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| 1 | ROM {17 February -R} The triumph of Fabius Gurges, over the Samnites, Lucanians, and Bruttii.
@ #FastTr_p98. |
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| 3 | ROM Curius enlists an army to fight against Pyrrhus.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_14;* ValMax_6.3'4. |
| 4 | EGY ?? Callimachus is summoned from Eleusis to work at the library in Alexandria.
@ Suda_K'227; { Callimachus was born about 305 B.C.} |
| 5 | << The wedding of Ptolemy II and his sister Arsinoe.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Callim:Fr_392; Plut:Mor_736'E-F;* (Q9.1) Paus_1.7'1, 9.31'1; Lucian:Icar_15; Herodian_1.3'3; { CAH_7.1'136; Errington_p88?277; Bennett?273/2.} |
| 6 | ++ General comments on the outspoken poetry of Sotades and his imitators.
@ Suda_S'871. |
| 7 | << The poet Sotades is punished for insults against Ptolemy II and Arsinoe, either by emprisonment or by drowning.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Plut:Mor_11'A; Athen_14.620'f-621'a.* |
| 8 | CYR << Magas marries Apame, the daughter of Antiochus.
@ [Euseb]:Chron_249<+v>;(↓) { ~CAH_7.1'416; Hölbl_p39.} |
| 9 | << The birth of Eratosthenes of Cyrene.
* Read Suda's account @ Lucian:Macr_27; Censor:DN_15'2; +Suda_E'2898;* { CAH_7.1'499; OCD_e?285.} |
| 9a | ASI << Document: Austin_225B (OGIS_748), recording gifts from Philetaerus to Cyzicus. |
| 10 | PEL Aegium, Bura, and Caryneia join the Achaean league.
@ Polyb_2.41'13-15; { CAH_7.1'244.} |
| 11 | ITA Pyrrhus sacks the town of Locri, together with the temple of Persephone.
* Read Dionysius' account @ Diod_27.4'3; Liv_29.8'9, 18'4; DionHal_20.9'1-2;* ValMax_1.1e'1; Appian:Sam_12'3-4;(29) DioCass_fr.40'48; ~Zonar_8'6.(p363) |
| 12 | Pyrrhus' fleet is caught in a storm after leaving Locri.
* Read Dionysius' account @ Diod_27.4'3; Liv_29.8'10, 18'5-6; DionHal_20.9'2-3;* ValMax_1.1e'1; Appian:Sam_12'5-6;(30) DioCass_fr.40'48; ~Just_23.3'12; { ~CAH_7.2'482.} |
| 13 | SIC Hieron is appointed to be general at Syracuse.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_1.8'3-5;* Paus_6.12'2; ~Just_23.4'1-2, '14-15; ~Zonar_8'6;(p371) { OCD_h; Green_240.} |
| 14 | ITA Pyrrhus asks Antigonus for aid to continue the war in Italy.
* Read Pausanias' account @ Paus_1.13'1-2;* Polyaen_6.6'1; ~Just_25.3'1-3. |
| 15 | SIC Hieron makes an alliance with Pyrrhus.
@ Paus_6.12'3. |
| 16 | ITA Pyrrhus attempts to raise recruits in Samnium.
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_25'1-3. |
| 17 | The Romans defeat Pyrrhus at the battle of Beneventum.
* Read Dionysius' account @ Ennius:Ann_205-208; DionHal_20.10'1-12'3;* [Liv]:Per_14; Frontin:Str_2.2'1, 4,1'14; ~Plut:Pyrrh_25'4-9; Flor_1.13'11-13; Aelian:NA_1'38; ~Just_23.3'12; +Eutrop_2.14'4; Oros_4.2'3-6; ~Zonar_8'6;(p363) { CAH_7.2'482-483; OCD_p.} |
| 18 | Pyrrhus punishes some of the Tarentines for treachery.
* Read Dio's account @ ValMax_5.1e'3; Quint_6.3'10; Plut:Mor_184'D; DioCass_fr.40'46-47;* ~Zonar_8'6.(p365) |
| 19 | EGY Magas invades Egypt, but is soon forced to return home.
* Read Pausanias' account @ Paus_1.7'1-2;* Polyaen_2.28'1-2; { CAH_7.1'416; Hölbl_p39.} |
| 20 | ITA ?? The destruction of the town of Caulonia.
@ ~Paus_6.3'12; { During the war against Pyrrhus.} |
| 21 | ?? Pyrrhus considers building a causeway over the sea from Apollonia to Italy.
@ Plin:HN_3'101. |
| 22 | ++ General comments on the war between Rome and Pyrrhus.
* Read Livy's account @ Polyb_2.20'9-10, 18.28'10-11; Liv_31.7'8-11;* Plin:HN_8'18; Memn_18'2; Flor_1.13'23. |
| 23 | Pyrrhus leaves Italy; the end of the war between Rome and Pyrrhus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_14; ~Plut:Pyrrh_26'1-3;* Paus_1.13'1; Polyaen_6.6'1; ~Just_23.3'12, 25.3'4-5; Oros_4.2'7; { CAH_7.1'221; CAH_7.2'483.} |
| 24 | Ser.Cornelius Merenda is awarded a golden crown for his part in the capture of a Samnite town.
@ +Plin:HN_33'38. |
| 25 | EGY The Gallic mercenaries in Egypt stage a rebellion.
* Read Pausanias' account @ Callim:Hymn_4'185-188; Paus_1.7'2;* { ~CAH_7.1'416; Hölbl_p39.} |
| 26 | ROM ?? Ap.Claudius adds the letter "R" to the Roman alphabet.
@ Justin:Dig_1.2.2'36<q" Pomponius>. |
| 27 | ?? A saying of Ap.Claudius, that leisure is bad for the Roman people.
@ ValMax_7.2'1. |
| 28 | ++ The old age of Ap.Claudius Caecus.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Tusc_5'112, :Sen_37;* { Claudius is last heard of opposing Pyrrhus, in 280/79 B.C.} |
| 29 | >> Fabricius, as censor, lowers the rank of Rufinus because he owns some silver plate.
* Read Dionysius' account @ +FastCap_p52; DionHal_20.13'1-3;* ~[Liv]:Per_14; ValMax_2.9'4; Plin:HN_33'142, '153; Plut:Sull_1'1; Juvenal_9'140-142; Flor_1.13'22; Ampel_18'9; Gell_4.8'7, 17.21'39; August:DeCiv_5'18;(↓↓) ~Zonar_8'6;(p365) { OCD_f.} |
| 30 | >> The augurs begin to inspect the heart of sacrificial victims.
@ +Plin:HN_11'186.L |
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