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

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GRE ++ The character of Epicurus and his principal followers.
* Read Diogenes' account
@ AnthPal_6.307<q"Phanias>;Lucr_1'62-79, 3'1-30, 5'7-12, '49-55, 6'4-34; Phld:DeSto_1; Cic:Fin_1'14, '72, 2'49, '80-81; Strab_13'589;(1.19) Sen:Ep_6'6; Plin:HN_19'51;L Plut:Mor_487'D, 1097'C-F, 1100'A-B; Lucian:Vit_19; Gell_2.18'8; Athen_13.588'a-b; Suda_E'2405<q"Aelian:Fr_39>;DiogLaert_10'3-14,* '24, '25; August:DeCiv_18'41;(↓) Macrob:Sat_1.11'42;L Suda_N'192.

<< Document: Epicur:Fr_122 & 138, letters from Epicurus to Hermarchus and Idomeneus.

<< Document: Epicur:Fr_177 & 191, letters written by Epicurus during his final illness.

{10 Gamelion -G = Jan./Feb} The death of the philosopher Epicurus.
* Read Diogenes' account
@ Lucr_3'1042-1044; Plut:Mor_1089'F, 1099'E; #ClemAl:Strom_1'16;(↓↓) +DiogLaert_10'15-16,* '23, '24; Suda_E'2404, E'2405<q"Aelian:Fr_39>;{ CAH_7.1'500; OCD�.}

<< The Athenians confer honours on Demochares and his family, at the request of his son Laches.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Mor_847'D-E,* 851'D-F; { Green_694; when Pytharatus was archon.}

AEG ?? Berosus opens a school of astrology on the island of Cos.
* Read Vitruvius' account
@ Vitr_9.2'1,* 6'2, 8'1; { ~ OCD�.}

THR ++ Sayings of Metrocles the Cynic philosopher.
@ DiogLaert_6'95.

?? The death of Metrocles.
@ DiogLaert_6'95; { Metrocles was the brother of Hipparchia, the wife of Crates; he must have been rather younger than Crates.}

GRE ?? A comment by Asclepiades on his blindness.
@ Cic:Tusc_5'113.

++ The close friendship of Menedemus and Asclepiades, the Eretrian philosophers.
* Read Diogenes' account
@ Plut:Mor_55'C;(11) DiogLaert_2'131-132,* '137-138; { Asclepiades died slightly before Menedemus (DiogL_2'138).}

?? The foundation of the town of Arsinoe (formerly Conopa) in Aetolia.
@ Strab_10'460.(2.22)

ASI ?? Smyrna is accepted as a new member of the Ionian League.
@ Vitr_4.1'4; { Vitruvius says this was done through the influence of "Attalus and Arsinoe" - which must mean Arsinoe II.}

EGY ?? Apollonius composes a first version of his "Argonautica", but it is badly received at Alexandria.
@ Vit:ApRhod_1, 2; { Apollonius was still young at the time; he was born about 295 B.C.}

<< **Ptolemy stages an elaborate procession through Alexandria.**
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Athen_5.196'a-203'c<q"* Callixein>,9.387'c-d<q"Callixein>;{ CAH_7.1'417; Green_158<275/4>.}

{Pachon -E = July} The death of Arsinoe, sister and wife of Ptolemy II.
* Read Pausanias' account
@ #AET_8.7; Poseidip_24;Callim:Fr_228;Paus_1.7'3;* DiogLaert_4'15; { CAH_7.1'237; Hölbl_p40; Bennett=270/268.}

ASI ?? Document: Burstein_17B (OGIS_765), a decree of Priene in honour of Sotas, for bravery against the Galatians.

?? Document: RC_10-12 & 13 (OGIS_221), a copy of letters from Antiochus I granting land in the Troad to Aristodicides of Assus.

15a

GRE ?? Document: Syll_395 & 396, privileges awarded by Delphi to Glaucon of Athens and Hierocles of Syracuse.

ITA ?? Decius, the commander of the rebellious garrison at Rhegium, loses his sight.
* Read Diodorus' account
@ ~Diod_22.1'2-3;* DionHal_20.5'1-3; Appian:Sam_9'3.(20)

The Romans capture Rhegium.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ Polyb_1.6'8, 7'10-11; Liv_28.28'2-6, 31.31'7; DionHal_20.5'3-4, 16'1; ~[Liv]:Per_15; Appian:Sam_9'4;(21) +Oros_4.3'3-5; ~Zonar_8'6,* (p371) '8;(p381) { CAH_7.2'539-540; Green_231.}

The Romans punish the garrison of Rhegium.
* Read Dionysius' account
@ Polyb_1.7'12; Liv_28.28'3, 31.31'7; DionHal_20.5'5, 16'1-2;* ~[Liv]:Per_15; ValMax_2.7'15; Frontin:Str_4.1'38; Appian:Sam_9'5;(21) +Oros_4.3'5-6; ~Zonar_8'6.(p371)

18a

GRE << Document: Syll_418.B-C, decrees of Delphi in honour of Socrates and Alexeinides.

18b

Document: Syll_419, a decree of the Amphictyons in honour of Eudoxus of Argos. { Errington_p87?271.}

18c

PEL ?? Document: OGIS_26 & 27, statues of Ptolemy and Arsinoē, dedicated by Callicrates at Olympia.

EPI << Fighting between Alexander of Epirus and Mitylus the king of the Illyrians.
@ ~Trog:Prol_25; { Soon after the death of Pyrrhus.}

GRE {18 Poseideon -G = Dec./Jan.} Document: SEG_28.60, an Athenian decree in honour of Callias.{ CAH_7.1'231; Errington_p107.}

AEG ++ Philetas is so thin that he has to wear weights on his shoes to stop himself being blown over by the wind.
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Plut:Mor_791'E; Athen_12.552'b;* Aelian:VH_9'14.

?? The death of Philetas of Cos.
@ Suda_Ph'332; { ~ OCD�.}

ROM The triumph of Cornelius Blasio, over Rhegium.
@ +FastTr_p99.

?? The death of M. Valerius Corvus, over 100 years old, who spent his old age cultivating his farm.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Sen_60;* ValMax_8.13'1; Plin:HN_7'157; { Valerius is said to have been born around 370 B.C. (Liv_7.26'12).}

++ The incorruptible character of Curius, who is content with his small farm.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Ennius:Ann_209; Cic:Leg_2'3,L :Sen_55;* Plin:HN_16'185;L Mart_6.64'2-3; Silius_13'723; Plut:CatMai_2'1; Juvenal_11'78-80.

>> The death of Curius Dentatus.
@ ~Frontin:Aqu_1'6; { OCD�; two years after the first construction of the Aqua Aniensis.}