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| 1 | SIC << Syracusan and Gallic mercenaries plot to betray Agrigentum.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_1.43'2,* '8, 2.7'7. |
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| 2 | {Jan./Feb. ?} The Romans defeat the Carthaginians, and capture Agrigentum.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.19'6-15,* 23'4, 27'5; ~Diod_23.7'1-9'1; (?) Frontin:Str_2.1'4; ~Oros_4.7'6; +Zonar_8'10;(p403-5) { CAH_7.2'547; Green_695.} |
| 3 | ROM News of the capture of Agrigentum arrives at Rome.
@ +Polyb_1.20'1-2. |
| 3a | EGY {22 Tybi -E = March} Document: AET_7.20, an oath in the name of the king, made by a musician. |
| 4 | ASI << Document: BD_21 (RC_14), a letter from Ptolemy II to the city of Miletus, and a decree of Miletus in response to it. { ~Errington_p134.} |
| 4b | << Document: THI_132, a decree of Priene in honour of the commander of the city's guards. |
| 4a | GRE Document: THI_94.A, a decree of the Amphictyons, confirming the status of the Ptolemaeeia. |
| 5 | AEG Antigonus defeats the Egyptian navy at the battle of Cos.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ (?) Aristeas_181; Joseph:AJ_12'93; Plut:Mor_183'C, 545'B, 676'D;(5.3) Athen_5.209'e;* DiogLaert_4'39; { CAH_7.1'239; Green_147.} |
| 6 | ++ Patroclus and the Egyptian fleet do little to help Athens against Antigonus.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Paus_1.1'1, 7'3; Athen_8.334'a-b.* |
| 6a | ?? Document: OGIS_44 & 45, decrees of Thera and Itanus in honour of Patroclus. |
| 7 | GRE ?? Document: Austin_62,B a decree of Rhamnūs in honour of Epichares. { CAH_7.1'238.} |
| 7a | ?? Document: THI_94.B, a decree of the Amphictyons honouring the hieromnemones for providing security during the war. { Errington_p91.} |
| 8 | ?? A saying attributed to demagogues during the war against Antigonus, that only Athenians know the true road to heaven.
@ Athen_6.250'f. |
| 9 | Athens surrenders to Antigonus.
* Read Apollodorus' account @ Apollod:Fr_44;* Paus_3.6'6; Polyaen_4.6'20; { CAH_7.1'238; Errington_p89-90=262; Hölbl_p42.} |
| 10 | MAC Alexander of Epirus invades Macedonia, but is defeated by Demetrius, the son of Antigonus.
* Read Justin's account @ Aelian:NA_10'34; ~Just_26.2'9-11;* [Euseb]:Chron_243; { CAH_7.1'501; Green_695.} |
| 11 | AFR The Carthaginians send Hamilcar to replace Hanno in Sicily.
* Read Zonaras' account @ ~Diod_23.9'2; ~Zonar_8'10.* (p405) |
| 12 | SIC The Romans besiege Myttistratum.
@ ~Diod_23.9'3. |
| 13 | SYR ?? The foundation of Apameia (formerly called Celaenae).
* Read Livy's account @ Liv_38.13'5;* Strab_12'578.(8.15) |
| 14 | EXT ?? The foundation of Antiocheia Margiana.
* Read Strabo's account @ Strab_11'516;* (10.2) Plin:HN_6'47. |
| 15 | PER ?? The foundation of Antiocheia-in-Persis, with settlers from Magnesia.
@ OGIS_233'14-21<t=B Austin_190>. |
| 16 | SYR ?? Other cities founded by Antiochus I, including Achais-Heracleia, Apameia in Sittacene, Artacabene, Laodiceia-in-Media and Stratoniceia.
* Read Strabo's account @ Strab_11'524,* (13.6) 12'577,(8.14) 14'660,(2.25) 16'750;(2.4) Plin:HN_6'48, '93, '115, '132. |
| 17 | GRE ?? Antiochus returns to Athens some statues which had been removed by Xerxes.
@ Paus_1.8'5. |
| 18 | AEG ?? Document: CGRN_254 (OGIS_222), a decree of the League of Ionians commemorating the birthday of Antiochus I. |
| 18a | MES ?? Document: Berossus_, the "Babyloniaca" of Berossus, a Babylonian priest.
@ Tatian_36; { See the discussion of the date by Geert De Breucker ( PDF ); there seems no reason to place it in the third year of Antiochus.} |
| 19 | SYR ?? Antiochus chooses the sons of Sostratus the flute-player to be his bodyguards.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_1.19'd,* 6.244'f. |
| 20 | ++ General comments on the prosperous lifestyle of Antiochus.
@ Plut:Mor_341'A; Liban:Or_11'108.B |
| 21 | {16 month2 -B = 2 June} The death of Antiochus I, and accession of Antiochus II.
@ +BabylChron_BM.35603'O9-11, IM.65066; Aelian:NA_6'44; Trog:Prol_26; +[Euseb]:Chron_249,(↓) 263; +Hieron:Chron_1756; Sulpit_2'19; Malal_204-205; ExcBarb_46A; Movses_2'1; { CAH_7.1'418; Errington_p117.} |
| 22 | EGY {12 Artemisios -M} Document: BD_55, a letter from Apollonius to Apollodotus, about imports of grain from Syria. |
| 23 | EPI Alexander is driven out of Epirus, and goes into exile in Acarnania.
* Read Justin's account @ ~Just_26.2'12-3'1;* [Euseb]:Chron_243; { CAH_7.1'501; OCD_a=263.} |
| 24 | GRE ?? Antigonus visits Zenon and persuades him to go to a party.
@ Athen_13.603'e<q" AntigonusC>. |
| 25 | ?? Dionysius "Metathemenos" leaves Zenon and joins the Cyrenaean sect of philosophers.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Phld:Sto_31; Cic:Tusc_2'60; Lucian:BisAc_20-23; Athen_7.281'd-e;* DiogLaert_7'166, '167; Vit:Arat_2'p11; { Cicero records in this context a conversation between Dionysius and Cleanthes, which apparently took place at a later date.} |
| 26 | ?? Sayings of Zenon, addressed to Amoebeus, Antigonus, Ariston, Cleanthes, Dionysius and others.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Cic:Mur_61, :Orat_113,L :Acad_2'145; Quint_2.20'7; Plut:Mor_443'A, 504'A; Athen_2.55'f, 5.186'd, 8.345'd; Aelian:VH_9'26; DiogLaert_7'14, '17-26.* |
| 27 | ++ The character of Zenon and his followers, including Cleanthes, Dionysius, Persaeus and Poseidonius.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Phld:Sto_1-12, :DeSto_2-4; Cic:Fin_4'14-15, '56, :Tusc_5'34, :ND_1'37-38; Strab_1'15;(2.2) ValMax_8.7e'11; Sen:Ben_4.39'1-2, :Ep_6'6; Plut:Cleom_2'3, :Mor_1034'A;(4) Athen_13.563'e; Aelian:NA_4'45, :VH_7'14, 9'33; DiogLaert_7'1, '5-16,* '27-28, '32-34, '36-38, '166-167, '168-170, '174; Suda_D'202, K'1711, P'2108, S'1150, Z'79. |
| 28 | The death of Zenon, the founder of the stoic school of philosophy.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Phld:Sto_29, :DeSto_1; Strab_13'610;(1.57) Plut:Mor_183'D; Lucian:Macr_19; ClemAl:Strom_1'14;(↓) ~DiogLaert_7'10-12, '15, '28-31,* '174, '176; !Hieron:Chron_1753; Suda_Z'79; { CAH_7.1'501; OCD_z=263; when Arrhenides was archon.} |
| 29 | GRE {Mesore -E = Sept./Oct.} Document: BD_88, a receipt for seed-corn which was issued to Pasis. |
| 30 | ROM The Romans build a navy.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.20'3-21'2;* Plin:HN_16'192;L !Zonar_8'15;(p5) { CAH_7.2'548; Green_695.} |
| 31 | SIC Hamilcar causes the destruction of a band of disaffected Gallic mercenaries.
* Read Diodorus' account @ ~Diod_23.8'3;* Frontin:Str_3.16'3; ~Zonar_8'10.(p405) |
| 32 | The Romans abandon the siege of Myttistratum.
@ ~Diod_23.9'3-4. |
| 33 | ASI ?? Document: Syll_426, a decree of Bargylia in honour of Tyron of Teos. |
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