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

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1

SIC Pyrrhus takes control of Acragas and thirty other cities which previously belonged to Sosistratus.
@ ~Diod_22.10'1; { CAH_7.2'479.}

2

Pyrrhus attacks the territory of the Carthaginians in Sicily.
* Read Diodorus' account
@ ~Diod_22.10'2;* ~Plut:Pyrrh_22'6.

2a

ASI {Artemisius -M} Document: OGIS_57, a decree of Lissa in Lycia, in honour of Menecrates.

2b

GRE Document: Syll_405, a decree of the Amphictyons in honour of Neon of Argos.

3

ITA The Samnites defeat the Romans on the Cranita hills.
@ +Zonar_8'6;(p359) { CAH_7.2'667.}

4

ASI ?? Epicurus rebukes Timocrates for breaking off his friendship with Metrodorus.
@ Plut:Mor_1126'C.

5

GRE ++ The friendship of Metrodorus and Epicurus.
* Read Seneca's account
@ Sen:Ep_79'15-16; Plut:Mor_1098'B, 1129'B; DiogLaert_10'22-23.

6

The death of Metrodorus, a follower of Epicurus.
* Read Diogenes' account
@ Plut:Mor_1103'A; Suda_E'2405<q"Aelian:Fr_39>;~DiogLaert_10'23;* { OCD�.}

6a

?? Document: Syll_399, privileges awarded by the Amphictyons to the Dionysiac Artists at Athens.

7

?? Document: BD_61 (Syll_391), a decree of Delos in honour of Philocles, the admiral of Ptolemy.

8

GLT << **The Gauls gain control of a large area in Asia Minor.**
* Read Livy's account
@ _FGrH__745'1<q" Eratosth>;Diod_5.32'5; Liv_38.16'9-13;* Strab_12'566;(5.1) Memn_11'6-7; Flor_1.27'3; Just_25.2'11; Trog:Prol_25; Zonar_9'20;(p323) { CAH_7.1'423; Green_693.}

8a

PAL {12 Panemus -M = 12 Tammuz -B = July} Document: THI_209, a bilingual Aramaic-Greek receipt.

9

THR Negotiations between Antigonus and the Gauls.
@ ~Just_25.1'1-10.

10

Antigonus Gonatas defeats the Gauls near Lysimacheia.
* Read Diogenes' account
@ DiogLaert_2'141-142;* ~Just_25.2'1-10; Trog:Prol_25; { CAH_7.1'117; Errington_p82?278.}

11

ITA The Romans capture Croton.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ Liv_24.3'2; Frontin:Str_3.6'4; !Hieron:Chron_1734; +Zonar_8'6,* (p361) { CAH_7.2'450, '480.}

12

SIC Pyrrhus captures Eryx.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Diod_22.10'3; ~Plut:Pyrrh_22'7-12;* { CAH_7.2'479; OCD�.}

13

The rest of the Carthaginian possessions in Sicily go over to Pyrrhus.
* Read Diodorus' account
@ ~Diod_22.10'4;* DionHal_20.8'1; ~Zonar_8'5.(p357)

14

Pyrrhus defeats the Mamertines.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_23'1;* Trog:Prol_23; { CAH_7.2'479.}

15

MAC Antigonus Gonatas defeats Antipater and becomes king of Macedonia.
* Read Polyaenus' account
@ Phld:DeSto_1; Memn_8'8; Paus_1.16'2; Polyaen_4.6'17;* Lucian:Macr_11; ![Euseb]:Chron_235,(↓) !237, 241, 243, 245;(↓) !Hieron:Chron_1738; Vit:Arat_3'p15; { CAH_7.1'117; Errington_p83=277/6.}

16

Antigonus starts to besiege Cassandreia.
@ Polyaen_4.6'18; { ~ OCD�; the siege lasted for 10 months.}