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| EGY {? Choiak -E = January} Document: BD_100, a letter from Apollonius to Demetrius about wood for the navy.
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| 1a
| {21 Elaphebolion -G = March/April} Document: Syll_466.B, a second Athenian decree in honour of Agathaeus.
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| 1b
| << Document: Syll_468, an Athenian decree in honour of the general Thucritus.
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| 2
| ROM The Romans build a new fleet.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.39'15,
41'2-3;*
{ CAH_7.2'559.}
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| 3
| PEL << The Egyptian government gives financial support to Aratus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Off_2'81-83;
~Plut:Arat_12'1-14'4;*
{ CAH_7.1'502; Green_697.}
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| 4
| << Antigonus attempts to establish friendly relations with Aratus.
@
~Plut:Arat_15'1-5;
{ CAH_7.1'246.}
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| 5
| SIC Hasdrubal advances from Lilybaeum, to Panormus.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.40'1-2;*
~Zonar_8'14.(p437)
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| 6
| {? June} L.Caecilius defeats the Carthaginian army under Hasdrubal at Panormus.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.40'3-41'1;*
Cic:Rep_1'1;
Diod_23.21'1;
[Liv]:Per_19;
Frontin:Str_1.7'1,
2.5'4,
3.17'1;
Plut:Mor_305'C;
Flor_1.18'27-28;
Suda_K'1706<q"
Aelian:Fr_118>;
~Eutrop_2.24'1;
~Oros_4.9'14-15;
~Zonar_8'14;(p439)
{ CAH_7.2'559.}
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| 7
| The Carthaginians destroy Selinus.
@
Diod_24.1'1.
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| 8
| GRE ?? Document: Syll_401, an Athenian decree in honour of Heracleitus the son of Asclepiades.
{ Dated between 258 and 250 B.C. (Burstein_60).}
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| 9
| PEL ++ Craterus, governor of Corinth, remains loyal to his half-brother Antigonus.
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Plut:Mor_486'A;
{ CAH_7.1'247; OCD³?255.}
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| 10
| CYR Magas, the king of Cyrene, dies of over-eating.
* Read Athenaeus' account
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Athen_12.550'b-c;*
~Just_26.3'2;
{ CAH_7.1'502; OCD³.}
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| 11
| Demetrius the Fair makes himself king of Cyrene.
* Read Justin's account
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DiogLaert_4'41;
~Just_26.3'3-5;*
Trog:Prol_26;
[Euseb]:Chron_243;
{ CAH_7.1'502; OCD³?255.}
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| 12
| PON << The death of Ariobarzanes of Pontus, who is succeeded by his son Mithridates.
@
Memn_16'1;
{ OCD³.}
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| 13
| SIC The Romans besiege Lilybaeum by land and sea.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.41'4-42'13;*
Diod_24.1'1,
14'1;
+Oros_4.10'2;
+Zonar_8'15;(p3)
{ CAH_7.2'560.}
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| 14
| The Carthaginian commander Himilco foils a plot to betray Lilybaeum.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.43'1-8;*
+Zonar_8'15.(p3)
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| 15
| Hannibal the son of Hamilcar arrives at Lilybaeum with reinforcements.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.44'1-7;*
Diod_24.1'1-2;
Frontin:Str_3.10'9;
+Zonar_8'15;(p5)
{ CAH_7.2'560.}
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| 16
| The Romans drive back a Carthaginian sally at Lilybaeum.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.45'1-14;*
Diod_24.1'2-3,
2'1;
+Oros_4.10'2.
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| 17
| Hannibal sails from Lilybaeum to Drepana.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.46'1-3;*
Diod_24.1'3;
+Zonar_8'15.(p5)
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| 18
| Hannibal "the Rhodian" slips through the Roman blockade and sails into Lilybaeum.
@
+Polyb_1.46'4-47'10.
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| 19
| The Carthaginians burn down the Roman siege works at Lilybaeum.
* Read Polybius' account
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+Polyb_1.48'1-11;*
Diod_24.1'3-4;
+Zonar_8'15.(p5)
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| 20
| ROM {7 Sept. -R} L.Caecilius celebrates a triumph, in which he displays elephants captured in Sicily.
* Read Fasti's account
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#FastTr_p100;*
[Liv]:Per_19;
Plin:HN_7'139,
8'16-17,
18'17;L
~Eutrop_2.24'1.
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| 21
| AFR The Carthaginians send M.Regulus to Rome to negotiate peace terms and an exchange of prisoners.
* Read Dio's account
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[Liv]:Per_18;
Silius_6'346-382;
Appian:Sic_2,(↓↓)
:Pun_4;
Justin:Dig_49.15.5'3<q"
Pomponius>;
Polyaen_8.12'1;
DioCass_fr.43'26-27;*
[Vict]:VirIll_40'4;
~Eutrop_2.24'2;
August:DeCiv_1'15;
~Oros_4.10'1;
~Zonar_8'15;(p441)
{ Modern writers doubt that this is historical, but ancient writers place it after the battle at Panormus.}
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| 22
| ROM Regulus addresses the Roman senate and urges them to reject the Carthaginians' proposals.
* Read Eutropius' account
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Cic:Off_3'99-100;
Hor:Od_3.5'13-56;
Silius_6'383-489;
Flor_1.18'24;
Appian:Sic_2,(↓↓)
:Pun_4;
Polyaen_8.12'1;
Gell_7.4'1;
DioCass_fr.43'27,
'30-32a,
'32d-32e;
~Eutrop_2.25'1-2;*
August:DeCiv_1'15;
Suda_R'126;
~Zonar_8'15.(p441-7)
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| 23
| Regulus returns to Carthage after the failure of his mission to Rome.
* Read Eutropius' account
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Cic:Sest_127,
:Fin_2'65,
:Off_1'39,
3'100-111;
[Liv]:Per_18;
ValMax_1.1'14;
Silius_6'490-528;
Appian:Pun_4,
63;
Polyaen_8.12'1;
Ampel_20'8;
[Vict]:VirIll_40'4;
~Eutrop_2.25'2-3;*
August:DeCiv_1'15,
'24,
5'18;(↓↓)
~Oros_4.10'1;
~Zonar_8'15.(p447)
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| 24
| AEG ?? Aristarchus of Samos invents a kind of sun-dial, in the shape of a hemisphere.
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Vitr_9.8'1.
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| 25
| ?? The theories of Aristarchus about the movement of the earth and the planets.
* Read Vitruvius' account
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Vitr_9.2'3-4;*
Plut:Mor_1006'C;
{ ~CAH_7.1'497; ~ OCD³.}
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| 26
| ?? Cleanthes accuses Aristarchus of impiety, because of his heliocentric theories.
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Plut:Mor_923'A.
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| 27
| MAC ?? The death of the historian Hieronymus of Cardia, at the age of 104.
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Lucian:Macr_22<q"
Agatharch>;
Phlegon:Macr_2'81;
{ ~ OCD³.}
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