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| ROM {17 February -R} The triumph of Fabius Gurges, over the Samnites, Lucanians, and Bruttii.
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#FastTr_p98.
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3
| ROM Curius enlists an army to fight against Pyrrhus.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_14;*
ValMax_6.3'4.
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4
| EGY ?? Callimachus is summoned from Eleusis to work at the library in Alexandria.
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Suda_K'227;
{ Callimachus was born about 305 B.C.}
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5
| << The wedding of Ptolemy II and his sister Arsinoe.
* Read Plutarch's account
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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.}
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6
| ++ General comments on the outspoken poetry of Sotades and his imitators.
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Suda_S'871.
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7
| << The poet Sotades is punished for insults against Ptolemy II and Arsinoe, either by emprisonment or by drowning.
* Read Athenaeus' account
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Plut:Mor_11'A;
Athen_14.620'f-621'a.*
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8
| CYR << Magas marries Apame, the daughter of Antiochus.
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[Euseb]:Chron_249<+v>;(↓)
{ ~CAH_7.1'416; Hölbl_p39.}
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9
| << The birth of Eratosthenes of Cyrene.
* Read Suda's account
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Lucian:Macr_27;
Censor:DN_15'2;
+Suda_E'2898;*
{ CAH_7.1'499; OCD³?285.}
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9a
| ASI << Document: Austin_225B (OGIS_748), recording gifts from Philetaerus to Cyzicus.
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10
| PEL Aegium, Bura, and Caryneia join the Achaean league.
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Polyb_2.41'13-15;
{ CAH_7.1'244.}
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11
| ITA Pyrrhus sacks the town of Locri, together with the temple of Persephone.
* Read Dionysius' account
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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)
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12
| Pyrrhus' fleet is caught in a storm after leaving Locri.
* Read Dionysius' account
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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.}
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| SIC Hieron is appointed to be general at Syracuse.
* Read Polybius' account
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Polyb_1.8'3-5;*
Paus_6.12'2;
~Just_23.4'1-2,
'14-15;
~Zonar_8'6;(p371)
{ OCD³; Green_240.}
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14
| ITA Pyrrhus asks Antigonus for aid to continue the war in Italy.
* Read Pausanias' account
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Paus_1.13'1-2;*
Polyaen_6.6'1;
~Just_25.3'1-3.
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15
| SIC Hieron makes an alliance with Pyrrhus.
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Paus_6.12'3.
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16
| ITA Pyrrhus attempts to raise recruits in Samnium.
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~Plut:Pyrrh_25'1-3.
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17
| The Romans defeat Pyrrhus at the battle of Beneventum.
* Read Dionysius' account
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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; OCD³.}
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18
| Pyrrhus punishes some of the Tarentines for treachery.
* Read Dio's account
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ValMax_5.1e'3;
Quint_6.3'10;
Plut:Mor_184'D;
DioCass_fr.40'46-47;*
~Zonar_8'6.(p365)
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19
| EGY Magas invades Egypt, but is soon forced to return home.
* Read Pausanias' account
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Paus_1.7'1-2;*
Polyaen_2.28'1-2;
{ CAH_7.1'416; Hölbl_p39.}
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20
| ITA ?? The destruction of the town of Caulonia.
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~Paus_6.3'12;
{ During the war against Pyrrhus.}
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21
| ?? Pyrrhus considers building a causeway over the sea from Apollonia to Italy.
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Plin:HN_3'101.
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22
| ++ General comments on the war between Rome and Pyrrhus.
* Read Livy's account
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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.
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23
| Pyrrhus leaves Italy; the end of the war between Rome and Pyrrhus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~[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.}
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24
| Ser.Cornelius Merenda is awarded a golden crown for his part in the capture of a Samnite town.
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+Plin:HN_33'38.
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25
| EGY The Gallic mercenaries in Egypt stage a rebellion.
* Read Pausanias' account
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Callim:Hymn_4'185-188;
Paus_1.7'2;*
{ ~CAH_7.1'416; Hölbl_p39.}
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26
| ROM ?? Ap.Claudius adds the letter "R" to the Roman alphabet.
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Justin:Dig_1.2.2'36<q"
Pomponius>.
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27
| ?? A saying of Ap.Claudius, that leisure is bad for the Roman people.
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ValMax_7.2'1.
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28
| ++ The old age of Ap.Claudius Caecus.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Tusc_5'112,
:Sen_37;*
{ Claudius is last heard of opposing Pyrrhus, in 280/79 B.C.}
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29
| >> Fabricius, as censor, lowers the rank of Rufinus because he owns some silver plate.
* Read Dionysius' account
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+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)
{ OCD³.}
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30
| >> The augurs begin to inspect the heart of sacrificial victims.
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+Plin:HN_11'186.L
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