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prevails on his fellow citizens to join the Achaean 
League. The Romans begin the fiege of Lilybseum, 
which continues ten years. Regulus put to death. 
250 The Parthians under Arfaces, and the Baftrians un¬ 
der Theodotus, both revolt from the Macedonians. 
249 The fea-fight of Drepanum in Sicily, where the Ro¬ 
mans under Claudius Pulcher are totally defeated by 
the Carthaginians under Adherbal. 
245 Ptolemy kills Laodice in revenge of his filler Bere¬ 
nice, and overruns great part of Syria. Conon of 
Samos the aftronomer. 
243 The citadel of Corinth, called Acro-Corinthus, taken 
by Aratus on the 12th of Auguft. 
242 The Carthaginians defeated by Lutatius at the ifles 
of ASgates, which makes them beg for peace; and fo 
concludes the firft Punic war. Apollonius of Perga 
furnamed.the Great Geometrician. 
241 Agis, king of Sparta, having attempted to fettle an 
agrarian law, is put to death. 
240 The firft plays afiled at Rome, which were thefe of 
Livius Andronicus, fifty-two years after the death of 
Menander. Livius Andronicus the firft Roman dra¬ 
matic poet. 
238 The Carthaginians finifti the Libyan war with their 
mercenaries, which had lafted three years and four 
months. 
237 Amilcar carries a Carthaginian army into Spain, and 
with him his fon Annibal, nine years old. 
236 Archimedes of Syracufe, the mathematician, died 212. 
235 The temple of Janus fhut the firft time after Numa. 
234 The Sardinian war begins, and continues three years. 
C. Nsevius the comic poet; died 203. 
233 The original manufcripts of ZEfchylus, Euripides, 
and Sophocles, are lent about this time to Ptolemy 
by the Athenians, who gave them a pledge of fifteen 
talents. 
232 Megalopolis is joined to the Achasan league by Ly- 
fiades, at the perfuafion of Aratus. 
231 The firft divorce at Rome by Sp. Carvilius. Sardi¬ 
nia and Corfica fubdued by the Romans. 
229 The Romans make-war againft the Illyrians for their 
piracies, which continues one year, and then Teuta 
their queen begged for peace. Apollonius, the Rho¬ 
dian poet. 
228 The Roman ambafladors firft appear at Athens, Co¬ 
rinth, &c. being invited by the Achaean and ftEtolian 
leagues. 
227 The war between Cleomenes and Aratus begins, and 
continues five years. 
225 Cleomenes, after killing the firft Ephori, reftores the 
agrarian law's of Sparta. The Gauls enter Italy, 
but are defeated in Etruria by L. ASinilius. Fabius 
Piflor the firft; Roman hiftorian. 
224 The Romans firft crofs the Po purfuing the Gauls. 
The Coloffus of Rhodes thrown down by an earth¬ 
quake. 
222 The battle of Sellafia in Laconia, where Cleomenes, 
king of Sparta, is defeated by Antigonus. Cleomenes 
retires into Egypt. 
220 The focial war in Greece between the Aitolians and 
.the Achaeans begins, and continues three years. King 
Philip joined the Achaeans. Plautus of Umbria the 
comic poet, died 184. 
219 Saguntum taken and deftroyed by Annibal, Archa- 
gathus the firft phyfician at Rome. 
218 The fecond Punic war begins with palling the Alps, 
and continues feventeen years. The Romans defeated 
at Ticinum and Trebia. 
217 The Romans defeated by Annibal at the lake of 
Thrafymene. Artabanus king of Parthia. 
216 The Romans totally defeated in the battle of Cannae 
in Apulia, Auguft 2, according to their erroneous 
calendar, but about May 21 of the Julian year. 
314 The Romans make an auxiliary war againft Philip in 
Epirus, which is continued by intervals for fourteen 
years, till the firft Macedonian war. 
[Before Christ. 
212 Syracufe, after a fiege of three years, is taken by Mar- 
cellus upon the feftival of Diana in autumn. He fent 
the fpoils to Rome, confifting of paintings, ftatues, &c. 
210 Hermippus of Smyrna, the peripatetic philofopher, 
and grammarian, flourifhed about this time; alfo Phi- 
lopamen, praetor of the Achaeans, furnamed the laft of 
the Greeks; he died in 183, aged 70. 
208 Machanidas, tyrant of Lacedemon, is defeated at 
Mantinea by Philopaemen. 
207 Afdrubal, having entered Italy with a large army to 
reinforce Annibal, is defeated and killed by Claudius 
Nero. Zeno of Tarfus, the floic philofopher. 
205 Ennius is brought to Rome by Cato the quaeflor, be¬ 
ing thirty-four years old, and then firft gave harmony 
to the Roman poetry. 
203 The war of Philip againft the Rhodians aflifted by 
Attalus ; it continues fix years till the end of the firft 
Macedonian war. 
202 The battle of Zama in Africa, where Annibal is to¬ 
tally defeated by Scipio foon after a fmall edipfe of 
the fun, which happened Ofitober 19. 
201 The Carthaginians have a peace granted them on very 
ignominious terms, which finifties the fecond Panic 
war. Syphax, king of Numidia, dies. 
200 Of the Julian period 4514; of Nabonaffar 549; 145th 
Olympiad; Of Rome 554. 
200 The firft Macedonian war begins, and continues near 
4 years. Ariftophanes of Byzantium, the grammarian. 
198 Battle ofPanius in Ccelofyria, where Antiochus totally 
defeats Scopas, and then befieges and takes Sidon, 
whither he had retired. 
197 Battle of Cynocephalae in Theffaly, where Philip is 
defeated by Flaminius, and begs for peace from the 
Romans. 
196 Caius Lselius, the Roman orator, lived at this time. 
195 Annibal retires from Carthage to the court of Antio- 
chu's the Great, whom he inltigates to war againft the 
Romans. 
192 The war of Antiochus the Great with the Romans, 
begins, and continues three years. 
191 Lacedemon is joined to the Achaean league by Phi- 
lopasmen. 
190 The firft Roman army enters Afia under L. C. Sci¬ 
pio, and totally defeats Antiochus in the battle of 
Magnefia in Lydia. 
189 The Afiatic luxury firft brought to Rome by the fpoils 
of Antiochus. 
188 Upon a quarrel between the Lacedemonians and 
Achasans, Philopaemen abrogates the laws of Lycur- 
gus; but they are foon reftored by the Romans. 
187 Antiochus the Great is defeated and killed in Me¬ 
dia, after plundering the temple of Jupiter Bel us in 
Eiyinais. 
185 Diogenes of Babylon the ftoic philofopher, and Di¬ 
nocrates tyrant of the Meffenians. 
184 A war between Eumenes and Prufias, which con¬ 
tinued one year till the death of Annibal, M. Por¬ 
cius Cato, furnamed the Cenfor. 
183 Philopaemen defeated and killed by Dinocrates, ty¬ 
rant of the Meffenians. 
182 The Lacedemonians enter a fecond time into the 
Achaean league. 
180 Demetrius, being treacheroufly accufed by his brother 
Perfeus, is put to death by his father king Philip. 
Cleopatra regent of Egypt at this time. Statius Cae- 
cilius the comic poet. 
179 Some books of Numa found at Rome in a ftone cof¬ 
fin and burnt, being 494 years after his death. Livy 
thinks they were forged. 
175 Perfeus, preparing for a Roman war, fends to Car¬ 
thage, where his ambaftadors have an audience of the 
fenate at midnight for fecrecy. 
173 Ennius finifhes the twelfth book of hisAnnals, being 
in the 67th year of his age. Artalus of Rhodes, the 
aftronomer and grammarian. 
tji Ptolemy’s generals defeated by Antiochus in a battle 
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