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| ROM The son of Q.Fabius is elected consul, despite the misgivings of his father.
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~Liv_24.43'5-8;*
ValMax_4.1'5.
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| 2
| {March -R} The consuls enter office, and the Roman forces are assigned to the various areas of warfare.
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+Liv_24.43'9-44'8;*
Plut:Marc_30'9.
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| 3
| M.Atilius resigns as censor after the death of his colleague P.Furius.
* Read Livy's account
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+Liv_24.43'4;*
+FastCap_p60.
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| 4
| ITA The consul Fabius orders his father to dismount in his presence.
* Read Gellius' account
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+Gell_2.2'13<q"*
Quadrigar>;
+Liv_24.44'9-10;
ValMax_2.2'4;
Plut:Fab_24'1-2,
:Mor_196'A.
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| 5
| IT+ The preparations of the Romans and the Carthaginians for the coming year.
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~Polyb_8.1'1-2'11.
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| 5a
| ASI {Xandicus-Panemus -M = March-June} Document: SEG_39.1283-1285, letters of Antiochus and Laodice to the city of Sardis.
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| 5b
| EGY {7 Pharmuthi -E = May} Document: OGIS_36, funerary urns from Alexandria.
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| 5c
| GRE {3 Scirophorion - G = June/July} Document: Syll_540, an Athenian decree in honour of the superintendents of the mysteries.
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| 6
| SIC The Romans begin the siege of Syracuse by land and sea, but are forced back by war machines designed by Archimedes.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Polyb_8.3'2-7'12;
~Liv_24.33'1-34'16,
26.30'5-6,
31.31'8;
Quint_1.10'48;
Silius_14'178-352;
Plut:Marc_14'4-7,
14'11-17'4;*
Polyaen_8.11'1;
Lucian:Hipp_2;
Galen_1'657;
[Vict]:VirIll_45'5;
Suda_A'2797;
~Zonar_9'4;(p171)
{ CAH_8'61; OCD³; Jona Lendering quotes two more sources for this remarkable event: Anthemius of Tralles, On Miraculous Engines pp. 153 & 156; and Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.109.}
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| 7
| PAL ?? Joseph becomes the chief tax-collector for Judaea.
* Read Josephus' account
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Joseph:AJ_12'156-186,*
'224;
Hieron:Chron_1771;
Syncell_325;
{ While Onias II was high priest, and at least 22 years before the accession of Seleucus IV.}
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| 8
| << Simon II becomes high priest of the Jews.
* Read Josephus' account
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Joseph:AJ_12'224;*
ChronPasc_424'C,
429'C,
464'B,
509'A;
ExcBarb_35B,
47A;
Syncell_333;
ChronSynt_95;(↓)
{ According to Christian accounts, Onias II was high priest for 14 years and then Simon was high priest for 20 years (Syncellus) or 22 years (Chronicon Paschale).}
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| 9
| CYR << The birth of Carneades.
* Read Diogenes' account
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DiogLaert_4'65<q"*
Apollod:Fr_51>;
Cic:Acad_2'16;
ValMax_8.7e'5;
Plut:Mor_717'D;(Q8.1)
Lucian:Macr_20;
~Censor:DN_15'3;
{ OCD³; Green_607.}
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| 10
| EGY << The floruit of Eratosthenes.
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+Hieron:Chron_1803.
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| 11
| ITA The Romans capture Arpi.
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+Liv_24.45'1-47'16,*
25.7'6,
15'1;
Frontin:Str_3.9'2;
~Appian:Hann_31;
{ CAH_8'53, '77.}
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| 12
| PEL Philippus ravages Messenia.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_8.8'1-9,*
12'1;
{ Shortly before the death of Aratus.}
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| 13
| NUM << Syphax enters into an alliance with the Romans, and Hasdrubal is recalled from Spain to oppose him.
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+Liv_24.48'1-49'8,*
25.32'1,
27.4'6;
Silius_16'194-207;
Appian:Hisp_15;
{ CAH_8'57, '62.}
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| 14
| SIC Marcellus surprises and defeats a Syracusan force near Acrillae.
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+Liv_24.35'1-36'10,*
26.31'3;
Strab_8'387;(7.5)
Silius_14'353-579;
Plut:Marc_18'2,
20'2;
~Zonar_9'4.(p173)
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| 15
| ASI Achaeus is captured and put to death.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_8.15'1-21'11;*
Trog:Prol_30;
Suda_B'480;
{ CAH_8'248; OCD³.}
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| 16
| ROM The praetor M.Atilius takes steps to suppress superstitious rites in Rome.
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+Liv_25.1'1-12<+v>;
{ CAH_8'427.}
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| 17
| PEL ++ General comments on the career and character of Aratus, who was successful in building up the Achaean League but failed as a general.
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Polyb_4.8'1-12;*
Strab_8'382;(6.25)
Plut:Phil_8'1-6;
Suda_A'3744.
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| 18
| The death of Aratus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Polyb_8.12'2-8;
Liv_32.21'23-24;
Plut:Arat_52'1-54'4;*
Paus_2.9'4,
8.50'4;
{ OCD³; Green_298.}
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| 18a
| GRE << Document: Syll_546, a decision of Aetolian arbitrators concerning the territory of Melitaea in Thessaly.
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| 19
| SIC L.Pinarius, the commander of the Roman garrison at Henna, orders a massacre of the inhabitants of the town.
* Read Livy's account
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CIL_1.608;
+Liv_24.37'1-39'13;*
Frontin:Str_4.7'22;
Plut:Marc_20'2;
Polyaen_8.21'1.
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| 20
| ILL Philippus captures Lissus.
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~Polyb_8.13'1-14'11;
{ CAH_8'98; Green_299.}
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| 21
| ROM C.Claudius Centho is appointed dictator to hold the consular elections.
* Read Livy's account
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+Liv_25.2'3-5;*
+FastCap_p60.
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| 22
| ITA >> Hannibal captures Tarentum, though the citadel is still held by a Roman garrison.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_8.24'4-34'13,*
14.4'6-8;
Cic:Sen_11;
~Liv_25.7'10-11'20,
15'7,
27.25'3-4;
Strab_6'278;(3.1)
Frontin:Str_3.3'6;
Silius_12'434-438,
'451-452;
Plut:Fab_20'1;
~Appian:Hann_32-34;
{ CAH_8'54 212>; OCD³.}
| 23
| ROM ?? P.Cornelius Sulla is chosen to be Flamen Dialis.
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Gell_1.12'16<q"
Sulla>;
{ This P.Cornelius was praetor in 212 B.C..}
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