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

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ROM {17 February -R} The triumph of Claudius Canina, over the Lucanians, Samnites, and Bruttii.
@ #FastTr_p98.

GRE Document: Syll_417, a decree of the Amphictyons in honour of Satyrus, Teisander and Phaenion.

PEL Cleonymus asks Pyrrhus to intervene against Sparta.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_26'14-19;* Paus_1.13'4-5, 3.6'3, 4.29'6; ~Just_25.4'1-5; Oros_4.2'7; { CAH_7.1'224; CAH_7.2'483.}

Pyrrhus' expedition to the Peloponnese is the starting point of Phylarchus' history.
@ Suda_Ph'828.

Negotiations between Pyrrhus and Sparta.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_26'19-24,* :Mor_219'F; Paus_1.13'6; Polyaen_6.6'2.

<< Cleon, tyrant of Sicyon, is assassinated.
* Read Pausanias' account
@ Plut:Arat_2'1; Paus_2.8'1-2;* { There is no evidence for the date of Cleon's death, but it may have been part of the disturbances preceding Pyrrhus' attack on Sparta.}

AEG ?? The death of the writer Sopater of Paphos.
@ Athen_2.71'b; { ~ OCD�.}

?? Theocritus becomes a pupil of Philetas, probably while staying in Cos.
@ Vit:Theoc_1, 2.

?? Document: Theoc_7, a poem by Theocritus which is set in Cos.
@ Schol:Theoc_7; { ~ OCD�; Theocritus stayed in Cos before moving on to Alexandria, where he was writing before 270 B.C.}

EGY << Document: Lycoph_, the "Alexandra" of Lycophron.
@ Vit:Lycoph_1; { Green_177; or maybe later in c. 196 B.C., see OCD�.}

++ General comments on the life and writings of the poet Lycophron.
* Read Suda's account
@ Vit:Lycoph_1; Suda_L'827.*

PEL Pyrrhus attacks Sparta, but is repulsed.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_27'1-29'10;* Paus_1.13'6, 7.8'5; Polyaen_8.49'1; ~Just_25.4'6-9; Trog:Prol_25; { CAH_7.1'224.}

King Areus crosses over from Crete, and raises the siege of Sparta.
@ Plut:Pyrrh_29'11-30'1; { OCD�; Errington_p87.}

ITA A Carthaginian fleet sails up to Tarentum, but leaves without taking any action.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_14; DioCass_fr.43'1; ~Oros_4.3'1-2, 5'2; ~Zonar_8'6,* (p369) '8;(p379) { CAH_7.2'537.}

Papirius seizes part of Bruttium, and captures Tarentum.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ Liv_26.39'10; DionHal_20.15'1-2; ~[Liv]:Per_15; Frontin:Str_3.3'1; !Hieron:Chron_1742; Oros_4.3'2; Zonar_8'6;* (p369) { CAH_7.2'381, '484; OCD�.}

The final subjugation of the Samnites by Carvilius.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ Liv_23.5'8, 42'3, 31.31'10; ~[Liv]:Per_14; ~Zonar_8'6.* (p369)

GLT << Galatian mercenaries hired by Mithridates and Ariobarzanes defeat an Egyptian force, after which they found the city of Ancyra.
@ ApAphr_14; { During the "First Syrian War".}

PEL The Spartans attack Pyrrhus while he is withdrawing to Argos and kill his son Ptolemaeus.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_30'2-31'1;* Paus_1.13'7; ~Just_25.4'6-10; { CAH_7.1'224; Errington_p87.}

?? Cleonymus founds the city of Heraea, and settles it with the inhabitants of nine surrounding villages.
@ Strab_8'337;(3.2) { Cleonymus is last heard of during Pyrrhus' attack on Sparta.}

AEG ?? Pyrrhus makes a dedication to the temple of Athena at Lindus.
@ Burstein_46.C'40.B

EPI ?? Pyrrhus keeps a pet eagle.
@ Phylarch_61; Plut:Mor_970'C; Aelian:NA_2'40, 7'45.

?? A dog reveals its master's murderers, by barking at them in the presence of Pyrrhus.
@ Plin:HN_8'142; Plut:Mor_969'C-D; Aelian:NA_7'10.

?? An old woman's honest answer stops Pyrrhus from pretending that he looks like Alexander.
@ Lucian:Ind_21.

?? Stratagems employed by Pyrrhus.
* Read Frontinus' account
@ Frontin:Str_2.6'9,* 3.6'3.

?? Sayings of Pyrrhus.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Mor_184'C-D;* Lucian:Laps_11.

++ Pyrrhus is acknowledged as an outstanding general.
* Read Livy's account
@ Liv_35.14'8-9;* Liv_fr'1;L Frontin:Str_2.6'10, 4.1'3; Appian:Syr_10; Paus_4.35'4; Polyaen_6.6'3; Ampel_28'3; AmmMarc_24.1'3.

++ The kingdom of Epirus under Pyrrhus, and Pyrrhus' achievements as king.
* Read Justin's account
@ Liv_38.9'13; Strab_7'325;(7.6) Plin:HN_8'176, 37'5; Appian:Ill_7; Paus_6.14'9; Just_25.5'3-6;* Zonar_9'21.(p325)

PEL Pyrrhus attacks and enters Argos, but is killed by a tile thrown by a woman.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Liv_29.18'6; Strab_8'376;(6.18) ValMax_5.1e'4; Plin:HN_7'20, 11'197;L Plut:Cleom_18'1, ~:Pyrrh_31'1-34'11;* Paus_1.13'7-9; Polyaen_8.68'1; Aelian:NA_10'37; ~Just_25.5'1-2; [Vict]:VirIll_35'10-11; Oros_4.2'7; Malal_208; ~Zonar_8'6;(p365) { CAH_7.1'224; CAH_7.2'484.}

Antigonus gains control of cities in the Peloponnese.
* Read Justin's account
@ ~Just_26.1'1-3;* Trog:Prol_26.

Aristotimus becomes tyrant of Elis.
@ ~Just_26.1'4-7; { Aristotimus came to power only five months before he was assassinated.}

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GRE Document: Syll_418.A, a decree of the Amphictyons in honour of Socrates and Alexeinides.

ROM Curius Dentatus, as censor, organizes the construction of the Aqua Aniensis.
* Read Frontinus' account
@ +FastCap_p52; +Frontin:Aqu_1'6-7;* [Vict]:VirIll_33'9; { CAH_7.2'408; OCD�.}

Carvilius and Papirius both celebrate triumphs, over the ? Samnites, Lucanians, Bruttii, and Tarentines.
* Read Fasti's account
@ +FastTr_p98,* p99.