back 322 B.C. Olympiad 114.3

Consuls: Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus, L. Fulvius Curvus
Athenian archon: Philocles

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1 GRE << A saying of Phocion, about the success of Leosthenes as Athenian general against the Macedonians.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Phoc_23'1-4, :Mor_188'D-E, 546'A, 803'A-B.
2 MAC Leosthenes allows the Aetolians in his army to return home.
* Read Suda's account
@ ~Diod_18.13'4; Suda_A'2704.
3 Leosthenes is killed, while attacking Lamia.
* Read Justin's account
@ ~Diod_18.13'4-6; Strab_9.434'a; Paus_1.25'5; Just_13.5'12-13; Oros_3.23'16;L  Suda_L'276; {OCD_l.}
4 GRE Document: Hyper:Epit, Hypereides' Funeral Oration in honour of Leosthenes and the Athenians who died with him.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Mor_486'D, 849'F; {CAH.7.1'493; OCD_h<323?>.}
5 CYR << Thibron attacks Cyrene with an army of mercenaries.
@ ~Diod_18.20'1-21'5; Strab_17.837'd;(3.21)  Arrian:Fr_9'16-17; {After the death of Harpalus, and before the intervention of Ptolemaeus in Cyrene.}
6 ASI Eumenes decides to leave Leonnatus, and joins Perdiccas.
@ Plut:Eum_3'10-11.
7 GRE Phocion persuades the Athenians not to invade Boeotia, and defeats the Macedonians near Rhamnus.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Phoc_24'1-25'4, :Mor_188'E, 791'E-F, 819'A; {OCD_p.}
8 MAC Leonnatus joins the Macedonian army in Thessaly, but he is killed in a battle against the Greek army.
* Read Justin's account
@ +Diod_18.14'4-15'7; Strab_9.434'a; Plut:Phoc_25'4; Arrian:Fr_1'9; Just_13.5'14-15; Oros_3.23'16;L  {CAH_7.1'32; OCD_l.}
9 AEG Cleitus, the commander of the Macedonian fleet, decisively defeats the Athenians near Amorgos.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ +MarmPar_B'9; +Diod_18.15'8-9; Plut:Demetr_11'4, :Mor_338'A; {CAH_7.1'32; OCD_c.}
10 CAP Perdiccas defeats and kills Ariarathes of Cappadocia, and appoints Eumenes to be governor of the region.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ +Diod_18.16'1-3; Trog:Prol_13; Plut:Eum_3'12-14; Appian:Mith_8'a-b; Arrian:Fr_1'11; Lucian:Macr_13; Just_13.6'1; Oros_5.23'17;L  {CAH_7.1'34; OCD_p.}
11 MAC Craterus brings another Macedonian army to join Antipater in Thessaly.
@ +Diod_18.16'4-5; Arrian:Fr_1'12; {CAH_7.1'32; OCD_c.}
12 ITA The dictator A.Cornelius (or one of the Roman consuls) defeats the Samnites.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_8.38'1-40'5; Zonar_7.26'i; {CAH_7.2'369.}
13 SIC << Agathocles helps to defend Rhegium, when it is attacked by Sostratus and Heracleides.
@ ~Diod_19.4'2; {CAH_7.1'387.}
14 CYR Ophellas, the general of Ptolemaeus, defeats Thibron and gains control of Cyrene.
* Read Justin's account
@ +MarmPar_B'10; +Diod_18.21'6-9; Strab_17.791'a,(1.5)  837'd; Polyaen_8.70'1; Arrian:Fr_9'17-19; Just_13.6'18-20; {OCD_o; Green_384<322/1>.}
15 MES Document: BabylChron_BM.34093, an "astronomical diary" of events at Babylon. {The diary covers events up to August of this year.}
16 GRE ?? Phryne removes her clothes while Hypereides is defending her in court.
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Hyper:Fr_B'30; Plut:Mor_849'E; Quint_2.15'9; Athen_13.590'c-591'f.
17 ?? Sayings of Aristotle, addressed to Antipater and others.
@ ValMax_7.2e'11;L  Plut:Mor_503'A-B; Aelian:VH_9'23, 14'1; DiogLaert_5'17-21.(A.11) 
18 ++ Aristotle has many pupils, including Theophrastus and Aristoxenus.
* Read Gellius' account
@ Cic:Acad_1'17, :Fin_4'3,L  :Tusc_1'41;L  Plut:Mor_803'C; Gell_4.11'4; Suda_A'3929.
19 ++ General comments on the character of Aristotle, the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Cic:Acad_1'18, :Fin_5'7,L  :Tusc_3'9;L  Plut:CatMai_29'5; DiogLaert_5'1,(A.1)  '16,(A.10)  10'8; AnthPal_2'16-22.
20 The death of Aristotle, at Chalcis in Euboea.
* Read Diogenes' account
@ !MarmPar_B'11; DionHal:Amm_1'5; Strab_10.448'd,(1.11)  13.608'e;(1.54)  Plin:HN_35'162;L  Gell_17.21'35;L  DiogLaert_5'6,(A.7)  +'10;(7)  Censor:DN_14'16;L  Suda_A'3929; {CAH_7.1'493; OCD_a.}
21 CIL Perdiccas attacks the Isaurians, who commit suicide to avoid being captured.
* Read Justin's account
@ +Diod_18.22'1-8; Just_13.6'1-3; Oros_3.23'17.L 
22 MAC {7 Metageitnion -G = Aug./Sept.} The Macedonians defeat the Greek army near Crannon in Thessaly.
* Read Justin's account
@ +Diod_18.17'1-5; Plut:Phoc_26'1, #:Dem_28'1, #:Cam_19'8; Paus_7.10'4; Arrian:Fr_1'12; Just_13.5'16-17; FGrH_255'10; {CAH_7.1'32; OCD_c.}
23 The Thessalians and other Greek states come to terms separately with the Macedonians.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ +Diod_18.17'6-8; Plut:Phoc_26'1.
24 ROM {September -R} According to some accounts, the Romans appoint a dictator to officiate at the Ludi Romani.
@ +Liv_8.40'2-3.
25 GRE The Athenians send Xenocrates and Demetrius of Phalerum as envoys to Antipater and Craterus.
@ Demetr:Eloc_289; DiogLaert_4'9;(X.5)  {OCD_x.}
26 The Athenians pass a sentence of death on Demosthenes, Hypereides and their leading supporters, who have already fled from the city.
* Read Nepos' account
@ Nepos_19.2'1-3; Plut:Phoc_26'2; :Dem_28'2, :Mor_846'E, 847'D, 849'A; Arrian:Fr_9'13; Suda_A'2703, '2704, D'456; {OCD_d.}
27 {20 Boedromion -G = Sept./Oct.} The Athenians surrender to Antipater, and a Macedonian garrison is installed in Munychia.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ +MarmPar_B'10; Nepos_19.2'2; +Diod_18.18'1-9, 20.46'3; DionHal:Din_9; #Plut:Phoc_26'3-28'7, #:Dem_28'1, #:Cam_19'10, :Mor_188'E-F; Paus_1.25'2, 7.10'4-5; Suda_I'53; {CAH_7.1'32.}
28 Antipater sends Archias to capture the Athenian exiles.
* Read Pausanias' account
@ Polyb_9.29'2-4; Paus_1.8'3; Arrian:Fr_9'13-14; Lucian:DemEn_28, 31; Athen_12.542'e.
29 ROM The Romans refuse to discuss peace terms with an embassy from the Samnites.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ Appian:Sam_5'1-2; DioCass_fr.36'8; Zonar_7.26'i-j.
30 CIL Perdiccas decides to marry Cleopatra, the sister of Alexander the Great, instead of Nicaea, the daughter of Antipater.
* Read Justin's account
@ +Diod_18.23'1-3; Arrian:Fr_9'21-23, '26; Just_13.6'4-8; {CAH_7.1'35; Green_11-12<322/1>.}
31 EGY Ptolemaeus marries Eurydice, the daughter of Antipater.
@ Paus_1.6'8; {CAH_7.1'34-25.}
32 GRE ?? A saying of Hypereides, when he was accused by the Athenian people of being too severe.
@ Plut:Phoc_10'6.
33 ++ General comments on the character and eloquence of Hypereides.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Mor_849'D-F, 850'A-B.
34 {9 Pyanepsion -G = Oct./Nov.} Hypereides is captured by Archias on the island of Aegina, and is put to death by Antipater.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Phoc_29'1, #:Mor_849'B-C; Lucian:DemEn_31; Suda_U'294, '339; {CAH_7.1'32; OCD_h.}
35 ++ Demosthenes performs regular exercises to improve the delivery of his speeches.
* Read Quintilian's account
@ Cic:DeOr_1'260-261,L  :Fin_5'5;L  :Div_2'96;L  Quint_11.3'54, '68, '130; Plut:Dem_11'1-2;
36 ?? Demosthenes refuses to pay the price demanded by the courtesan Lais.
* Read Gellius' account
@ Gell_1.8'3-6; Macrob:Sat_2.2'11.L 
37 ?? Demosthenes receives a bribe from some Milesian envoys, to prevent him from speaking against them.
* Read Gellius' account
@ Plut:Mor_848'B; Gell_11.9'1-2.
38 ?? Demosthenes takes pride in being recognised by an old Athenian woman.
@ Cic:Tusc_5'103;L  Plinius:Ep_9.23'5.
39 ?? Demosthenes says that delivery is the most important part of public speaking.
* Read Quintilian's account
@ Cic:DeOr_3'213;L  ValMax_8.10e'1;L  Quint_11.3'6-7.
40 ?? Demosthenes tells a story about the shadow of an ass, after the Athenian refuse to let him make a political speech.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Mor_848'A-B; Suda_U'327.
41 ?? Other sayings of Demosthenes, addressed to Demades, Phocion, and others.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ValMax_7.3e'5;L  Plut:Phoc_5'9, 9'8, :Dem_11'2-3, 11'5-6, :Mor_6'D, 80'C, 188'A, 526'A, 803'C-D, 'E;
42 ++ General comments on Demosthenes, an outstanding orator and a determined opponent of the Macedonians.
* Read Quintilian's account
@ Cic:Tusc_4'44;L  Quint_12.1'14-15; Plut:Dem_9'3-11'4, 13'1-14'3, :Cic_50'6, 52'6; :Mor_804'A, 847'E-848'C; Gell_1.5'1; Athen_13.592'f-593'a; Aelian:VH_7'7, 9'17; AnthPal_2'23-31; Suda_D'454.
43 {16 Pyanepsion -G = Oct./Nov.} Demosthenes commits suicide on the island of Calauria, to avoid being captured.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Strab_8.374'b; Juvenal_10'126-128;L  Plut:Phoc_29'1, #:Dem_28'1-30'4, :Cic_54'1; :Mor_846'D-847'B, 851'C; Paus_1.8'3, 2.33'3; Lucian:DemEn_28-50; +DiogLaert_5'10;(A.7)  Suda_D'454, '456; {CAH_7.1'32; OCD_d.}
44 CAP Eumenes recruits a local cavalry force of over 6,000 men.
@ Plut:Eum_4'1-4.
45 GRE Antipater attacks the Aetolians, who take refuge in their mountains.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_9.30'3; +Diod_18.24'1-25'2.
46 ASI Perdiccas attempts to punish Antigonus for his disloyalty, but Antigonus escapes and joins Antipater.
@ +Diod_18.23'3-4; Arrian:Fr_9'20, '24.
47 == Epicurus leaves Athens and goes to Colophon.
@ DiogLaert_10'1; {Green_684.}

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