| 1
| SIC << A Carthaginian garrison occupies Messana.
* Read Polyaenus' account
@
Polyaen_6.16'4;*
+Zonar_8'8;(p383)
{ CAH_7.2'668.}
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| 2
| ROM A meeting of the senate decides to send aid to Messana.
* Read Polybius' account
@
+Polyb_1.10'1-11'3;*
Liv_31.7'3,
29'6;
~[Liv]:Per_16;
Flor_1.18'1-4;
[Vict]:VirIll_37'3;
+Oros_4.7'1;
+Zonar_8'8;(p381)
{ CAH_7.2'448, '541.}
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| 3
| PON << The foundation of Nicomedeia in Bithynia.
* Read St.Jerome's account
@
Strab_12'563;(4.2)
Memn_12'1,
'6;
Paus_5.12'7;
Arrian:Fr_29;
ChronPasc_425'B;
!Hieron:Chron_1755;*
AmmMarc_22.5'5;
{ CAH_7.1'425; OCD_n.}
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| 3a
| GRE << Document: Syll_440, a decree of Delphi in honour of Timomachus of Aegina.
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| 4
| PEL Belistiche, the concubine of Ptolemy, wins the Olympic prize in the race for pairs of foals.
* Read Pausanias' account
@
FGrH_257a'6;
~Paus_5.8'11;*
+[Euseb]:Chron_207.
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| 5
| ETR The Romans capture Vulsinii, and take ruthless action to restore order.
* Read Zonaras' account
@
~[Liv]:Per_16;
Plin:HN_34'34;
Flor_1.16'1;
[Vict]:VirIll_36'2;
~Oros_4.5'5;
~Zonar_8'7;* (p375)
{ CAH_7.2'424.}
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| 6
| SIC The Carthaginian garrison is forced to withdraw from Messana.
* Read Polybius' account
@
+Polyb_1.11'4-5;*
Diod_22.13'9;
DioCass_fr.43'10;
[Vict]:VirIll_37'3;
+Zonar_8'9;(p389)
{ CAH_7.2'543.}
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| 7
| SIC Acragas enters into an alliance with Carthage.
@
~Diod_23.1'2;
{ CAH_7.2'543.}
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| 8
| The Carthaginians and Syracusans combine to besiege Messana.
* Read Diodorus' account
@
+Polyb_1.11'6-8;
Diod_22.13'9,
~23.1'2-3;*
Liv_45.22'6;
+Zonar_8'9;(p391)
{ CAH_7.2'543.}
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| 9
| C.Claudius is defeated while attempting to cross over to Sicily.
* Read Dio's account
@
(?)
Diod_23.2'1;
DioCass_fr.43'5-8;*
+Zonar_8'8.(p383-7)
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| 10
| ROM {13 August -R} The dedication of the temple of Vortumnus.
@
CIL_add.7'Aug13;
{ CAH_7.2'408.}
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| 11
| SIC Ap.Claudius crosses over to Sicily.
* Read Diodorus' account
@
Polyb_1.5'1-5,
11'9,
+12'5-7,
20'13-14,
3.26'3-7;
~Diod_23.1'4;*
~[Liv]:Per_16;
Vell_2.38'2;
Sen:Dial_10.13'4;
Frontin:Str_1.4'11;
Flor_1.18'5;
DioCass_fr.43'8-9;
[Vict]:VirIll_37'4;
+Zonar_8'9.(p389-91)
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| 12
| Negotiations between Claudius and the Carthaginians.
* Read Polybius' account
@
+Polyb_1.11'10-11;*
Diod_23.2'1;
{ CAH_7.2'543.}
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| 13
| Claudius declares war against the Carthaginians and Syracusans: the start of the First Punic War.
* Read Dio's account
@
Naev:Pun_27;
Ennius:Ann_238;
Polyb_15.6'6,
8'1;
Liv_30.31'4,
45.22'6;
+Vell_1.12'6;
Plin:HN_15'76;L
Silius_1'8-11,29-33,
6'660;
Ampel_46'2-3;
+Gell_17.21'40;
DioCass_fr.43'1-4;*
Just_29.2'3;
{ CAH_7.2'541.}
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| 14
| Claudius defeats the Syracusans.
* Read Polybius' account
@
+Polyb_1.11'12-15,*
15'1-3,
'6-11;
~Diod_23.3'1;
~[Liv]:Per_16;
Flor_1.18'6;
+Eutrop_2.18'2;
+Oros_4.7'2;
+Zonar_8'9.(p391-3)
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| 15
| Claudius defeats the Carthaginians.
* Read Dio's account
@
+Polyb_1.12'1-3,
15'2,
'4,
'6-11;
~Diod_23.3'1;
Silius_6'661-662;
Suet:Tib_2'1;
DioCass_fr.43'11-15;*
[Vict]:VirIll_37'4;
+Eutrop_2.18'2;
+Oros_4.7'2;
+Zonar_8'9.(p393-5)
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| 16
| Claudius is repulsed at Echetla.
@
~Diod_23.3'1.
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| 17
| Claudius lays siege to Syracuse.
* Read Zonaras' account
@
+Polyb_1.12'4,
15'5,
'8,
'10;
+Zonar_8'9;* (p399)
{ CAH_7.2'545.}
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| 18
| ROM {1 November} The triumph of Fulvius Flaccus, over the inhabitants of Vulsinii.
@
#FastTr_p99.
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| 18a
| EGY << Document: AET_8.7, the "Mendes Stele", recording the participation of Ptolemy in religious ceremonies at Mendes, and the establishment of the cult of Arsinoe.
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| 18b
| == Document: THI_258, the "Pithom Stele", recording the support given by Ptolemy to both the traditional Egyptian cults and to the cult of his sister Arsinoe.
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| 18c
| GRE << Document: Syll_432, a decree of Delphi in honour of Nicodromus of Chalcis.
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| 19
| ROM >> D.Junius Brutus holds the first gladiatorial show at Rome.
* Read Livy's account
@
~[Liv]:Per_16;*
ValMax_2.4'7;
Auson:Griph_36-37
{ OCD_glad; Green_695.}
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| 20
| >> The census of Roman citizens is completed, with a total of over 282,000 citizens.
* Read Livy's account
@
~[Liv]:Per_16;*
+Eutrop_2.18'2.
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| 21
| ETR >> The Romans found colonies at Firmum and Castrum.
@
~Vell_1.14'8;
{ CAH_7.2'391.}
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