| 1
| PEL << Agis overthrows the Spartan ephorate.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Off_2'80;
~Plut:Agis_12'1-6;*
{ CAH_7.1'253.}
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| 2
| << Cancellation of debts at Sparta.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Plut:Agis_13'1-5,*
:TGrac_44'1;
{ CAH_7.1'253.}
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| 3
| EGY Document: SelPap_2.413, a memorandum from Andronicus to the strategus Aphthonetus.
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| 4
| AFR Hanno sets sail with a Carthaginian fleet, carrying supplies to the army in Sicily.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.60'1-5;*
Diod_24.11'1;
~Oros_4.10'6;
+Zonar_8'17.(p13)
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| 5
| SIC {10 March -R} Lutatius destroys the Carthaginian fleet at the battle of Aegates Insulae.
* Read Polybius' account
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CIL_add.4;
+Polyb_1.60'6-61'8,*
2.43'6;
Diod_24.11'1-3;
Liv_22.14'13,
23.13'4;
[Liv]:Per_19;
ValMax_2.8'2;
Silius_1'621-623,
2'306-310,
6'684-688;
Flor_1.18'33-37;
[Vict]:VirIll_41'1;
#Eutrop_2.27'1-3;
~Oros_4.10'6-8;
+Zonar_8'17;(p13-5)
{ CAH_7.2'565; OCD³.}
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| 6
| SIC Carthage gives Hamilcar powers to negotiate peace with Rome.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.62'1-3;*
Nepos_22.1'3;
Appian:Sic_2;(↓↓)
+Zonar_8'17.(p15)
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| 7
| ?? A sharp-sighted man called Strabo is able to see ships leaving Carthage from a view-point near Lilybaeum.
* Read Strabo's account
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Cic:Acad_2'81;
Strab_6'267;* (2.1)
Plin:HN_7'85;
Plut:Mor_1083'D;
Aelian:VH_11'13.
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| 8
| ?? Marcellus saves the life of his brother Otacilius.
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Plut:Marc_2'2-3.
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| 9
| ?? Hamilcar uses a trick to stop his Gallic mercenaries deserting to the Romans.
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Frontin:Str_3.16'2.
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| 10
| ROM ?? The Romans reduce the weight of the bronze "as", because of financial difficulties caused by the war.
@
~Plin:HN_33'44.
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| 11
| ?? Undated events from the First Punic War.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Naev:Pun_28,
33-36,
39-40,
48-66;
Plut:Mor_264'E-F.*
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| 12
| ROM ?? The widow and sons of Regulus torture two Carthaginian prisoners, Bodostor and Hamilcar.
* Read Diodorus' account
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Diod_24.12'1-3;*
Gell_7.4'4;
Zonar_8'15.(p449)
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| 13
| SIC ++ General remarks about the First Punic War, which lasted 23 years with huge losses on both sides.
* Read Polybius' account
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Polyb_1.63'4-64'6,*
72'1-3;
Diod_23.15'4,
'7;
Liv_26.41'10,
28.12'5,
44'13;
Appian:Sic_2'5;(3)
Gell_17.21'45;
August:DeCiv_3'18,
5'22;(↓)
Oros_4.11'4.
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| 14
| Peace terms are agreed between Rome and Carthage: end of the First Punic War.
* Read Polybius' account
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Naev:Pun_41-43;
+Polyb_1.62'4-9,*
3.21'2-5,
27'1-6,
29'2-10;
Cato:Orig_4'9;L (84)
Diod_24.13'1,
14'1;
Nepos_22.1'4-5;
Liv_21.18'10,
19'2-4,
41'8-12,
30.44'1-2;
[Liv]:Per_19;
Silius_6'689-697;
Appian:Sic_2'4-6;(3)
[Vict]:VirIll_41'2;
+Eutrop_2.27'4-5;
+Oros_4.11'1-4;
+Zonar_8'17;(p15)
{ CAH_7.2'565.}
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| 15
| SYR << Seleucus forms a pact with Antiochus Hierax to drive the Egyptians out of Syria.
@
~Just_27.2'6-8;
{ CAH_7.1'248; Errington_p122.}
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| 15a
| GRE ?? Document: Syll_447, a decree of Delphi in honour of Amphiclus of Chios, an epic poet.
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| 16
| PEL Agis sets out to join Aratus at the Isthmus.
@
~Plut:Agis_13'5-14'5;
{ CAH_7.1'254.}
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| 17
| Aratus fails to prevent the Aetolians from crossing the Isthmus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Plut:Agis_15'1-5,*
~:Arat_31'1-2.
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| 18
| The Aetolians capture Pellene, but are expelled by Aratus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Polyb_4.8'4;
~Plut:Arat_31'3-32'6;*
Paus_2.7'4,
8'5,
7.7'3;
Polyaen_8.59'1;
{ CAH_7.1'503; Errington_p94.}
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| 19
| SIC The Romans send ten commissioners, headed by the consul Q.Lutatius, to revise the peace terms.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_1.63'1-3,*
3.21'2;
Liv_21.18'10;
Strab_6'273;(2.6)
+Zonar_8'17.(p17)
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| 20
| ++ General remarks about the achievements of Hamilcar in Sicily.
* Read Polybius' account
@
Polyb_1.74'9,
3.9'6-7;*
Diod_26.24'1;
Nepos_22.1'2;
Appian:Hisp_4,
:Hann_2'
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| 21
| Hamilcar resigns his command.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_1.66'1,*
68'12;
+Zonar_8'17;(p15)
{ OCD³.}
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| 22
| Gesco transports the Carthaginian mercenaries to Africa.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_1.66'2-5,*
68'13.
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| 23
| ETR Falerii revolts from Rome, but is soon forced into submission.
* Read Zonaras' account
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~Polyb_1.65'2;
[Liv]:Per_20;
ValMax_6.5'1;
+Eutrop_2.28'1;
Oros_4.11'10;
+Zonar_8'18;* (p19)
{ CAH_7.2'431; OCD³.}
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| 24
| EGY { ? 30 Payni -E = August} Document: Austin_313,B a report of compulsory labour on canals and dykes.
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| 25
| ?? Document: PCairZen_59832, a petition from Zenon to Ptolemy III.
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| 26
| AFR The mercenaries demand arrears of pay from Hanno.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_1.66'6-67'12;*
Diod_25.6'1;
Appian:Sic_2'7;(4)
{ CAH_7.2'567.}
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| 27
| ROM {4 October -R} The triumph of Lutatius, for his naval victory over the Carthaginians.
* Read Fasti's account
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#FastTr_p100;*
ValMax_2.8'2;
~Zonar_8'17.(p17)
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| 28
| {6 October} The triumph of Q.Valerius Falto, propraetor, for his naval victory near Sicily.
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#FastTr_p101.
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| 29
| SYR Peace between Ptolemy III and Seleucus II: the end of the Third Syrian War.
* Read Justin's account
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~Just_27.2'9;*
~Eutrop_3.1'1;
{ CAH_7.1'421; Errington_p122.}
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| 30
| ASI ?? Document: BD_29 (OGIS_229), a treaty between Smyrna and Magnesia.
{ Errington_p131.}
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| 31
| ?? Document: RC_22 (OGIS_227), a letter from Seleucus II to Miletus.
{ Errington_p133.}
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| 32
| GRE ?? Document: BD_28 (OGIS_228), a decree of Delphi in reply to a letter of Seleucus, which requested special privileges for Smyrna.
{ Errington_p132?242.}
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| 33
| PEL Leonidas is recalled to Sparta.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Plut:Agis_16'1-5;*
Paus_3.6'8.
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| 34
| Leonidas forces Cleombrotus, his replacement as king, to flee from Sparta.
@
~Plut:Agis_16'6-18'3.
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| 35
| ++ The character and achievements of Agis IV.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plut:Agis_2'9-11,*
:TGrac_41'1-45'7,
:Cleom_1'4.
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| 36
| Agis is seized by his opponents, and executed.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Off_2'80;
~Plut:Agis_18'4-21'5,*
:Cleom_1'1,
2'1,
:Ages_40'5,
:Mor_216'C-D;
{ CAH_7.1'503; OCD³.}
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| 37
| AFR Gesco negotiates with the mercenaries at Tunis.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_1.67'13-69'3,*
80'12.
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| 38
| ROM >> Two new tribes of citizens, called Velina and Quirina, are created.
@
~[Liv]:Per_19;
{ CAH_7.2'402; OCD³.}
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| 39
| ETR >> The Romans found a colony at Spoletium.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_20;*
~Vell_1.14'8;
{ CAH_7.2'431; OCD³.}
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| 40
| ROM >> The river Tiber breaks its banks and causes flooding at Rome.
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August:DeCiv_3'18;(↓)
+Oros_4.11'5-7.
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| 41
| >> A fire devastates part of Rome, including the temple of Vesta, but L.Metellus rescues the Palladium.
* Read St.Augustine's account
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Cic:Scaur_48;
~[Liv]:Per_19;
Ovid:Fast_6'437-454;
ValMax_1.4'4;
Seneca:Contr_4'2,L
7.2'7;L
Plin:HN_7'141;
Juvenal_3'138-139;
Plut:Mor_309'F-310'A;
Ampel_20'11;
Hieron:Chron_1775;
August:DeCiv_3'18;* (↓)
+Oros_4.11'8-9;
{ OCD³.}
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