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| 1 | PEL << Agis overthrows the Spartan ephorate.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Off_2'80; ~Plut:Agis_12'1-6;* { CAH_7.1'253.} |
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| 2 | << Cancellation of debts at Sparta.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Agis_13'1-5,* :TGrac_44'1; { CAH_7.1'253.} |
| 3 | EGY Document: SelPap_2.413, a memorandum from Andronicus to the strategus Aphthonetus. |
| 4 | AFR Hanno sets sail with a Carthaginian fleet, carrying supplies to the army in Sicily.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.60'1-5;* Diod_24.11'1; ~Oros_4.10'6; +Zonar_8'17.(p13) |
| 5 | SIC {10 March -R} Lutatius destroys the Carthaginian fleet at the battle of Aegates Insulae.
* Read Polybius' account @ CIL_add.4; +Polyb_1.60'6-61'8,* 2.43'6; Diod_24.11'1-3; Liv_22.14'13, 23.13'4; [Liv]:Per_19; ValMax_2.8'2; Silius_1'621-623, 2'306-310, 6'684-688; Flor_1.18'33-37; [Vict]:VirIll_41'1; #Eutrop_2.27'1-3; ~Oros_4.10'6-8; +Zonar_8'17;(p13-5) { CAH_7.2'565; OCD³.} |
| 6 | SIC Carthage gives Hamilcar powers to negotiate peace with Rome.
* Read Polybius' account @ +Polyb_1.62'1-3;* Nepos_22.1'3; Appian:Sic_2;(↓↓) +Zonar_8'17.(p15) |
| 7 | ?? A sharp-sighted man called Strabo is able to see ships leaving Carthage from a view-point near Lilybaeum.
* Read Strabo's account @ Cic:Acad_2'81; Strab_6'267;* (2.1) Plin:HN_7'85; Plut:Mor_1083'D; Aelian:VH_11'13. |
| 8 | ?? Marcellus saves the life of his brother Otacilius.
@ Plut:Marc_2'2-3. |
| 9 | ?? Hamilcar uses a trick to stop his Gallic mercenaries deserting to the Romans.
@ Frontin:Str_3.16'2. |
| 10 | ROM ?? The Romans reduce the weight of the bronze "as", because of financial difficulties caused by the war.
@ ~Plin:HN_33'44. |
| 11 | ?? Undated events from the First Punic War.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Naev:Pun_28, 33-36, 39-40, 48-66; Plut:Mor_264'E-F.* |
| 12 | ROM ?? The widow and sons of Regulus torture two Carthaginian prisoners, Bodostor and Hamilcar.
* Read Diodorus' account @ Diod_24.12'1-3;* Gell_7.4'4; Zonar_8'15.(p449) |
| 13 | SIC ++ General remarks about the First Punic War, which lasted 23 years with huge losses on both sides.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_1.63'4-64'6,* 72'1-3; Diod_23.15'4, '7; Liv_26.41'10, 28.12'5, 44'13; Appian:Sic_2'5;(3) Gell_17.21'45; August:DeCiv_3'18, 5'22;(↓) Oros_4.11'4. |
| 14 | Peace terms are agreed between Rome and Carthage: end of the First Punic War.
* Read Polybius' account @ Naev:Pun_41-43; +Polyb_1.62'4-9,* 3.21'2-5, 27'1-6, 29'2-10; Cato:Orig_4'9;L (84) Diod_24.13'1, 14'1; Nepos_22.1'4-5; Liv_21.18'10, 19'2-4, 41'8-12, 30.44'1-2; [Liv]:Per_19; Silius_6'689-697; Appian:Sic_2'4-6;(3) [Vict]:VirIll_41'2; +Eutrop_2.27'4-5; +Oros_4.11'1-4; +Zonar_8'17;(p15) { CAH_7.2'565.} |
| 15 | SYR << Seleucus forms a pact with Antiochus Hierax to drive the Egyptians out of Syria.
@ ~Just_27.2'6-8; { CAH_7.1'248; Errington_p122.} |
| 15a | GRE ?? Document: Syll_447, a decree of Delphi in honour of Amphiclus of Chios, an epic poet. |
| 16 | PEL Agis sets out to join Aratus at the Isthmus.
@ ~Plut:Agis_13'5-14'5; { CAH_7.1'254.} |
| 17 | Aratus fails to prevent the Aetolians from crossing the Isthmus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Agis_15'1-5,* ~:Arat_31'1-2. |
| 18 | The Aetolians capture Pellene, but are expelled by Aratus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Polyb_4.8'4; ~Plut:Arat_31'3-32'6;* Paus_2.7'4, 8'5, 7.7'3; Polyaen_8.59'1; { CAH_7.1'503; Errington_p94.} |
| 19 | SIC The Romans send ten commissioners, headed by the consul Q.Lutatius, to revise the peace terms.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_1.63'1-3,* 3.21'2; Liv_21.18'10; Strab_6'273;(2.6) +Zonar_8'17.(p17) |
| 20 | ++ General remarks about the achievements of Hamilcar in Sicily.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_1.74'9, 3.9'6-7;* Diod_26.24'1; Nepos_22.1'2; Appian:Hisp_4, :Hann_2' |
| 21 | Hamilcar resigns his command.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_1.66'1,* 68'12; +Zonar_8'17;(p15) { OCD³.} |
| 22 | Gesco transports the Carthaginian mercenaries to Africa.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_1.66'2-5,* 68'13. |
| 23 | ETR Falerii revolts from Rome, but is soon forced into submission.
* Read Zonaras' account @ ~Polyb_1.65'2; [Liv]:Per_20; ValMax_6.5'1; +Eutrop_2.28'1; Oros_4.11'10; +Zonar_8'18;* (p19) { CAH_7.2'431; OCD³.} |
| 24 | EGY { ? 30 Payni -E = August} Document: Austin_313,B a report of compulsory labour on canals and dykes. |
| 25 | ?? Document: BD_76 (PCairZen_59832), a petition from Zenon to Ptolemy III. |
| 26 | AFR The mercenaries demand arrears of pay from Hanno.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_1.66'6-67'12;* Diod_25.6'1; Appian:Sic_2'7;(4) { CAH_7.2'567.} |
| 27 | ROM {4 October -R} The triumph of Lutatius, for his naval victory over the Carthaginians.
* Read Fasti's account @ #FastTr_p100;* ValMax_2.8'2; ~Zonar_8'17.(p17) |
| 28 | {6 October} The triumph of Q.Valerius Falto, propraetor, for his naval victory near Sicily.
@ #FastTr_p101. |
| 29 | SYR Peace between Ptolemy III and Seleucus II: the end of the Third Syrian War.
* Read Justin's account @ ~Just_27.2'9;* ~Eutrop_3.1'1; { CAH_7.1'421; Errington_p122.} |
| 30 | ASI ?? Document: BD_29 (OGIS_229), a treaty between Smyrna and Magnesia. { Errington_p131.} |
| 31 | ?? Document: RC_22 (OGIS_227), a letter from Seleucus II to Miletus. { Errington_p133.} |
| 32 | GRE ?? Document: BD_28 (OGIS_228), a decree of Delphi in reply to a letter of Seleucus, which requested special privileges for Smyrna. { Errington_p132?242.} |
| 33 | PEL Leonidas is recalled to Sparta.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Agis_16'1-5;* Paus_3.6'8. |
| 34 | Leonidas forces Cleombrotus, his replacement as king, to flee from Sparta.
@ ~Plut:Agis_16'6-18'3. |
| 35 | ++ The character and achievements of Agis IV.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Agis_2'9-11,* :TGrac_41'1-45'7, :Cleom_1'4. |
| 36 | Agis is seized by his opponents, and executed.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Off_2'80; ~Plut:Agis_18'4-21'5,* :Cleom_1'1, 2'1, :Ages_40'5, :Mor_216'C-D; { CAH_7.1'503; OCD³.} |
| 37 | AFR Gesco negotiates with the mercenaries at Tunis.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_1.67'13-69'3,* 80'12. |
| 38 | ROM >> Two new tribes of citizens, called Velina and Quirina, are created.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_19; { CAH_7.2'402; OCD³.} |
| 39 | ETR >> The Romans found a colony at Spoletium.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_20;* ~Vell_1.14'8; { CAH_7.2'431; OCD³.} |
| 40 | ROM >> The river Tiber breaks its banks and causes flooding at Rome.
@ August:DeCiv_3'18;(↓) +Oros_4.11'5-7. |
| 41 | >> A fire devastates part of Rome, including the temple of Vesta, but L.Metellus rescues the Palladium.
* Read St.Augustine's account @ Cic:Scaur_48; ~[Liv]:Per_19; Ovid:Fast_6'437-454; ValMax_1.4'4; Seneca:Contr_4'2,L 7.2'7;L Plin:HN_7'141; Juvenal_3'138-139; Plut:Mor_309'F-310'A; Ampel_20'11; Hieron:Chron_1775; August:DeCiv_3'18;* (↓) +Oros_4.11'8-9; { OCD³.} |
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