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| 1 | GRE {31 Elaphebolion -G = April} Document: IG_2³.1011 (Syll_491), an Athenian decree concerning contributions to the military fund. { Errington_p108=244/3.} |
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| 2 | SIC Hamilcar Barca is appointed Carthaginian commander.
* Read Nepos' account @ +Polyb_1.56'1; Diod_24.5'1-2; Nepos_22.1'1-2;* +Zonar_8'16;(p9) { CAH_7.2'563.} |
| 2a | ITA Hamilcar raids the coast of Southern Italy.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.56'2-3;* Oros_4.10'4; +Zonar_8'16;(p11) { OCD_h.} |
| 3 | AFR A privately raised force of Roman ships makes a raid on Hippo.
* Read Zonaras' account @ Frontin:Str_1.5'6; +Zonar_8'16,* (p9) '16.(p13) |
| 4 | The Carthaginian general Hanno captures Hecatompylus.
* Read Diodorus' account @ Polyb_1.73'1; ~Diod_24.10'1-2;* Appian:Sic_2'8;(4) { CAH_7.2'563.} |
| 5 | SIC The Romans capture the island of Pelias.
@ +Zonar_8'16.(p9) |
| 6 | Hamilcar seizes the hill of Heircte.
@ +Polyb_1.56'3-57'8; { CAH_7.2'670; OCD_h.} |
| 7 | GRE ?? The death of the philosopher Dionysius of Heracleia.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Phld:Sto_33; Censor:DN_15'2; DiogLaert_7'167;* { OCD_d.} |
| 8 | CYR << Demetrius the Fair is assassinated.
* Read Justin's account @ Catull_66'27-28; ~Just_26.3'6-8;* Trog:Prol_26; [Euseb]:Chron_237; { Green_697.} |
| 9 | EXT << The death of Diodotus I, king of Bactria, and the accession of Diodotus II.
@ ~Just_41.4'8-9; { CAH_8'420; OCD_d?235.} |
| 10 | PER << The Parthians gain independence from Seleucid rule.
* Read Arrian's account @ Strab_11'515;(9.3) Appian:Syr_65; Arrian:Fr_30,* 31; DioCass_40.14'3; Herodian_6.2'7(?); ~Just_41.2'1, !4'3-4; +[Euseb]:Chron_207;(↓) Julian:Or_1.17'C; +Hieron:Chron_1769; AmmMarc_23.6'2-3; Suda_A'4015; { CAH_7.1'220; OCD_p.} |
| 11 | << Arsaces is proclaimed king of the Parthians; the beginning of the Arsacid Era.
* Read Arrian's account @ Cuneif_P342490, P342249; IsidChar_2'm; RC_75; ~Arrian:Fr_31;* Movses_2'1-2; { OCD_a.} |
| 11a | EGY {20 Tybi = July} Document: AET_7.19, an agreement to provide surety for a prisoner. |
| 12 | ?? Document: BD_106, a letter from Calippus to Zenon. { In the 38th year of Ptolemy.} |
| 13 | << Apollonius dismisses Zenon from his post as estate manager.
@ PCairZen_59832<t= BD_76>. |
| 14 | << The Carthaginians send an embassy to Ptolemy II, but fail to get any practical assistance against Rome.
@ Appian:Sic_1; { This happened after the Roman naval disasters in 249 B.C.} |
| 15 | AFR == The birth of Hannibal, the famous Carthaginian general.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_2.1'6;* Nepos_23.2'3, 3'2, 13'1; Liv_21.1'4; Ampel_28'4; Zonar_8'21;(p55) { OCD_h.} |
| 16 | ETR >> The Romans found colonies at Aefulum and Alsium.
@ ~Vell_1.14'8; { CAH_7.2'564.} |
| 17 | ROM >> The censor A.Torquatus intervenes to protect the graves of the Popillian clan.
@ Cic:Leg_2'55;L { A.Torquatus is dated to this year by FastCap_p56.} |
| 18 | ROM Document: SelPap_2.267, a petition from Theopropus to Apollonius. |
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