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Chronolo. 377. Aratus of Tarsus, the astronomical poet. 231. 



^^ST- 276. Lycophron of Chalcis, the poet. 

 "~V" ' 275. The Romans defeat Pyrrhus, who retires to Epirus. 230. 



Persxus, the Stoic philosopher. 

 272. The Romans defeat the Sammies and Tarentines. 



Pyrrhus killed at the siege of Argos. Lycon, 229. 

 the Peripatetic philosopher, ob. 226, set. 74. 228. 



269. Silver first coined at Rome. Crates, the Academic 



philosopher, ob. about 250. 



268. Athens taken by Antigonus Gonatas. Berosus, 226. 

 the Chaldaean historian. 225. 



267. Ptolemy made a canal from the Nile to the Red 



Sea. Hermachus of Mitylene, the Epicurean. 

 265. Rome contains 292,226 citizens. 224. 



26 1. The first Punic war. The Arundelian marbles, 



composed. Cleanthes, the Stoic philosopher, ob. 221. 

 about 240, set. 80. 220. 



263. Homer, jun. the tragic pot. 



262. The battle of Sardis. Timzus of Sicily, the his- 



torian, ob. set. 96. 

 261. The Romans attend to maritime affairs. Mane- 219. 



tho, the Egyptian historian. 

 260. The Carthaginians defeated at sea by the Romans. 218. 



Callimachus of Cyrene, the poet, ob. about 244. 

 259. Zoilus the critic, called Homero-Mastix. 217. 



258. Duris of Samns, the historian. 216. 



257. Neanthes of Cyzicum, the orator and historian. 215. 



256. Regulus defeated and taken prisoner. Antigonus 213. 



restores the liberty of Athens. Ctesibius, the 



historian, ob. xt. 104. 212. 



255. The fourth imperial dynasty of China begins. So- 210. 



sibius of Lacedscmon, the critic. 207. 



254. Hieronymus of Rhodes, the Peripatetic philosopher. 

 252. Rome contains 297,897 effective men. 205. 



251. Aratus joins the Achaean league. 

 250. The Parthians revolt from the Macedonians. 

 249. The Romans defeated by the Carthaginians in the 204. 



naval battle of Drepanum. 

 248. Antigonus Carystiu*, the historian. 

 247. Jesus, the son of Sirach. A census at Rome 203. 



25 1,21 2 citizens. 

 246. Ptolemy kills Laodice, and subdues great part of 202. 



Syria. Conon of Samos, the astronomer, ob. 



after 223. 

 245. Eratosthenes of Gyrene, librarian of Alexandria, 201. 



ob. 194, a:t. 82. 

 243. The citadel of Corinth taken by Aratus. Sphz- 200. 



rus, the Stoic philosopher and historian. 

 242. The Carthaginians defeated. The first Punic war 



ended. Apollonius of Perga, the geometer. 

 241. Agis, king of Sparta, is put to death, attempting 198. 



to settle an Agrarian law. 

 S40. Plays acted at Rome, being those of Livius An- 197. 



dronicus, the first Roman dramatist. 



239. Chrysippus, the Stoic philosopher, ob. 207, set. 73. 196. 

 238. The Carthaginians terminate the Libyan war. Po- 



lystratus, the Epicurean philosopher. 195. 



237. Hamilcar, with his son Hannibal, leads the Car- 

 thaginians into Spain. Euphorion of Chalcis, the 1C4-. 



poet, ob. about 220. aet. 56. 



256. The Tartars expelled from China. Archimedes 



of Syracuse, the mathematici in, ob. 212. 193. 



235. Rome being at peace with all nations, the temple of 



Janus was shut the first time ,= fter Niima. Mes- 192. 



sala, the Roman painter, ob. after 2^6. 

 234. The Sardinian war begins. Nsevius, the comic 



poet, ob. 203. 191. 



The first divorce at Rome. Sardinia and Corsica 

 conquered by the Romans. 



Apollonius Rhodius, the poet and third librarian 

 of Alexandria. Eratosthenes observed the obli- 

 quity of the ecliptic to be 23 51' 20". 



The Romans declare war against tlie Ulyrians. 



The Roman ambassadors first appear at Athens, 

 Corinth, &c. Philochorus of Athens, the histo- 

 rian, ob. 222. 



Aristo Ceus, the philosopher, ob. about 183. 



Cleomenes kills the Ephori, and restores the A- 

 grarian laws of Sparta. The Gauls defeated in 

 Italy. Fabius Pictor, the first Roman historian. 



The Romans for the first time crossed the Po. The 

 Colossus of Rhodes overturned by an earthquake. 



Phylarchus, the historian. 



Rome contains 270/213 citizens. The social war 

 in Greece begins, and lasts 3 years. Plautus 

 of Umbria, the comic poet, ob. 184. A comet 

 appeared in Aries, and was seen 22 days. 



Saguntum destroyed by Kannibal. The art of sur- 

 gery introduced into Rome. 



The second Punic war begins with Hannibal's 

 passing the Alps, and continues 17 years. 



The Romans defeated at Thrasymene. 



The Romans totally defeated at Cannae. 



Evander, the philosopher of the second Academy. 



All the records in China destroyed by Shee-hoang- 

 tee. Erroneously placed by many in 246. 



Syracuse taken by Marcellus after a siege of 3 years. 



Hermippus of Smyrna, the Peripatetic philosopher. 



Claudius Nero defeats and kills Asdrubal. Zeno 

 of Tarsus, the Stoic philosopher. 



Ennius of Calabria, the poet, brought to Rome by 

 Cato the quatstor. Sotion of Alexandria, the 

 grammarian. 



Scipio besieged Utica. A meteor in the form of 

 a star appeared. It extended from the east to 

 the west points of the horizon. See Lubiniezl-i. 



Scipio in one day took the two camps of Asdrubal 

 and Syphax. Hannibal recalled. 



The fifth imperial dynasty of China begins. Han- 

 nibal defeated by Scipio at Zama, Oct. 19. A 

 shower of meteoric atones fell in Italy. 



Peace obtained by the Carthaginians, and the end 

 of the 2d Punic war. 



The first Macedonian war begins, and continues 

 near 4 years. Aristophanes of Byzantium, the 

 grammarian, ob. set. 80. A comet appeared in 

 Cancer. 



Sidon taken by Antiochus after the battle of Pa- 

 nius. Asclepiades Myrlianus, the grammarian. 



The Romans send two praetors into Spain. Lici- 

 nius Tegula, the comic poet. 



Caius Lxlius, the Roman orator. A comet ap- 

 peared. See Hevelius and Ccesius. 



Aristonymus, the 4th librarian of Alexandria, ob. 

 set. 77. 



A comet appeared. A shower of meteoric stones 

 fell in Italy. Sparta and Hither Spain subdued 

 by the Romans. 



Hygjnns of Pergamus, philosopher of the second 

 Academy. 



The war of Antiochus the Great with the Romans 

 begins, and continues 3 years. Rohie contains 

 243,704 effective men. 



Earthquakes were felt at Rome during 38 days. 



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