| 1
| ROM {March -R} The new consuls enter office, and are given command of the war in Italy.
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+Liv_30.1'1-2'13.
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| 2
| AFR Scipio makes a successful night attack on the camp of Syphax.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_14.1'1-6'5;*
+Liv_30.3'1-7'2;
Frontin:Str_1.1'3,
2'1,
2.5'29;
Silius_17'85-108,
'177-178;
Plut:Fab_26'3;
~Appian:Pun_17-24;
DioCass_fr.57'72,
'77;
Eutrop_3.20'2;
~Oros_4.18'18-19;
+Zonar_9'12;(p249)
{ CAH_8'63; OCD³.}
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| 3
| The Carthaginians resolve to continue the war in conjunction with Syphax.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_14.6'6-7'8;*
+Liv_30.7'3-13;
~Appian:Pun_24;
{ CAH_8'63.}
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| 4
| Scipio defeats the Carthaginians at the battle of the Great Plains.
* Read Polybius' account
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Ennius:Fr_p398'14;
~Polyb_14.7'9-9'5;*
+Liv_30.8'1-9'4,
28'11,
30'14;
Silius_17'109-148;
Flor_1.22'56;
~Oros_4.18'20;
{ CAH_8'63; OCD³.}
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| 5
| The Carthaginians attack the Roman fleet at Utica, while Scipio is occupying Tunis.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_14.9'6-10'12;*
+Liv_30.9'5-10'21;
(?)
Frontin:Str_4.7'12;
Plut:Fab_26'3;
~Appian:Pun_24-25,
30;
+Zonar_9'12;(p251)
{ CAH_8'63, '66; OCD³.}
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| 5a
| MES {17 Artemisius -M} Document: SEG_35.1476, a letter from Icadion concerning the island of Icarus in the Persian Gulf.
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| 5b
| ASI {15 Daesius -M} Document: RC_38, a letter of (?) Zeuxis to Amyzon.
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| 6
| NUM ?? Syphax returns territory which had been captured by Masinissa to Carthage.
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Liv_40.17'1-4.
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| 7
| {22 June -R} Laelius and Masinissa defeat and capture Syphax.
* Read Livy's account
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Polyb_15.4'4;
Sall:Jug_5'4,
14'8;
Diod_27.10'1;
+Liv_30.11'1-12'22,*
44'12;
#Ovid:Fast_6'769-770;
ValMax_6.9e'7;
Silius_16'272;
Just_38.6'5;
Eutrop_3.20'2;
~Oros_4.18'21;
+Zonar_9'13;(p253)
{ CAH_8'63; OCD³.}
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| 8
| AFR Masinissa persuades Sophonisba to commit suicide.
* Read Livy's account
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Diod_27.6'1-8'1;
+Liv_30.13'1-15'14,*
45.7'2,
14'2;
~Appian:Pun_27-28;
DioCass_fr.57'73;
~Oros_4.18'21;
+Zonar_9'13.(p253)
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| 9
| GRE ?? Document: Syll_538, decrees of Delphi in honour of Philistus of Cos and Philippus of Calymna.
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| 10
| EGY << The floruit of Aristophanes of Byzantium.
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Suda_A'3933.
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| 10a
| {Payni -E = July} Document: AET_7.36.B, a lease of land, using a named surety.
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| 11
| ASI << Document: Austin_191,B a decree of Teos in honour of Antiochus III.
{ CAH_8'250; Errington_195.}
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| 12
| Document: Syll_563-566, decrees of Delphi and the Aetolian League, recognising Teos as inviolable.
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| 12a
| ?? Document: OGIS_235, a dedication by Zeuxis at Amyzon.
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| 13
| AFR Hasdrubal tries to win over some of Scipio's allies.
* Read Appian's account
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Appian:Pun_29-30;*
+Zonar_9'12.(p251)
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| 14
| Scipio agrees to a short truce with the Carthaginians.
* Read Livy's account
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Polyb_15.1'6-8,
8'7;
+Liv_30.16'1-15;*
Plut:Fab_26'2-4;
~Appian:Pun_31;
DioCass_fr.57'74;
+Eutrop_3.21'1-2;
Zonar_9'12,(p247)
+'13;(p257)
{ CAH_8'63.}
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| 15
| ROM Laelius arrives at Rome with Syphax, and envoys from Masinissa.
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+Liv_30.17'1-14.
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| 16
| CIS ?? Mago defeats and captures Cn.Piso.
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Frontin:Str_3.6'5.
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| 17
| The praetor Quinctilius Varus defeats Mago, who later dies of his wounds at sea near Sardinia.
* Read Livy's account
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+Liv_30.18'1-19'11,*
31.11'5;
DioCass_fr.58'5;
Zonar_9'12,(p247)
+'13,(p259)
'15;(p283)
{ CAH_8'56; OCD³.}
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| 18
| ITA ?? Valerius treacherously murders the son of Lucius, his father-in-law.
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Plut:Mor_311'D-E;
{ This story is unlikely to have any historical basis.}
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| 19
| ?? Hannibal falls in love with a prostitute from Salapia.
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Plin:HN_3'103.
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| 20
| ?? Hannibal is warned in a dream not to steal a column from the temple of Juno at Lacinium.
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Cic:Div_1'48.
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| 21
| ++ The devastation caused by Hannibal's long stay in Italy.
* Read Polybius' account
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Macrob:Sat_6.7'10<q"L
Cato>;
Polyb_10.33'1-7;*
Sall:Jug_5'4;
Diod_29.19'1;
Strab_5'251,(4.13)
6'255;(1.5)
Vell_1.15'1;
ValMax_9.2e'2;
Sen:Dial_4.5'4;
Frontin:Str_3.2'3;
Plut:Mor_324'B;
Appian:Pun_134,
:Syr_10;
Gell_2.6'7;
Malal_209.
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| 22
| Hannibal is ordered by the Carthaginians to leave Italy, and sails back to Africa; Pelorus, Hannibal's helmsman, dies during the journey.
* Read Livy's account
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[Cic]:RhetHer_3'2;
Sall:Hist_4'25;L
Diod_27.9'1-10'1;
+Liv_30.19'12-21'10;*
Strab_1.10;(1.17)
ValMax_9.8e'1;
!Mela_2'116;
Frontin:Str_1.3'8;
Silius_17'149-290;
Plut:Ages_15'6,
:Fab_26'5;
Appian:Hann_1,
58-61,
~:Pun_33;
Eutrop_3.20'3;
~Oros_4.19'1;
+Zonar_9'13;(p259)
{ CAH_8'56, '63; OCD³.}
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| 23
| ROM Carthaginian envoys appear before the Roman senate to discuss peace terms.
* Read Livy's account
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Polyb_15.1'3,
8'8-9;
+Liv_30.21'11-23'8,*
30'27-28;
(?)
ValMax_7.2'3;
~Appian:Pun_31-32;
DioCass_fr.57'74;
+Eutrop_3.21'2-3;
+Zonar_9'13;(p259)
{ CAH_8'72.}
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| 24
| P.Sulpicius is appointed dictator, to stop Caepio crossing to Africa.
* Read Livy's account
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+Liv_30.24'1-4,*
45.36'9;
+FastCap_p62;
{ CAH_8'73.}
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| 25
| << Fabius is awarded a crown of grass for saving Rome from Hannibal.
* Read Gellius' account
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Plin:HN_22'10;L
Gell_5.6'10;*
{ This is explicitly stated by Plinius to be after Hannibal left Italy.}
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| 26
| ?? The generous treatment by Fabius of a Marsian and a Lucanian who were both suspected of treason.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plut:Fab_20'1-6,*
:Mor_195'E-F;
[Vict]:VirIll_42'5.
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| 27
| ++ General comments on the character of Fabius, and his role in the defeat of Hannibal.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Rep_5'10,
:Sen_11-12;*
CIL_11.1828;
ValMax_3.8'2;
Sen:Dial_4.31'4,
:Ben_2.7'1;
Plut:Marc_9'7,
:Fab_1'3-5,
19'1-5,
28'1-4,
30'1-3,
:Mor_195'D.
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| 28
| The death of Fabius Maximus Cunctator, who had been augur for 62 years.
* Read Livy's account
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+Liv_30.26'7-10;*
ValMax_5.2'3,
8.13'3;
Plin:HN_7'156;
Plut:Fab_27'1-2;
{ OCD³.}
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| 29
| Delegations from Greek states complain to the Roman senate that Philippus has broken the terms of the peace treaty.
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+Liv_30.26'2-4;
{ CAH_8'245.}
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| 30
| == The "picus Martius", a bird of good omen, is seen to land on the head of the praetor P.Aelius Paetus.
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FGrH_809'32<q"
FabPict>;
{ Since the Paetus in the story was praetor urbanus, he is probably identical with the Paetus who was praetor for this year (Liv_30.1'9).}
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