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| 1 | PHO {? Dystrus -M = April} Document: BD_53, regulations of Ptolemy II concerning Syria and Phoenicia. |
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| 2 | SIC Scipio Asina is trapped and captured by the Carthaginian commander Hannibal.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.21'3-8,* 8.35'9; ~[Liv]:Per_17; ValMax_6.6'2, 9'11; Flor_1.18'11; Polyaen_6.16'5; DioCass_fr.43'21; +Eutrop_2.20'2; +Oros_4.7'7-9; +Zonar_8'10,(p407) '12;(p423) { CAH_7.2'550.} |
| 3 | GRE << Document: Philoch_, the fragments of Philochorus' "Atthis" which covered events down to 261/0 B.C. { OCD_p.} |
| 3a | CIL ?? Aëtus, the local Ptolemaic governor, founds the city of Arsinoē on the coast of Cilicia.
@ SEG_39.1426'B. |
| 3b | AEG ?? Document: IG_12.5.1061, a decree of Carthaea on the island of Ceos, in honour of a Ptolemaic commander. |
| 4 | PEL ++ Philinus of Cos wins a total of five Olympic victories for running.
@ Paus_6.17'2; { Philinus won the stadion race in both the 129th and the 130th Olympiads.} |
| 5 | ?? Cratinus of Aegeira wins the Olympic prize for boys' wrestling.
@ Paus_6.3'6; { A statue of Cratinus was made by Cantharus of Sicyon; Cantharus was a pupil of Eutychides, who is placed by Plinius in the 121st Olympiad.} |
| 6 | SIC Hannibal narrowly escapes from the main Roman fleet.
@ +Polyb_1.21'9-11. |
| 7 | Hamilcar defeats Caecilius near Segesta.
@ +Zonar_8'11;(p407) { CAH_7.2'551.} |
| 8 | SIC Duilius defeats the Carthaginians in a naval battle off the Lipara Islands.
* Read Polybius' account @ CIL_1.25; +Polyb_1.22'1-23'10;* Diod_23.10'1; ~[Liv]:Per_17; Frontin:Str_2.3'24, 3.2'2; Flor_1.18'8-9; Ampel_36'1; DioCass_fr.43'16-17; [Vict]:VirIll_38'1; +Eutrop_2.20'1-2; +Oros_4.7'10; +Zonar_8'11;(p407-9) { CAH_7.2'551-552.} |
| 9 | The Romans raise the siege of Segesta.
* Read Polybius' account @ CIL_1.25; +Polyb_1.24'1-2;* +Zonar_8'11;(p413) { CAH_7.2'551.} |
| 10 | GRE Document: Syll_494 & 498, decrees of the Amphictyons in honour of Agathocles, Damon, Achaeïon and Antagoras. |
| 11 | << Antigonus appoints Demetrius the grandson of Demetrius of Phalerum to be a magistrate at Athens.
@ Athen_4.167'e-f<q" Hegesander>; { Antigonus probably appointed new magistrates after capturing Athens.} |
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