276 B.C. - events and references (original) (raw)
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ROM {5 January -R} The triumph of Brutus, over the Lucanians and Bruttii.
@ #FastTr_p98.
2
SIC Negotiations between Pyrrhus and the Carthaginians.
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'2; { ~CAH_7.2'480.}
3
Pyrrhus prepares to attack Lilybaeum.
* Read Diodorus' account
@ ~Diod_22.10'4-7;* ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'3-4; Appian:Sam_12'1.(29)
4
Pyrrhus has Thoenon of Syracuse killed on suspicion of treason, and his despotic behaviour makes him unpopular with the Sicilians.
* Read Dionysius' account
@ DionHal_20.8'1-4;* ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'5; ~Zonar_8'5;(p359) { CAH_7.2'481.}
4a
EGY ?? Ptolemy obtains the original manuscripts of Greek tragedies from Athens.
@ Galen_17a'606-607.
5
?? Alexander of Aetolia and Lycophron sort out the tragedies and the comedies which have been collected in the library at Alexandria.
@ Tzetz:ProlCom_19-21; { ~ OCD�.}
5a
<< Arsinoē daughter of Lysimachus is accused of plotting against Ptolemy, and banished to Coptus.
@ DiogLaert_7'186; Schol:Theoc_17'128;(?)AET_4.27'c3; { ~Hölbl_p36; Bennett?274/3.}
6
GRE ++ Aratus of Soli is a pupil of Zenon, or possibly of Dionysius of Heracleia.
@ Vit:Arat_1'p8, 3'p16, 4'p19.
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?? Persaeus shares a home with Zenon, and on one occasion brings a flute-girl back there.
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Persaeus:Fr_5;Phld:Sto_12; Athen_13.607'e-f<q"* AntigonusC>;Gell_2.18'8.
8
MAC << Zenon sends Persaeus as his representative to the court of Antigonus.
* Read Diogenes' account
@ Phld:Sto_13; DiogLaert_7'6,* '9; Vit:Arat_4'p20; Suda_P'1368; { According to the Life of Aratus, Persaeus went to Macedonia at the same time as Araatus.}
9
<< Antigonus invites the poets Aratus of Soli and Alexander of Aetolia to Macedonia, at the time of his marriage to Phila.
@ Vit:Arat_1'p8, 3'p15, 4'p19-p20; { OCD�.}
9a
GRE << Document: Syll_404, privileges awarded by Delphi to the citizens of Alexandria.
9b
PEL ?? Document: THI_93, celebrating the Olympic victory of Attalus, the father of Attalus I of Pergamum.
9c
ASI Document: THI_51, a list of the surviving treasures in the temple at Didyma.
10
EGY << Ptolemy II sends an expedition to Ethiopia.
@ Agatharch_20; Diod_1.37'5; { Hölbl_p55.}
11
SIC Pyrrhus abandons the siege of Lilybaeum.
@ ~Diod_22.10'7; { CAH_7.2'480; Green_231.}
12
ITA The Romans attack the Samnites and Lucanians.
@ +Zonar_8'6.(p363)
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MAC ++ The cruelty of Apollodorus, tyrant of Cassandreia.
* Read Pausanias' account
@ Polyb_7.7'2; Phld:Sto_2; Diod_33.14'3; Plut:Mor_556'D;(11) Paus_4.5'4-5;* Aelian:NA_5'15; Suda_B'279.
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?? Apollodorus suffers from nightmares.
@ Plut:Mor_555'B.(10)
15
Antigonus captures Cassandreia; the death of Apollodorus.
* Read Polyaenus' account
@ Polyaen_4.6'18;* Trog:Prol_25; { CAH_7.1'221; OCD�.}
17
ITA The Italians appeal to Pyrrhus to return to help them.
@ ~Just_23.3'5-7.
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SIC Pyrrhus defeats the Carthaginians in a final battle.
@ ~Just_23.3'8-9.
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++ Pyrrhus is generally successful in the war against the Carthaginians.
* Read Justin's account
@ Just_25.5'5;* Trog:Prol_23; Oros_4.6'33.
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Pyrrhus leaves Sicily and returns to Italy; he is attacked and defeated by the Carthaginian fleet en route.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Polyb_1.23'4; ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'7-24'8,* :Mor_184'C; Appian:Sam_12'2-4;(29) Paus_1.12'5-13'1; Just_23.3'9-12, 25.3'1; ~Zonar_8'5;(p359) { CAH_7.2'481' Green_231.}
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GRE Document: Syll_406, a decree of the Amphictyons in honour of four men from Argos.
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ROM >> Outbreak of plague at Rome.
@ August:DeCiv_3'17;(↓↓) +Oros_4.2'1-2.