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1 | ROM {5 January -R} The triumph of Brutus, over the Lucanians and Bruttii.
@ #FastTr_p98. |
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2 | SIC Negotiations between Pyrrhus and the Carthaginians.
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'2; { ~CAH_7.2'480.} |
3 | Pyrrhus prepares to attack Lilybaeum.
* Read Diodorus' account @ ~Diod_22.10'4-7;* ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'3-4; Appian:Sam_12'1.(29) |
4 | Pyrrhus has Thoenon of Syracuse killed on suspicion of treason, and his despotic behaviour makes him unpopular with the Sicilians.
* Read Dionysius' account @ DionHal_20.8'1-4;* ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'5; ~Zonar_8'5;(p359) { CAH_7.2'481.} |
4a | EGY ?? Ptolemy obtains the original manuscripts of Greek tragedies from Athens.
@ Galen_17a'606-607. |
5 | ?? Alexander of Aetolia and Lycophron sort out the tragedies and the comedies which have been collected in the library at Alexandria.
@ Tzetz:ProlCom_19-21; { ~ OCD³.} |
5a | << Arsinoē daughter of Lysimachus is accused of plotting against Ptolemy, and banished to Coptus.
@ DiogLaert_7'186; Schol:Theoc_17'128; (?) AET_4.27'c3; { ~Hölbl_p36; Bennett?274/3.} |
6 | GRE ++ Aratus of Soli is a pupil of Zenon, or possibly of Dionysius of Heracleia.
@ Vit:Arat_1'p8, 3'p16, 4'p19. |
7 | ?? Persaeus shares a home with Zenon, and on one occasion brings a flute-girl back there.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Persaeus:Fr_5; Phld:Sto_12; Athen_13.607'e-f<q"* AntigonusC>; Gell_2.18'8. |
8 | MAC << Zenon sends Persaeus as his representative to the court of Antigonus.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Phld:Sto_13; DiogLaert_7'6,* '9; Vit:Arat_4'p20; Suda_P'1368; { According to the Life of Aratus, Persaeus went to Macedonia at the same time as Araatus.} |
9 | << Antigonus invites the poets Aratus of Soli and Alexander of Aetolia to Macedonia, at the time of his marriage to Phila.
@ Vit:Arat_1'p8, 3'p15, 4'p19-p20; { OCD³.} |
9a | GRE << Document: Syll_404, privileges awarded by Delphi to the citizens of Alexandria. |
9b | PEL ?? Document: THI_93, celebrating the Olympic victory of Attalus, the father of Attalus I of Pergamum. |
9c | ASI Document: THI_51, a list of the surviving treasures in the temple at Didyma. |
10 | EGY << Ptolemy II sends an expedition to Ethiopia.
@ Agatharch_20; Diod_1.37'5; { Hölbl_p55.} |
11 | SIC Pyrrhus abandons the siege of Lilybaeum.
@ ~Diod_22.10'7; { CAH_7.2'480; Green_231.} |
12 | ITA The Romans attack the Samnites and Lucanians.
@ +Zonar_8'6.(p363) |
13 | MAC ++ The cruelty of Apollodorus, tyrant of Cassandreia.
* Read Pausanias' account @ Polyb_7.7'2; Phld:Sto_2; Diod_33.14'3; Plut:Mor_556'D;(11) Paus_4.5'4-5;* Aelian:NA_5'15; Suda_B'279. |
14 | ?? Apollodorus suffers from nightmares.
@ Plut:Mor_555'B.(10) |
15 | Antigonus captures Cassandreia; the death of Apollodorus.
* Read Polyaenus' account @ Polyaen_4.6'18;* Trog:Prol_25; { CAH_7.1'221; OCD³.} |
17 | ITA The Italians appeal to Pyrrhus to return to help them.
@ ~Just_23.3'5-7. |
18 | SIC Pyrrhus defeats the Carthaginians in a final battle.
@ ~Just_23.3'8-9. |
19 | ++ Pyrrhus is generally successful in the war against the Carthaginians.
* Read Justin's account @ Just_25.5'5;* Trog:Prol_23; Oros_4.6'33. |
20 | Pyrrhus leaves Sicily and returns to Italy; he is attacked and defeated by the Carthaginian fleet en route.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Polyb_1.23'4; ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'7-24'8,* :Mor_184'C; Appian:Sam_12'2-4;(29) Paus_1.12'5-13'1; Just_23.3'9-12, 25.3'1; ~Zonar_8'5;(p359) { CAH_7.2'481' Green_231.} |
21 | GRE Document: Syll_406, a decree of the Amphictyons in honour of four men from Argos. |
22 | ROM >> Outbreak of plague at Rome.
@ August:DeCiv_3'17;(↓↓) +Oros_4.2'1-2. |
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