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| 1 | ROM ?? M.Cato becomes a political ally of Fabius Maximus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:CatMai_3'4,* :Mor_805'E-F. |
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| 2 | Cato as quaestor is assigned to Scipio in Sicily.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Brut_60, :Sen_32; Nepos:Cat_1'3; Plin:HN_pref'30;L Plut:CatMai_3'5;* { OCD³.} |
| 3 | {4 April -R} The image of the Magna Mater arrives at Rome; P.Scipio Nasica and Claudia are chosen to lead it into the city.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:HarResp_27, :Sen_45; Diod_34.33'1-3; CIL_add.8'Apr4; +Liv_29.13'1-14'14,* 35.10'9, 36.36'3; #Ovid:Fast_4'291-347; ValMax_7.5'2, 8.15'3; Plin:HN_7'120; Silius_17'1-47; Suet:Tib_2'3; ~Appian:Hann_56; MinFel:Oct_7'3; DioCass_fr.57'61; Herodian_1.11'3-5; Arnob_2'73, 7'49; ChronPasc_433'B; Julian:Or_5.159'D-161'B; [Vict]:VirIll_46'1-3; AmmMarc_22.9'5; August:DeCiv_1'30, 2'5, 10'16;(↓↓) { OCD³; Green_704.} |
| 4 | Twelve Latin colonies are punished for failing to provide contingents during the last six years.
@ +Liv_29.15'1-16'3; { CAH_8'202.} |
| 5 | The senate debates the conduct of Scipio in Sicily, and the crimes of Pleminius at Locri.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.16'4-20'10;* Plut:CatMai_3'5-6, 32'4; DioCass_fr.57'62; { CAH_8'73.} |
| 6 | SIC Roman commissioners, led by the praetor M.Pomponius, punish Pleminius, but approve of the preparations of Scipio's army.
* Read Livy's account @ Ennius:Ann_441-447; Diod_27.4'6-8; +Liv_29.20'11-22'12,* 31.12'2-3, 34.44'6, 38.52'7; ValMax_1.1'21, 1e'1; Plut:CatMai_3'7; Appian:Hann_55' |
| 7 | GRE ?? Document: THI_128, a donation of Ptolemy IV to Thespiae in Boeotia. |
| 7a | AEG ?? Document: IG_12.sup.122, a decree of Eresus in honour of a gymnasiarch. |
| 8 | EGY ?? Ptolemy dedicates a temple to Homer.
* Read Aelian's account @ SelPap_3.105b; Aelian:VH_13'22.* |
| 9 | ?? Ptolemy launches a huge warship, 280 cubits long, with 40 banks of oars.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plin:HN_7'208; Plut:Demetr_43'5.* |
| 10 | ?? Ptolemy begins to build walls around Gortyn in Crete, but does not complete them.
@ Strab_10'478.(4.11) |
| 11 | ?? Arsinoē disapproves of a festival instituted by Ptolemy.
@ Athen_7.276'b-c<q" Eratosth:Fr_16>. |
| 12 | EGY ?? Document: OGIS_86, an inscription put up by elephant hunters, led by Alexander, Charimortus, and Apoasis. |
| 12a | ?? Document: OGIS_82, a dedication at Edfu by Lichas, an elephant hunter. |
| 12b | ?? Document: RC_30, part of a letter of Ptolemy concerning Soli in Cilicia. |
| 12c | ?? Document: CPI_18, the foundation plaque of a temple of Harpocrates at Alexandria. |
| 12d | ?? Document: CPI_23, the foundation plaque of a temple of Sarapis and Isis at Alexandria. |
| 13 | ?? Document: SelPap_2.208, a royal decree about the Dionysiac artists. |
| 13a | ?? Ptolemy IV constructs two enormous ships, one for the sea and one for the river Nile.
@ Athen_5.203'e-206'c<q" Callixein>. |
| 14 | ++ The indolent lifestyle of Ptolemy IV.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_14.11'1-12'6;* Strab_17'796;(1.11) Plut:Mor_56'E,(12) 60'A;(17) Athen_6.246'C<q" PtolMeg>; Aelian:VH_14'31; Just_30.1'7-2'5; Porph:Fr_45. |
| 15 | << The death of Ptolemy IV Philopator.
* Read Justin's account @ Polyb_15.20'1-2, 26'3, 34'5-6; Liv_32.33'4; Strab_17'795;(1.11) ClemAl:Strom_1'21; Just_30.2'6;* Trog:Prol_30; [Euseb]:Chron_127,(↓) ~161,(↓) 169;(↓) ChronPasc_433'C; +AstrCan_3; Malal_197; ExcBarb_35B; { CAH_8'251; Bennett.} |
| 16 | NUM Hasdrubal persuades Syphax to repudiate his friendship with Scipio.
* Read Livy's account @ Diod_27.5'1; +Liv_29.23'6-24'7;* Frontin:Str_2.7'4; Silius_17'59-66, '76-84; Polyaen_8.16'7; +Zonar_9'12,(p237) '13.(p255) |
| 17 | SIC << Scipio draws up laws for Agrigentum.
@ Cic:Verr_2.2'123. |
| 18 | AFR Scipio crosses from Lilybaeum to Africa, and lands at Pulchri Promunturium, north of Utica.
* Read Livy's account @ Ennius:Fr_p394'1-4; +Liv_29.24'8-27'15;* ValMax_3.7'1; Plin:HN_16'192;L Frontin:Str_1.12'1; Silius_17'48-58; Flor_1.22'54-55; ~Appian:Pun_13; Oros_4.18'17; Malal_209; +Zonar_9'12;(p239) { CAH_8'63; OCD³.} |
| 19 | ITA Indecisive fighting in Bruttium between Hannibal and Sempronius.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.36'4-12;* Appian:Hann_56, 57; DioCass_fr.57'70; +Oros_4.18'18; { CAH_8'56.} |
| 19a | SYR ?? Euphorion is appointed by Antiochus to be head of the public library in Syria, and after he dies is buried either in Apameia or in Antioch.
@ Suda_E'3801; { According to the Suda, Euphorion was born in about 275 B.C.} |
| 19b | GRE ?? Document: Syll_534, decrees of Delphi in honour of two Aetolians, Pantaleon and Aristarchus. |
| 20 | EGY The murder of Arsinoe, the widow of Ptolemy IV.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_15.25'2, '8-9,* '12, 26a'1-2, 33'11; Just_30.1'7, 2'7; Suda_A'2230; { Bennett; Hölbl_p134.} |
| 20a | Ptolemy V is proclaimed king.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_15.25'3-19;* +Hieron:Chron_1814; { CAH_8'251; Hölbl_p134; Bennett.} |
| 20b | GRE Basileides succeeds Dionysius as head of the Epicurean school of philosophy.
@ Phld:Epic_7b. |
| 21 | PEL ?? The tyrannical behaviour of Nabis at Sparta.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_13.6'1-8'7;* Diod_27.1'1-2; Liv_34.38'2, 39.37'2; Plut:Mor_240'B; Paus_4.29'10, 7.8'5, 9'2. |
| 22 | ?? An alleged plot by Philippus to murder Philopoemen.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Phil_12'1-2;* Paus_8.50'4; Just_29.4'11; { According to Errington ("Philopoemen", p.70) this plot should be dated to around 205 B.C.} |
| 23 | GRE The revolutionary laws of Dorimachus and Scopas in Aetolia.
* Read Suda's account @ ~Polyb_13.1'2-2'5; Suda_S'653.* |
| 23a | AEG << Document: THI_45, a decree of Cos concerning the preparation of ships for the defence of the island. |
| 24 | The outbreak of war between Crete and Rhodes, allegedly caused by Heracleides, an agent of Philippus.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_13.3'1-5'7;* Diod_27.3'1, 28.1'1; Polyaen_5.17'2; { CAH_8'248; Green_306.} |
| 25 | ARA << Antiochus allows the Gerraeans to retain their liberty.
@ ~Polyb_13.9'1-5; { Green_295.} |
| 26 | AFR Scipio moves a short distance inland, and is joined by Masinissa.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.28'1-29'5,* 37.53'21; Lucan_4'658-660; ~Appian:Pun_14; Ampel_37'2; DioCass_fr.57'63-67; +Zonar_9'12.(p239) |
| 27 | Hanno the son of Hamilcar is defeated and killed by Scipio near Salaeca.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.34'1-35'3,* 30.28'11; ~Appian:Pun_15; DioCass_fr.57'68; Eutrop_3.20'2; Oros_4.18'17; +Zonar_9'12;(p243) { CAH_8'63.} |
| 28 | Scipio besieges Utica.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.35'4-36'3;* ~Appian:Pun_16; DioCass_fr.57'68-69; +Zonar_9'12;(p245) { CAH_8'63; OCD³.} |
| 29 | IT+ There is an exceptionally plentiful harvest in Italy.
@ ~Plin:HN_18'16.L |
| 29a | EGY {20 Mesore - E = Sept.} Document: AET_7.17, a document from Pathyris dated to the first year of the rebel king Haronnophris. |
| 30 | ROM Cato returns from Africa to Rome, together with the poet Q.Ennius.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ Nepos:Cat_1'4; [Vict]:VirIll_47'1; Hieron:Chron_1777;* { ~ OCD³; Green_704.} |
| 31 | == Dissension between the censors C.Claudius Nero and M.Livius Salinator.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_29.37'1-17,* 36.36'6, 39.3'5; +FastCap_p62; ValMax_2.9'6, 7.2'6; Juvenal_11'91-92; Suet:Tib_3'2; DioCass_fr.57'70-71; [Vict]:VirIll_50'3; { DPRR.} |
| 32 | == The Lex Cincia prevents lawyers from receiving fees from clients.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:DeOr_2'286, :Sen_10;* Liv_34.4'9; Arnob_2'67; { OCD³.} |
| 33 | ?? The death of Q.Fabius Maximus, the son of Fabius Cunctator.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Tusc_3'70, :ND_3'80, :Sen_12,* :Fam_4.6'1; Plut:Fab_1'5, 24'4; { Fabius died shortly before his father.} |
| 34 | ?? Poetry starts to be composed in Latin.
@ Gell_17.21'45<q" Licinus>; { Licinus simply dates this to the second Punic War.} |
| 35 | ?? The poet Livius Andronicus is granted his freedom by his master Livius Salinator.
@ !Hieron:Chron_1830; { Green_704 |
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