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269 B.C. Olympiad 127.4


Consuls: Q. Ogulnius L.f. Gallus, C. Fabius C.f. Pictor
Athenian archon: (?) Peithidemus

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1 ROM << Rome suffers an extremely cold winter.
* Read Zonaras' account
@  August:DeCiv_3'17;(↓↓)  ~Zonar_8'6.* (p371) 
1a EGY {4 Hathyr -E = January} Document: AET_7.29.A, a contract made by a father to have the body of his son embalmed.
2 SYR << The completion of the construction of Antioch.
@  ~Malal_208; { Thirty years after the founding of the city, according to Malalas.}
3 EGY << The foundation of the city of Arsinoe (Cleopatris) in Egypt.
@  (?) THI_258'20-21; (?) Suda_L'691; { Hölbl_p56.}
4 << Ptolemy constructs a canal between the delta of the river Nile and the Red Sea.
@  THI_258'12, +'16-17, '24; Diod_1.33'11-12; Strab_17'804;(1.25)  Plin:HN_6'165-166; { Hölbl_p56; it appears that preparatory work took place in 280/79 B.C.}
5 << Ptolemy sends out elephant-hunters, who found the cities of Philotera and Ptolemais in the country of the Troglodytes.
* Read Strabo's account
@  +THI_258'21-25, 85.9bis; OGIS_54; Agatharch_1, 57; Strab_16'769,* (4.5)  '770,(4.7)  17'789;(1.5)  Plin:HN_2'183, 6'167-168, '171, 9'6.
5a GRE ?? Timon of Phlius moves to Athens.
@  DiogLaert_9'110; { Timon lived in Chalcedon for some time before moving to Athens.}
5b ?? Crates becomes a pupil and close associate of Polemon.
* Read Diogenes' account
@  Phld:Acad_15;B  ClemAl:Strom_1'14;(↓)  DiogLaert_4'21-22.* 
6 ?? Sayings of Polemon, addressed to Zenon and others.
* Read Diogenes' account
@  Plut:Mor_462'D; DiogLaert_7'25.* 
7 ++ General remarks on the character and beliefs of Polemon.
* Read Diogenes' account
@  Phld:Acad_13-15;B  Athen_2.44'e; DiogLaert_4'17-20;*  Suda_P'1887.
8 << The death of Polemon, the Academic philosopher.
* Read Diogenes' account
@  Phld:Acad_Q;B  Lucil_822-823; DiogLaert_4'20;*  !Hieron:Chron_1749; August:DeCiv_19'1;(↓↓)  { OCD³.}
8a << Document: IG_2³.4.532 (Syll_1090), a dedication by an Athenian agonothete.
8b ?? Antigonus Gonatas captures Megara.
* Read Polyaenus' account
@  THI_118'14-18; Polyaen_4.6'3;*  Aelian:NA_11'14, 16'36; { shortly before the start of the Chremonidean War.}
9 PEL ?? Pyrrhon refuses to be worried when caught in a storm at sea.
* Read Diogenes' account
@  Plut:Mor_82'E-F; DiogLaert_9'68.* 
10 ?? Pyrrhon criticises one of his pupils for providing lavish meals.
@  Athen_10.419'd-e.
11 ++ The character and teachings of the philosopher Pyrrhon of Elis.
* Read Diogenes' account
@  Paus_6.24'5; Lucian:Vit_27; Gell_11.5'4; DiogLaert_9'61-69;*  Suda_P'3238, S'829; { Green_606.}
12 EGY ?? Ctesibius invents a pneumatic pump, a water organ, and other devices.
* Read Vitruvius' account
@  Vitr_9.8'2-4;*  Plin:HN_7'125; !Athen_4.174'b-e; { ~ OCD³.}
12a ASI ?? Incidents from the raids by bands of Gauls in Asia Minor.
* Read Strabo's account
@  Syll_410'10-20; Austin_168;B  AnthPal_7.492<q" Anyte>; Strab_12'573;* (8.7)  Paus_10.30'9, 32'4.
12b ?? Demonice offers to betray Ephesus to the Gauls.
@  Plut:Mor_309'B-C; { Like the other stories in the "Parallela Minora", this is probably a later invention.}
13 << Antiochus defeats the Gauls in the "elephant battle".
* Read Appian's account
@  Appian:Syr_65;*  Lucian:Laps_9, :Zeux_8-12; Trog:Prol_25; Suda_S'443; { CAH_7.1'416 274>; Errington_116.}
13a SIC Hieron captures Halaesa and several other cities from the Mamertines.
@  ~Diod_22.13'2; { CAH_7.2'539.}
14 Hieron defeats the Mamertines by the river Longanus.
* Read Polybius' account
@  Polyb_1.9'6-8;*  ~Diod_22.13'2-8; { CAH_7.2'539 265>; OCD³=265.}
15 The Carthaginian general Hannibal persuades the Mamertines not to surrender.
@  ~Diod_22.13'7-8; { CAH_7.2'539.}
15a GRE {9 Metageitnion -G = August} Document: IG_2³.912 (Syll_434-435), a decree of Chremonides about the alliance between Athens and Sparta. { Errington_p88-89=268; when Peithidemus was archon.}
16 ITA The consuls suppress a Samnite brigand called Lollius, and campaign against the Caraceni.
* Read Dionysius' account
@  DionHal_20.17'1-2;*  +Zonar_8'7.(p371) 
17 SIC Hieron assumes the title of king of Syracuse.
* Read Polybius' account
@  Plaut:Men_411; Polyb_1.9'8, ~7.8'1-4;*  ~Diod_22.13'8; Lucian:Macr_10; Just_23.4'2; { OCD³; Green_224.}
18 ETR War breaks out between the Picentes and Rome.
@  +Eutrop_2.16'1; { CAH_7.2'425.}
19 ASI == The birth of Attalus, the future king of Pergamon.
* Read Polybius' account
@  ~Polyb_18.41'8;*  ~Liv_33.21'1; { OCD³; Green_694.}
20 ROM >> The Romans use silver coinage for the first time.
* Read Livy's account
@  ~[Liv]:Per_15;*  +Plin:HN_33'44; ChronPasc_428'A; !Hieron:Chron_1747; Zonar_8'7;(p373)  { CAH_7.2'416.}

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