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| 1 | ROM << Rome suffers an extremely cold winter.
* Read Zonaras' account @ August:DeCiv_3'17;(↓↓) ~Zonar_8'6.* (p371) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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.L | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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;(↓↓) { OCD_p.} | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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; { ~OCD_c.} | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 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 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.}
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| 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; { OCD_h; 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; { OCD_a; 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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