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

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1

PEL << Atrocities committed by Aristotimus, tyrant of Elis.
@ Plut:Mor_250'F-251'F.

2

<< Aristotimus is assassinated, and his daughters are forced to commit suicide.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Mor_252'A-253'E;* Paus_5.5'1, 6.14'11; ~Just_26.1'8-10; { CAH_7.1'500.}

3

EGY << Document: Theoc_15 & 17, two poems by Theocritus written in praise of Ptolemy.
@ Schol:Theoc_15; { CAH_7.1'499?275; Hölbl_p142.}

4

MAC << The floruit of the poet Aratus.
@ +Hieron:Chron_1745.

5

GRE << Epichares is elected to be hipparch at Athens.
@ Austin_62'2-5.B

6

SYR ?? Antiochus recovers Damascus from the garrison of Ptolemy.
@ Polyaen_4.15'1; { Probably during the First Syrian War, but the exact date is unknown.}

7

PEL == The birth of Aratus of Sicyon.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_2.43'3;* Plut:Arat_2'2; { CAH_7.1'243; OCD�.}