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

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1

ROM {March -R} Interregnum without consuls.
@ +Liv_10.11'10.

2

ROM The Romans declare war on the Samnites.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_10.11'11-12'3;* DionHal_17.1'1-3'1; { CAH_7.2'377.}

3

SYR << Seleucus meets Demetrius at Rhossus, and marries his daughter Stratonice.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ (?)+MarmPar_B'27; Nepos_21.3'3; ~Plut:Demetr_31'5-32'3;* Malal_198; { CAH_7.1'104; OCD_s.}

4

CIL << Demetrius seizes control of Cilicia.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Demetr_20'8,* ~32'4; { CAH_7.1'104; Green_689.}

5

<< Demetrius marries the daughter of Ptolemy.
@ ~Plut:Demetr_32'5-6; { Green_129.}

6

GRE << Peace between Cassander and Athens.
@ +MarmPar_B'27.

7

<< **Philippides obtains wheat and other aid for Athens from Lysimachus.**
@ Syll_374'10-17<t= BD_13>; { Errington_p53.}

8

EGY << Demetrius sends Pyrrhus to Ptolemy "as a hostage".
@ ~Plut:Pyrrh_4'5; { CAH_7.1'106, 72'459.}

9

EXT << Pharnavaz becomes king of the Iberians.
@ ChronGeorg_3;(↓) { Traditional date, according to C.Toumanoff.}

10

ASI << Document: OGIS_213, an inscription at Didyma in honour of Antiochus son of Seleucus. { ~Errington_p134.}

10a

<< Document: Austin_51,B a decree of Miletus in honour of Apama, the wife of Seleucus.

11

ETR Scipio invades Etruria.
* Read Livy's account
@ CIL_1.7; +Liv_10.12'3-8;* { CAH_7.2'377.}

12

ITA Fulvius defeats the Samnites at Bovianum.
@ +Liv_10.12'9; { CAH_7.2'664.}

13

SYR Demetrius and Seleucus quarrel over Tyre and Sidon.
@ ~Plut:Demetr_32'7-8; { CAH_7.1'104.}

14

ROM Elections for new consuls are dominated by the threat from the Etruscans and Samnites.
@ +Liv_10.13'2-13; { CAH_7.2'398.}

15

{13 November -R} The triumph of Fulvius, over the Samnites and Etruscans.
* Read Livy's account
@ #Liv_10.13'1;* +FastTr_p97.

16

ETR Roman colony founded at Carseoli.
@ +Liv_10.13'1; { CAH_7.2'376, '391.}

17

MAC ?? The wedding feast of Caranus.
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Athen_3.126'e, 4.128'a-130'd;* { This must have been soon after the banquet given by Lamia in 302 B.C. One of the guests, Proteas, was the grandson of a contemporary of Alexander.}