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

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1

PHO {? Dystrus -M = April} Document: BD_53, regulations of Ptolemy II concerning Syria and Phoenicia.

2

SIC Scipio Asina is trapped and captured by the Carthaginian commander Hannibal.
* Read Polybius' account
@ +Polyb_1.21'3-8,* 8.35'9; ~[Liv]:Per_17; ValMax_6.6'2, 9'11; Flor_1.18'11; Polyaen_6.16'5; DioCass_fr.43'21; +Eutrop_2.20'2; +Oros_4.7'7-9; +Zonar_8'10,(p407) '12;(p423) { CAH_7.2'550.}

3

GRE << Document: Philoch_, the fragments of Philochorus' "Atthis" which covered events down to 261/0 B.C.{ OCD�.}

3a

CIL ?? Aëtus, the local Ptolemaic governor, founds the city of Arsinoē on the coast of Cilicia.
@ SEG_39.1426'B.

3b

AEG ?? Document: IG_12.5.1061, a decree of Carthaea on the island of Ceos, in honour of a Ptolemaic commander.

4

PEL ++ Philinus of Cos wins a total of five Olympic victories for running.
@ Paus_6.17'2; { Philinus won the stadion race in both the 129th and the 130th Olympiads.}

5

?? Cratinus of Aegeira wins the Olympic prize for boys' wrestling.
@ Paus_6.3'6; { A statue of Cratinus was made by Cantharus of Sicyon; Cantharus was a pupil of Eutychides, who is placed by Plinius in the 121st Olympiad.}

6

SIC Hannibal narrowly escapes from the main Roman fleet.
@ +Polyb_1.21'9-11.

7

Hamilcar defeats Caecilius near Segesta.
@ +Zonar_8'11;(p407) { CAH_7.2'551.}

8

SIC Duilius defeats the Carthaginians in a naval battle off the Lipara Islands.
* Read Polybius' account
@ CIL_1.25; +Polyb_1.22'1-23'10;* Diod_23.10'1; ~[Liv]:Per_17; Frontin:Str_2.3'24, 3.2'2; Flor_1.18'8-9; Ampel_36'1; DioCass_fr.43'16-17; [Vict]:VirIll_38'1; +Eutrop_2.20'1-2; +Oros_4.7'10; +Zonar_8'11;(p407-9) { CAH_7.2'551-552.}

9

The Romans raise the siege of Segesta.
* Read Polybius' account
@ CIL_1.25; +Polyb_1.24'1-2;* +Zonar_8'11;(p413) { CAH_7.2'551.}

10

GRE Document: Syll_494 & 498, decrees of the Amphictyons in honour of Agathocles, Damon, Achaeïon and Antagoras.

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<< **Antigonus appoints Demetrius the grandson of Demetrius of Phalerum to be a magistrate at Athens.**
@ Athen_4.167'e-f<q"Hegesander>;{ Antigonus probably appointed new magistrates after capturing Athens.}