244 B.C. - events and references (original) (raw)

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1

PON << Laodice, daughter of Antiochus II, is given in marriage to Mithridates II.
@ Just_38.5'3; [Euseb]:Chron_251; { CAH_7.1'246; Errington_p126.}

2

ASI << **Smyrna faces attack from the forces of Ptolemy, but remains loyal to Seleucus II.**
@ OGIS_229'1-18<t= BD_29>; { Errington_p130.}

2a

MES {8 Nisanu -B = April} Document: Cuneif_Q.004181, a record of building work by Anu-uballiṭ Nicarchus at Uruk.

3

CRE ?? Document: Syll_463, a decree of Itanus in honour of Ptolemy III.

3a

EGY ?? Document: BD_125, a letter from Demophon to Ptolemy.

4

SIC ?? The earliest campaigns of Hamilcar in Sicily.
* Read Diodorus' account
@ ~Diod_24.6'1-7'2;* DioCass_fr.43'25.

5

Hamilcar captures the town of Eryx.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_1.58'1-59'2;* ~Diod_24.8'1-9'1; { CAH_7.2'564; OCD�.}

6

EGY << Document: BD_105 (PCairZen_83), a petition of Antipater against Nicon.

7

ITA >> The Romans found a colony at Brundisium.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_19;* +Vell_1.14'8; Schol:Bob_139;L { CAH_7.2'564; OCD�.}