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

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1

ETR {March -R} Nequinum is still under siege when the new consuls enter office.
@ +Liv_10.9'9.

2

GRE << Lachares becomes tyrant of Athens.
@ Paus_1.25'7; { CAH_7.1'101?295; Errington_p53.}

3

ASI << Document: OGIS_10, a decree of Ephesus in honour of Nicagoras of Rhodes.

3a

<< Document: OGIS_213, a decree of Miletus in honour of Antiochus, son of Seleucus.

3b

<< Lysimachus marries Arsinoe, daughter of Ptolemy.
@ Memn_4'9; { CAH_7.1'103=299/8; Bennett; Hölbl_p25=301/0.}

3c

GRE << Epicurus writes the 15th Book of his work "About Nature".
@ Epicur:Fr_89.

3d

AEG Document: THI_223.A, regulations for the lease of temple lands on Delos.

4

PAL ?? Areus, king of Sparta, sends an embassy with a letter to the Jewish high priest Onias.
@ Joseph:AJ_12'225-228.

5

<< Simon "the Just" becomes high priest of the Jews.
* Read Josephus' account
@ ~Joseph:AJ_12'43;* ChronPasc_421'B, 424'B, 464'B, 509'A; +Hieron:Chron_1717; ExcBarb_35B; Syncell_325; ChronSynt_95;(↓) { There is some confusion over whether it was Simon I or Simon II who was called "the Just".}

5a

EGY {25? Pachon -E = July} A sacred Apis bull is discovered in the nome of Heliopolis.
@ AET_9.1'D.

6

ROM The censors P.Sempronius and P.Sulpicius complete the census; two new tribes, Aniensis and Teretina, are created.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.9'14;* FastCap_p50.

7

ETR The Romans capture Nequinum, and found a colony there, called Narnia.
@ +Liv_10.10'1-5; { CAH_7.2'376; Green_689.}

8

CIS The Gauls invade Etruria.
@ ~Polyb_2.19'1-4; { CAH_7.2'377.}

9

ROM T.Manlius dies after falling from his horse, and M.Valerius is elected consul in his place.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.11'1-4;* +FastCap_p50.

10

ETR Valerius invades Etruria.
@ +Liv_10.11'4-6.

11

GRE {21 Metageitnion -G = August/Sept.} Document: Syll_362, an Athenian decree in honour of Poseidippus after an embassy to Cassander.

12

ROM {24 Sept. -R} The triumph of Fulvius, over the Samnites and Nequinates.
@ #FastTr_p97.

13

The Picentes report that the Samnites are about to start a rebellion.
@ +Liv_10.11'7-8.

14

>> Food shortages at Rome.
@ +Liv_10.11'9; { CAH_7.2'409.}