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

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ROM {27 March -R} The triumph of Postumius, over the Samnites and Etruscans.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.37'6-12;* #FastTr_p97.

{28 March -R} The triumph of Atilius, over the Volsones and Samnites.
@ #FastTr_p97.

ITA The Samnite army gathers at Aquilonia and takes a ritual vow.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.38'1-13;* DioCass_fr.36'29; Oros_3.22'1-2; Zonar_8'1.(p281)

ROM << Fabius dedicates a temple to Jupiter Victor.
@ #Ovid:Fast_4'621-622; { On 13th April, but the year is unknown (the temple was vowed in 295).}

ITA The consuls ravage Samnium.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.39'1-7;* Zonar_8'1.(p281)

SYR ?? Stratonice falls in love with Combabus, while dedicating a temple to Hera.
@ Lucian:SyrD_19-27; { This is clearly a legend, rather than a historical event.}

<< **Antiochus marries Stratonice, and becomes joint king with Seleucus, in charge of the eastern provinces.**
* Read Appian's account
@ ValMax_5.7e'1; ~Plut:Demetr_38'1-12, :Mor_341'A; Appian:Syr_59-62,* 65, :BCiv_1'103; Paus_1.16'2; Lucian:SyrD_17-18, :HistC_35, :Icar_15, :Salt_58; Julian:Mis_347'A-348'B; Malal_204-205; Suda_E'2896, S'202; { CAH_7.1'497=294; OCD�=293/2; Errington_p59?294.}

ITA Papirius informs Carvilius of his intention to fight at Aquilonia.
@ +Liv_10.39'8-40'5.

Papirius defeats the Samnites at Aquilonia, while Carvilius captures Cominium.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.40'6-44'9;* ValMax_7.2'5; Frontin:Str_2.4'1; +Oros_3.22'3-4; Zonar_8'1;(p281) { CAH_7.2'380.}

GRE Demetrius gains control of Thessaly and Boeotia.
@ ~Plut:Demetr_39'1-2; { Green_126.}

MAC Demetrius founds the city of Demetrias.
@ Strab_9'436;(5.15) { CAH_7.1'292; OCD�.}

ETR The Faliscans join an Etruscan revolt.
@ +Liv_10.45'1-8.

ITA The consuls capture Velia, Palumbinum, Herculaneum, and Saepinum from the Samnites.
@ +Liv_10.45'9-14.

Agathocles attacks the Bruttii and captures Hipponium.
* Read Justin's account
@ ~Diod_21.8'1; Strab_6'256;(1.5) Just_23.1'1-2'2;* Trog:Prol_23; { CAH_7.1'407, 72'665.}

ETR Carvilius defeats the Etruscans, and forces the Faliscans to sue for peace.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.46'10-12;* Zonar_8'1;(p281) { CAH_7.2'665.}

GRE Thebes is encouraged to revolt by Cleonymus of Sparta, but is recaptured by Demetrius.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Demetr_39'2-5;* Polyaen_4.7'11; { CAH_7.1'107; Green_126=292.}

ROM The new tribunes resign because of irregularities in their election.
@ +Liv_10.47'1.

>> The censors P.Cornelius and C.Marcius complete the census.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.47'2;* FastCap_p50; !Hieron:Chron_1723.

>> The Romans summon the god Aesculapius from Epidaurus, to stop a plague.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.47'6-7;* Ovid:Met_15'622-643; ValMax_1.8'2; Plut:Mor_286'D; [Vict]:VirIll_22'1; August:DeCiv_3'17;(↓↓) +Oros_3.22'5.

>> The first Egyptian embassy to Rome.
@ +Hieron:Chron_1724.