259 B.C. - events and references (original) (raw)
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EGY {11 Hathyr -E = January} Document: BD_86, a letter from Diodorus describing plans for reclamation work.
2
ROM {1 Intercal. -R} The triumph of Duilius.
* Read Florus' account
@ CIL_1.25, 6.40952; #FastTr_p100; [Liv]:Per_17; ValMax_3.6'4; Plin:HN_34'20; Silius_6'663-669; Flor_1.18'9-10;* [Vict]:VirIll_38'4.
3
SIC << Hannibal is removed from the command of the Carthaginian navy, but escapes further punishment.
* Read Diodorus' account
@ ~Diod_23.10'1;* ValMax_7.3e'7; DioCass_fr.43'18; [Vict]:VirIll_38'2-3; +Zonar_8'11.(p411)
4
Hamilcar attacks and defeats the Roman allies at Thermae.
* Read Polybius' account
@ +Polyb_1.24'3-4;* ~Diod_23.9'4; { CAH_7.2'553.}
4a
LYC {Peritios -M} Document: SEG_33.1183, a decree of Xanthus in honour of its garrison commander.
5
PAL {Xandicus -M = May/June} Document: SelPap_1.31 (PCairZen_59003), the deed of sale of a slave girl.
6
EGY {Artemisius -M = June/July} Document: Austin_298B (PCairZen_59012), the valuation at Pelusium of goods imported by Apollonius.
6b
EXT ?? Ergamenes the king of Ethiopia suppresses the priests in his kingdom.
@ Diod_3.6'3-4; { Hölbl_p55.}
7
GRE ?? Timaeus writes his history in exile.
@ Plut:Mor_605'C; { Timaeus' history covered events in Sicily and Italy down to 264 B.C.}
8
?? The death of the historian Timaeus, aged 96 years.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_12.25d'1<q"* Timae_34>;Lucian:Macr_22; { CAH_7.2'669; OCD_t.}
9
++ General comments on the life and writings of Philochorus.
@ Suda_Ph'441.
10
<< The historian Philochorus is put to death by Antigonus for supporting Ptolemy.
* Read Suda's account
@ Burstein_57;B Suda_Ph'441;* { ~OCD_ph.}
11
EGY ?? A saying of the poet Theocritus, addressed to a thief.
@ Plut:Mor_534'B; { ~Green_240.}
12
++ General comments on the career of Theocritus, the first of the bucolic poets.
* Read Suda's account
@ Vit:Theoc_1, 2; Suda_Th'166.*
13
?? Document: ApRhod_, the "Argonautica" of Apollonius, written while he was staying in Rhodes.
@ Vit:ApRhod_1, 2; { ~OCD_a; ~Green_204.}
14
EGY ++ General comments on the career of Zenodotus of Ephesus, the first head of the library at Alexandria; Apollonius is appointed to be his successor.
* Read Suda's account
@ POxy_1241; Vit:ApRhod_2; Suda_Z'74;* Tzetz:ProlCom_21-22; { OCD_apollonius; Green_204<270-265>.}
14a
ROM {17 August -R} Duilius dedicates a temple to Janus.
@ CIL_6.40952; Tac:Ann_2'49.
15
ASI Ptolemaeus "the Son" and Timarchus the tyrant of Miletus lead a rebellion against Ptolemy II.
* Read Frontinus' account
@ Frontin:Str_3.2'11;* Polyaen_5.25'1; Trog:Prol_26; { CAH_7.1'419.}
16
SIC The Romans capture a fort at (?) Mazara.
@ ~Diod_23.9'4.
17
Hamilcar captures Camarina and Enna, and transfers the inhabitants of Eryx to Drepana.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ ~Diod_23.9'4; +Zonar_8'11;* (p413) { CAH_7.2'553.}
18
SAR L.Cornelius leads an expedition against Corsica and Sardinia, and captures Aleria.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ CIL_1.9; ~[Liv]:Per_17; ValMax_5.1'2; Frontin:Str_3.9'4, 10'2; Silius_6'670-672; Flor_1.18'15-16; +Eutrop_2.20'3; +Oros_4.7'11; +Zonar_8'11;* (p413) { CAH_7.2'536, '553; OCD_scipio.}
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EGY {10 Loius -M = Sept./Oct.} Document: SelPap_2.203, the regulations for the oil monopoly of Ptolemy II.
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{Gorpiaeus -M = Mesore -E = October} Document: BD_95'57-58, a revision of the law governing the oil monopoly.
21
{15 Gorpiaeus -M = Oct./Nov.} Document: SelPap_2.273'28-37, a letter from Ptolemy II to Apollonius.
22
ROM A conspiracy between slaves and allied forces is discovered and suppressed.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ +Oros_4.7'12; +Zonar_8'11.* (p415)