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| 1 | ROM Fabius is assigned Etruria as his province, and enrols volunteers to join the army there.
@ +Liv_10.24'1-25'10. |
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| 2 | Fabius reports to the senate on the situation in Etruria, and Decius is sent to join him there.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.25'11-26'7;* [Vict]:VirIll_25'13; +Zonar_8'1.(p277) |
| 3 | ETR A Roman legion is attacked and destroyed by the Gauls near Clusium.
* Read Livy's account @ Polyb_2.19'5; +Liv_10.26'7-15.* |
| 4 | GRE ?? Dicaearchus measures the height of the Greek mountains.
@ Plin:HN_2'162. |
| 5 | ++ General comments on the diverse and erudite writings of the philosopher Dicaearchus.
@ Suda_D'1062; { ~OCD_d; ~Green_610.} |
| 6 | EGY ?? Diodorus Cronus commits suicide after failing to solve a logic puzzle set by Stilpon.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Plin:HN_7'180; DiogLaert_2'111-112.* |
| 7 | GRE ?? Stilpon is expelled from Athens after making a blasphemous remark about the goddess Athena.
@ DiogLaert_2'116. |
| 8 | PEL ?? Dreams of Stilpon about Poseidon and the Mother of the Gods.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Plut:Mor_83'C;(12) Athen_10.422'd.* |
| 9 | ?? Sayings of Alexinus, Crates, Glycera, and Theodorus about Stilpon.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Plut:Mor_536'A-B; Athen_13.584'a;* DiogLaert_2'100, '116, '118. |
| 10 | ?? Sayings of Stilpon, addressed to Bion, Crates, Metrocles, and others.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Plut:Mor_468'A; DiogLaert_2'114, '117-118,* '119. |
| 11 | ++ General comments on the character of Stilpon and his pupils.
* Read Diogenes' account @ Plut:Mor_1119'C; DiogLaert_2'113-114,* 9'109. |
| 12 | ++ Menedemus studies philosophy as a pupil of Stilpon.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_4.168'a-b;* DiogLaert_2'125-126, '134. |
| 13 | ?? Death of Stilpon the philosopher.
@ DiogLaert_2'120; { ~OCD_s.} |
| 14 | << The floruit of the sculptors Eutychides, Euthycrates, (?) Daippus, Cephisodotus, Timarchus, and Pyromachus.
@ +Plin:HN_34'51. |
| 14a | GRE << Epicurus writes the 28th Book of his work "About Nature".
@ Epicur:Fr_90. |
| 14b | ASI Demetrius is appointed "stephanephoros" of Miletus.
@ Syll_322'B. |
| 14c | << Document: Syll_282, a decree of Priene in honour of a religious official from Ephesus. |
| 14d | << Document: THI_155, a decree of Sinuri in Caria, dated to the reign of Pleistarchus. |
| 15 | ETR The consuls send forces to mount a diversionary attack on Clusium, while they advance against the Gauls and Samnites.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.27'1-7;* Frontin:Str_1.8'3; Flor_1.12'1-4; +Oros_3.21'1-3; +Zonar_8'1.(p277) |
| 16 | The Romans defeat the Gauls and Samnites at Sentinum; death of the consul Decius.
* Read Livy's account @ Polyb_2.19'6-7; Accius:Praet_1-16; Cic:ND_3'15, :Sen_43; Diod_21.6'1; +Liv_10.27'8-29'20;* ValMax_5.6'6; Frontin:Str_2.1'8, 4.5'15; Juvenal_8'254-258; Plut:Mor_499'C; Flor_1.12'5-7; [Vict]:VirIll_27'3-5; August:DeCiv_5'18;(↓↓) +Oros_3.21'4-6; +Zonar_8'1;(p279) { CAH_7.2'379; OCD_sen.} |
| 17 | The propraetor Cn.Fulvius defeats the armies of Clusium and Perusia.
@ +Liv_10.30'1-3. |
| 18 | GRE << Demetrius attacks Athens, but loses part of his fleet in a storm.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Demetr_33'1-3;* Polyaen_4.7'5; { CAH_7.1'105; Green_124?297/6.} |
| 19 | EPI Pyrrhus marries Lanassa the daughter of Agathocles, and is given Corcyra as her dowry.
* Read Diodorus' account @ ~Diod_21.4'1;* Plut:Pyrrh_9'2; Paus_1.11'6, 12'1; { CAH_7.1'107, 72'261.} |
| 20 | ROM {19 Aug. -R} The dedication of a temple to Venus.
* Read Livy's account @ CIL_add.7'Aug19; +Liv_10.31'9;* { CAH_7.2'408.} |
| 21 | ETR The Romans suppress further resistance in Etruria and Samnium.
@ +Liv_10.31'1-7. |
| 22 | ITA Agathocles captures Croton, and slaughters its male inhabitants.
@ ~Diod_21.4'1; { CAH_7.1'407, CAH_7.2'665.} |
| 23 | ROM {4 Sept. -R} The triumph of Fabius, over the Samnites, Etruscans, and Gauls.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.30'8-10;* #FastTr_p97; Oros_3.21'7-8. |
| 24 | PEL Demetrius is wounded while besieging Messene.
@ ~Plut:Demetr_33'3-4. |
| 25 | GRE Ptolemy sends 150 ships in an attempt to break Demetrius' blockade of Athens.
@ ~Plut:Demetr_33'5-7; { ~CAH_7.1'105.} |
| 26 | EPI Pyrrhus kills Neoptolemus, and becomes sole king of Epirus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Vell_1.14'6; ~Plut:Pyrrh_5'4-14.* |
| 27 | ITA >> Roman colonies are founded at Minturnae and Sinuessa.
* Read Livy's account @ Liv_10.21'7-10;* +Vell_1.14'6; { CAH_7.2'391; OCD_m; the colonies had been planned during the previous year.} |
| 28 | ROM >> Omens, including deaths by plague and lightning strikes.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_10.31'8;* August:DeCiv_3'17.(↓↓) |
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