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| 1 | GRE {11 Gamelion -G = January/February} Document: Syll_320, an Athenian decree, in honour of Asander, the Macedonian satrap of Caria. |
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| 1a | THR Lysimachus puts down rebellions in his kingdom, and defeats and kills Pausanias, the general of Antigonus.
@ +Diod_19.73'1-10; { Errington_p39-40.} |
| 2 | PEL Antigonus sends Telesphorus with a fleet to the Peloponnese.
@ +Diod_19.74'1-2. |
| 3 | EPI Philippus the brother of Cassander defeats and kills Aeacides, the king of Epirus; Alcetas becomes the next king of Epirus.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.74'3-6,* 88'1; Paus_1.11'4-5. |
| 3a | ASI ?? Document: SEG_47.1563, a treaty of sympoliteia between Latmus and Pidasa in Caria. |
| 4 | Antigonus gains control of the cities of Caria, and liberates Miletus from Asander.
* Read Diodorus' account @ Syll_322'B; +Diod_19.75'1-6;* { Errington_p31.} |
| 5 | GRE Cassander besieges Oreus in Euboea.
@ Syll_409'13-18; +Diod_19.75'6-8. |
| 6 | CYR Agis, the general of Ptolemy, suppresses a revolt at Cyrene.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.79'1-4;* Paus_1.6'5, '8; { ~ CAH_7.1'49; Hölbl_p18=313/2.} |
| 7 | ETR The dictator C.Poetelius captures Fregellae.
* Read Diodorus' account @ (?) Ennius:Ann_168-169; +Diod_19.101'1-3;* +Liv_9.28'2-3, 31'13; +FastCap_p46; { CAH_7.2'372.} |
| 8 | PEL ++ The cruelty of Chaeron, the tyrant of Pellene.
@ Phld:Acad_11-12; Athen_11.509'b; { Chaeron was a pupil of Plato and Xenocrates, and is said to have been made tyrant of Pellene by Alexander.} |
| 9 | GRE ?? Xenocrates converts Polemon from a dissolute life to the study of philosophy.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Phld:Acad_13;B ValMax_6.9e'1; Plut:Mor_71'E; Lucian:BisAc_16-17; DiogLaert_1'14,* 4'16, '19; Suda_P'1887. |
| 10 | ?? Polemon and Crantor become friends while studying with Xenocrates.
@ Phld:Acad_16;B DiogLaert_4'24-25. |
| 11 | ?? Xenocrates rescues a sparrow.
@ Aelian:VH_13'31; DiogLaert_4'10. |
| 12 | ?? The Athenians accept evidence from Xenocrates without requiring him to take an oath.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_1.16'4;* ValMax_2.10e'2. |
| 13 | ?? Polyperchon criticizes Xenocrates for recommending a friend who is shown to be greedy.
@ Plut:Mor_533'C. |
| 14 | ?? Sayings of Xenocrates, illustrating his self-control.
* Read Aelian's account @ ValMax_7.2e'6; Aelian:VH_14'42.* |
| 15 | ?? Sayings of the Spartan Eudamidas about Xenocrates.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Mor_192'A-B,* 220'D-E. |
| 16 | ++ Menecrates of Elaea, Zenon, and (possibly) Epicurus are pupils of Xenocrates.
* Read Strabo's account @ Cic:ND_1'72; Strab_12'550;* (3.22) DiogLaert_7'2. |
| 17 | ++ General comments on the character of Xenocrates.
@ DiogLaert_4'6-11; Suda_X'43. |
| 18 | << The death of the philosopher Xenocrates, who is succeeded as head of the Academy by Polemon.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Phld:Acad_4;B Lucian:Macr_20; ClemAl:Strom_1'14;(↓) Censor:DN_15'2; +DiogLaert_4'14-15,* '16; Suda_X'42; { CAH_7.1'494; OCD³.} |
| 19 | << Theophrastus writes about the geography of Italy.
@ +Plin:HN_3'58. |
| 20 | Ptolemaeus the general of Antigonus arrives with a fleet in Boeotia, and forces Cassander to abandon the siege of Oreus.
@ +Diod_19.77'2-5. |
| 21 | ASI Antigonus advances as far as the Hellespont, but does not cross it.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.77'5-7;* Plut:Demetr_5'1; Paus_1.6'5. |
| 22 | CYP Ptolemy gains control of Cyprus and makes Nicocreon king of the island.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.79'5-7;* Strab_17'791,(1.5) 14'684;(6.6) Porph:Fr_42; { Hölbl_p18.} |
| 23 | ITA The Romans capture Nola.
* Read Livy's account @ +Diod_19.101'3; +Liv_9.28'4-6;* { CAH_7.2'662; OCD³.} |
| 24 | MAC The Corcyraeans force the garrisons left by Cassander to abandon Apollonia and Epidamnus.
@ +Diod_19.78'1. |
| 25 | CIL Demetrius takes his army by forced marches to Mallus, but arrives after Ptolemy has left the area.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.80'1-2;* Plut:Demetr_5'1; { Green_687=312.} |
| 26 | GRE Ptolemaeus captures Chalcis and Oropus, and forces the Athenians to sue for peace.
@ +Diod_19.78'2-5. |
| 27 | ETR == The Romans found colonies at Suessa Aurunca, Pontia, and Saticula.
* Read Diodorus' account @ +Diod_19.101'3;* +Liv_9.28'7; Vell_1.14'4; { CAH_7.2'372; Green_687.} |
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