'6;* {Green_26<313>.} |
| 17 | ROM Maenius resigns from the dictatorship to face allegations of treason.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_9.26'8-22,* 34'14; {CAH_7.2'394.} |
| 18 | AEG Dioscurides drives Aristoteles, the admiral of Cassander, away from Lemnos.
@ +Diod_19.68'2-4; {Green_687<313>.} |
| 19 | ASI Ptolemaeus, the general of Antigonus, escapes from an ambush and captures Eupolemus, the general of Cassander.
@ +Diod_19.68'5-7. |
| 20 | SIC Agathocles agrees peace terms with the cities of Acragas, Gela, and Messene.
@ +Diod_19.71'6-72'2, 102'1; {CAH_7.1'391.} |
| 21 | Hamilcar is secretly condemned by the Carthaginian senate, and dies soon afterwards.
* Read Justin's account @ +Diod_19.72'2; ~Just_22.3'1-7,* 7'10. |
| 22 | ITA The Romans defeat the Samnites at (?) Tarracina.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_19.76'1-2; +Liv_9.27'1-14;* {CAH_7.2'372; Green_686.} |
| 23 | ROM {1 July -R} The triumph of Sulpicius, over the Samnites.
@ #FastTr_p96. |
| 24 | ASI Antigonus leaves his son Demetrius in charge in Syria, and marches to Celaenae in Phrygia.
* Read Pausanias' account @ +Diod_19.69'1-5; Paus_1.6'5.* |
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