| c.300 |
AGATHOCLES of Syracuse takes Corcyra, which is under Syracuse until 295. |
300 CAH 7.1, OCD 25, atl4 299 rcSB3
299/8 DGRBM 1-620, atl4 no date: Agθ 211 |
| c.300 |
PHANIAS of Ereos (city on Lesbos), philosopher, pupil of Aristotle, friend of Theophrastus, flourishes. |
300
B76 VII-926 |
| c.300 |
WINGED VICTORY STATUE commissioned by Demetrius-I Poliorcetes on Samothrace to honor Nike of Samothrace. It is not begun until c.200. |
300 CDGRA 594
no date: wikWVS |
| c.299 |
Responsibility for dealing with Aegean pirates starts passing from Ptolemies to Rhodians. |
299
CAH 7.1-286 |
| c.298 |
 DELOS island borrows much money from Apollo sanctuary to buy protection from Rome against Etruscan pirates. |
298 TAG 86 |
| c.295 |
CORCYRA, under Syracuse from 300, is dowry of Lanassa, and is now under Pyrrhus until 291/0. |
303 B76 8-378 297 Agθ 213 295 CAH 7.1-407, 7.2, atl3, wikPyr |
| c.295 |
LEMNOS island, under Athens from 307, independent? until 281. |
295 OCD 594 |
| c.295 |
Phila-I, wife of Demetrius-I Poliorcetes is at Salamis Cyprus, when it is besieged by Ptolemy-I. |
295 DGRBM 3-260, 584, wikPdA |
| c.295 |
Salamis Cyprus besieged by Ptolemy-I. |
295 DGRBM 3-260 |
| c.294 |
CYPRUS, under Demetrius-I from 306, recovered by Ptolemy-I. Under Ptolemies until 168. |
295 DGRBM 3-584 295/4 BHS 1-146, CAH 7.1 294 B76 15-181, CDCC 249, cpnt, lvPt1, wikHC |
| c.294 |
SALAMIS Cyprus falls to Ptolemy-I. Phila, wife of Demetrius-I Poliorcetes is well treated, and sent with her children to Macedonia. |
294 DGRBM 3-260 |
| c.294 |
PAPHOS Cyprus, under Cinyrad dynasty from ?, falls to Ptolemy-I. |
294
B76 VII-734 |
| c.294 |
Confederation of the Cyclades becomes protectorate of Ptolemy-I. |
294 BHS 1-146 |
| c.294 |
Demetrius-I Poliorcetes loses most of his fleet in a storm. |
294 TAG 82 |
| c.290 |
Rhodian School of sculpture flourishes. |
290 Dur 2-555 |
| c.288 |
PTOLEMY-I, king of Egypt 305-283, begins taking Aegean islands from Demetrius-I. Has them all by 287. |
288
B76 8-378 |
| c.287 |
PTOLEMAIC SHIPS appear off coast of Greece. |
287 spring DGRBM 3-611 |
| c.286 |
LEAGUE of ISLANDERS, established 315, taken over by PTOLEMY-I. |
286 B76 15-181 |
| c.286/5 |
Aegean islands, under Demetrius-I from ?, taken over by PTOLEMY-I. |
286/5 TAG 106 |
| c.285 |
Rhodian admiral AGATHOSTRATOS defeats Ptolemaic fleet off Ephesus. |
285 Shaw 398 |
| c.281 |
IKARIA Island at north end of Dodecanese, under Egypt from 301, independent until 129. |
281 rcAg |
| c.281 |
LEMNOS island, independent? from 295, back under Athens until 202. |
281 OCD 594 |
| c.281 |
THASOS island under Seleucids from 301, comes under Macedonia until 275. |
281 rcAg |
| c.281 |
ARSINOE-II dau of P-I Soter, ½ sis/wife of Ptolemy Keraunos, banished from Macedonia to Samothrace until 279. |
no date:
B76 8-379, wikA2 |
| c.280 |
Ptolemy Keraunos defeats Antigonus-II in naval battle. |
280 TAG 345 |
| c.280 |
BEROSUS, priest of Marduk, moves from Babylon to Cos island, founds school of astrology & astronomy. |
280 B76 11-990 270 BHM 162 |
| c.280 |
CHARES of Lindos, Rhodian sculptor, pupil of Lysippos, flourishes. Designer of the Colossus of Rhodes, but doesn't live to see it finished. |
280 wikAet |
| c.280 |
BEROSUS composes a list of 10 pre-Flood kings ruling supposedly for 432,000 years. |
280 CMoG2 116 |
| c.280 |
COLOSSUS of RHODES, begun 292, completed. Bronze reinforced with iron, over 100 ft tall. Commemorates end of siege by Demetrius-I Poliorcetes 304. Way over budget, causing architect CHARES to suicide out. Destroyed 225. |
288 GHH
280 B76 III-22, MCAW, TTPC 24, TTT, TTPC 278 Dur 2-555, TToH |
| c.279 |
ARSINOE-II dau of P-I Soter, on Samothrace from 281, flees to Alexandria, seeks protection from bro, Ptolemy-II Philadelphus. |
279 DGRBM 1-366
no date: B76 8-379, wikA2 |
| c.279 |
STRATONICE-I wife of Antiochus-I makes the first of her known offerings on Delos. She becomes known for this sort of thing. |
279
TAG 349 |
| c.277 |
KYTHERA Island (south of Peloponnese), under Egypt from 310, back under Sparta until 146. |
277 rcAg |
| c.277 |
ANTIKYTHERA Island (between Kythera and Crete), under Egypt from 310 independent until 146. |
277 rcAg |
| c.277 |
CRETE under Egypt from 310, independent until 69. |
277 rcAg, rcCrt |
| c.277 |
SAMOS V Island, under Macedonia from 322, handed back and forth between Egypt, Seleucids, until 189. |
277 rcAg |
| c.276 |
PATMOS Island in Dodecanese, under Seleucids from 301, comes under Egypt until 205. |
276 rcAg |
| c.275 |
NAXOS, in Island League from 301, comes under Egypt until 220. |
275 rcAg |
| c.275 |
THASOS island under Macedonia from 281, independent until 202. |
275 rcAg |
| c.270 |
Arsinoe Rotunda on Samothrace Island finished by Ptolemy-II and dedicated to his wife Arsinoe-II. |
photo Marsyas
270 MCAW no date: wikSTC |
| c.270 |
ARISTARCHUS of Samos flourishes.
CALENDAR: (computed by Callipos at 365¼ days) made more accurate by addition of 1/1623 of a day.
ASTRONOMY V: Writes: "On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon" Has inaccurate values because of faulty observation. Endorses heliocentric theory. Improves the SUNDIAL by inventing a concave spherical type.
Supports heliocentric theory (still ignored in Rome). |
280 CAH 7.1-339, Dur 2-555, GHH, MCAW
285-45 CAH 7.1
275 OHG 442
270 B76 15-1064
260 BHM 159
no date: B76 I-514, OCD 109 |
| c.270 |
THEOCRITOS (born in Syracuse, lived on Cos & in Egypt), bucolic poet, writes in praise of Ptolemy-II. Some poems Idylls commonly attributed to him have little claim to authenticity. |
275 CAH 7.1, MCAW
270 CDCC 881, LEWH 88, OHG
260 Dur 2-556 no date: wikθcr |
| c.270 |
TIMOSTHENES of Rhodes flourishes. He serves as admiral and chief pilot of Ptolemy-II. Writes a periplus (book of sailing directions) in 10 books (now lost). |
282 GHH
270 wikTm |
| c.269 |
PYRRHO of Elis, skeptic philosopher, caught in a storm at sea, displays no concern. |
269 atl3 |
| c.266 |
Admiral PATROCLOS sent by Ptolemy-II Philadelphus to help Athenians in Chremonidean War against Antigonus Gonatas. Pat sails to Attica. |
366 DGRBM 3-140 |
| c.260 |
HERODAS of Cos, poet, flourishes. |
260 Dur 2-556 |
| c.260 |
Parian Chronicle drawn on 2 slabs of Parian marble by an unknown scholar on Paros Island. A chronological table, covering years 1581 to 264. Contains Flood of Deucalion, Trojan War, Voyage of the Argonauts. [text & translation] |
photo Geraki
264/3 B76 4-578, wikPC 260 CDCC 192 |
| c.260 |
DURIS, tyrant of Samos, ends. |
260 OCD 367 |
| c.260 |
APOLLONIOS of Rhodes, poet, Homeric scholar, flourishes. Writes Argonautica , an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts seeking the Golden Fleece. ORPHEOS accompanies the Argonauts and enables them to bypass the Sirens by playing his lyre over them. |
300-250 wikAR 260 OHG
240 Dur 2-556 3rd cen wikOrΦ |
| c.258 |
ANTIGONUS-II Gonatas, king of Macedonia 276-39 defeats fleet of PTOLEMY-II Philadelphus off Cos island. |
261 CAH 7.1, wikSW 259 bk 258 RAH 385 258 or 56 AΨΨ 83, LEWH 91, 96, wikPt2 256 or 55 lvSSW
possibly during Chrem War: B76 1-991, OCD 70 |
| c.258 |
CYCLADES, under Ptolemies from 314, taken by ANTIGONUS-II Gonatas, king of Macedonia until 250. |
258 LEWH 91 255 RAH 385 |
| c.258 |
AGATHOSTRATOS of Rhodes, defeats fleet under CHREMONIDES, Athenian working for Ptolemy-II, off Ephesus. |
258
OCD 231 |
| c.255 |
IOS Island in Cyclades under Egypt from 301, comes under Macedonia until 168. |
255 rcAg |
| c.253 |
ANTIGONUS-II, king of Macedonia 276-39 sailing home from Anatolia with his son's bride, stops at Delos in the center of Ptolemy's sea-power, founds 2 festivals in honor of Delian Apollo and the gods of Delos. One festival bore his own name (Antigoneia); the other the name of his sis Stratonike (Stratonikeia). |
253
CAH 7.1, TAG 351 |
| c.250 |
CYCLADES, under ANTIGONUS-II Gonatas from 258, recovered by PTOLEMY-II Philadelphus until 245. |
250 LEWH 96 |
| c.250 |
HIERONYMUS of Rhodes, peripatetic philosopher, opponent of Arcesilaus and Lyco of Troas, flourishes. Says highest good is freedom from pain and trouble, denies that pleasure is to be sought for its own sake. Fragments of his works survive. |
290-30 wikHoR
250 GHH |
| c.250 |
RHODES defeats PTOLEMY-II Philadelphus off Ephesus. Circumstances obscure. |
250 B76 8-381 |
| c.250 |
THEOCRITOS of Syracuse, on Cos island from ?, dies. First of the nature poets, inventor of the bucolic mime or pastoral poetry. |
250 B76 10-1093 |
| c.249 |
PTOLEMY-II sends his fleet to Delos and establishes in Apollo's honor the 2nd Ptolemaia. This is P-II's proclamation that he is still lord of the sea. |
249
TAG 366 |
| c.245 |
ANTIGONUS-II Gonatas, king of Macedonia 276-39, personally leads attack of Ptolemaic possessions in Aegean, defeats numerically superior fleet of PTOLEMY-II Philadelphus under Sophron at ANDROS, gains hegemony of Aegean. |
246 CAH 7.1, OCD 70, TAG 378 245 LEWH 91, 97, Shaw 398, lvPt3, lvTSW 244 B76 1-991
P-II won: AΨΨ 83, 111 |
| c.245 |
CYCLADES, under PTOLEMY-II Philadelphus from 250, recovered by ANTIGONUS-II Gonatas until ?. |
245 LEWH 97, lvTSW |
| c.245 |
DELOS: ANTIGONUS-II Gonatas, king of Macedonia 276-39 institutes the Paneia and Delphic Soteria on Delos. |
245 CAH 7.1-248, TAG 380 |
| c.244 |
By the beginning of 244, Ptolemy-III is no match for all his enemies at once; he must buy off one of them. He chooses Antigonus-II, and sends Sostratos of Knidos as envoy. Antigonus takes Delos and the Cyclades, the Islands of the League of Islanders, and no more. |
244 TAG 386-7 |
| c.244 |
Ptolemy-III and Antigonus-II make peace. Ptolemy keeps the southern limit of the Aegean, with a ring of posts at Methana, Thera, perhaps Astypalaia, and Samos. Ptolemy is free to do what he wants in the Seleucid sphere, or any sphere not claimed by Antigonus, i.e. along the coasts of Anatolia and Thrace. |
244 TAG 387 |
| c.242 |
ARADOS island off north coast of Phoenicia, given rights of asylum by Seleucus Callinicus, whom they had supported against Antiochus Hierax. |
242 DGRG 1-185 |
| c.233 |
Illyrian pirates begin ravaging Adriatic coast. |
233 DGRG 2-38 |
| c.230 |
Demetrius-II allies with GORTYN Crete. |
230 CAH 7.1 |
| c.230 |
ARISTARCHUS of Samos dies. |
230 SHWC 95 |
| c.230 |
 AGRON dies. King of Illyria and Pharos island from ?. Widow Teuta is regent until 222 for son Demetrius, who rules Pharos as vassal until 219. |
231 MCAW, OCD 1048 230 wikDP |
CONFUSION ALERT! PHAROS island is in the Adriatic. PAROS island is in the Cyclades.
| c.229 |
 ISSA island in Adriatic besieged by TEUTA regent of Illyria. |
229 OCD 368, 1048, wikDP |
| c.229 |
ACHAEANS and AETOLIANS defeated off Paxos island south of Corcyra by Illyrians. Margos of Ceryneia, general of 2nd Achaean League from ?, is killed. This is the last joint action by Achaeans and Aetolians. |
229
CAH 7.1-244, 453, 7.2 |
| c.229 |
SALAMIS Island in Saronikos Gulf, under Macedonia from 318, comes under Athens until 87. |
229 rcAg |
| c.225 |
ARISTON of Ceos, poet, flourishes. |
225 OHG |
| c.225 |
RHODES damaged by quake. Virtually the whole Greek world comes to aid. |
227 IDB 4-78, ISBE 4-183 227/6 CAH 7.1-433
225 B76 VIII-552, DGRA 1066, Dur 2-571 |
| c.225 |
COLOSSUS of RHODES, finished 280, destroyed by quake. Pieces left in place until 653CE. |
227 bk 226 atl2, wikCR 225 B76 III-22 224 GHH, TTPC, TTT 106 atl2 |
| c.221 |
PHILOPOEMEN, mercenary leader, sails from Greece to Crete until 210, to participate in a war between Knossos and Lyttos. Since Knossos is supported by Aetolians, he chooses Lyttos. |
221 DGRBM 3-318, wikΦlp |
| c.220 |
NAXOS Island, under Egypt from 275, independent until 86. |
220 rcAg |
| c.220 |
DEMETRIUS of Pharos, with 50 ships, sails to Cyclades. |
220 wikDP |
| c.220 |
DEMETRIUS of Pharos, now in Cyclades, extorts tribute from some islands, plunders others. Chased by Rhodian warships, retreats to Cenchreae, on Aegean coast near Corinth. |
220 wikDP |
| c.220 |
RHODES, aided by Prusias of Bithynia, declares war on BYZANTIUM to keep straits open. Byzantium has been extracting tolls on all ships going thru straits. Attalus of Pergamum sides with Byzantium. Byzantines try to set up Tiboetes, uncle of Prusias, as rival for his throne. Prusias seizes Byzantine Anatolian possessions, while Thracians press Byzantium from Europe. BYZANTIUM vs. RHODES + BITHYNIA War lasts until 219. |
220
B76 8-381, CAH 7.1-431, OCD 893, lvA
219 RAH 383 |
| c.220 |
Knossos and Gortyn on Crete begin war against Lyttos. Troops sent by the Symmachy to help Lyttos. |
220 CAH 7.1 |
| c.219 |
CONSULS: L. AEMILIUS PAULUS and M. Livius SALINATOR are sent to the Adriatic and Illyricum. Romans 2nd intervention in Balkans. |
220 MCAW 219 CAH 8-35, 93, CDCC 829, DGRBM 1-965, 3-153, 694 |
| c.218 |
Perigenes, fleet commander for Ptolemy-IV, fights Diognetos, admiral of Antiochus-III Megas. Indecisive. |
218 DGRBM 3-201 |
| c.218 |
After defeat of land forces under Nicolaos in Levant, Perigenes, fleet commander for Ptolemy-IV, retreats. |
218 DGRBM 3-201 |
| c.217 |
ZAKYNTHOS Island west of Greece, under democracy from 373, comes under Macedonia until 211. |
217 rcSB3 |
| c.217 |
POLYCRATES of Argos, governor of Cyprus, secures Cyprus for Ptolemy Epiphanes, infant son and successor of Philopator. |
217 DGRG 1-730 |
| c.216 |
CRETAN LEAGUE puts itself under leadership of Philip-V, king of Macedonia 221-179. |
216 CAH 8-291, OCD 298 |
| c.216 |
PHILIPPEIA founded on Delos. |
216 CAH 8 |
| c.215 |
Roman fleet guarding Calabria in Adriatic intercepts a Macedonian ship sailing east. On board are 3 high-placed Carthaginians, Gisgo, Bostar, and Mago. A search reveals a treaty between Hannibal and Philip-V. The Romans thus learn of planned co-operation between them. |
215 CAH 8-96 |
| c.215 |
APOLLONIOS of Rhodes, poet, dies. |
215 TToH, bk |
| c.214 |
PHILIP-V launches 120 Macedonian lembi (light ships) into the Adriatic. |
214 spring CAH 8-98 |
| c.214 |
Praetor M. Valerius LAEVINUS becomes Roman fleet commander on Illyrian coast until 211. His quinqueremes far outclass Philip-V's lembi. |
215 LEWH 92, 100
214 B76 VI-442, Dur 2-556, 3-20, OCD 928 |
| c.210 |
PHILOPOEMEN, mercenary leader, in Crete from 221, returns to Greece. |
210 wikΦlp |
| c.210 |
ATTALUS-I, ruler of Pergamum 241-197, king 230, buys Aegina Island from Aetolians for 30 talents, supports Aetolian League with fleet & troops against Philip-V, king of Macedonia until 207. |
210
CAH 8-102, OCD 144 |
| c.209 |
Carthaginian admiral Bomilcar arrives at Corcyra. |
209 CAH 8-102 |
| c.209/8 |
SULPICIUS GALBA and ATTALUS of Pregamum both winter on Aegina island. |
209/8 DGRBM 2-204 208/7 DGRBM 1-410 |
| c.208 |
ZAKYNTHOS Island west of Greece, comes under Athamania until 191. |
208 rcSB3 |
| c.208 |
ATTALUS-I of Pergamum and SULPICIUS GALBA join fleets (60 ships), sail to Lemnos island. |
208 CAH 8,
DGRBM 1-410, 2-204 |
| c.208 |
ATTALUS-I of Pergamum attacks Peparethos island in the Sporades. Then he and SULPICIUS GALBA sail for Nicaea east of Thermopylae. |
208 DGRBM 2-204 |
| c.208 |
ATTALUS-I of Pergamum and SULPICIUS GALBA sail from Nicaea to Euboea. |
208 DGRBM 2-204 |
| c.205 |
Rhodes is the only significant naval power in the Aegean. Rhodes is concerned by a rise in the amount of piracy in the area. A war (the Cretan War) soon breaks out between Rhodes and a group of Cretan cities led by Hierapytna. Philip-V sends 20 ships under Aetolian admiral Dicaearchus to aid the Cretans. |
205
howW2M |
| c.205 |
PHILIP-V, sees chance to defeat Rhodes, allies with Aetolian and Spartan pirates who begin raiding Rhodian ships. CRETAN WAR begins until 200.
Philip-V, Aetolian League, several Cretan cities (Olous and Hierapytna are most important) and Spartan pirates against Rhodes, and later Attalus-I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens and Knossos. |
205 CAH 8, DGRBM, wikCW |
| c.205 |
Spartan pirate DIKAIARCHOS receives 20 ships from Philip-V with orders to go pirating in the Aegean, raid the islands, and help the Cretans against Rhodes. |
205
TAG 87 |
Greek language has only one term for pirate and privateer. TAG 87
| c.205 |
PATMOS Island in Dodecanese, under Egypt from 276, comes under Macedonia until 197. |
205 rcAg |
| c.204/3 |
An associate of Philip-V, Heracleides of Tarentum, burns some Rhodian dockyards and destroys the ships in them. |
204/3
CAH 8-248 |
| c.202 |
PHILIP-V, king of Macedonia 221-179, begins operations in Aegean, takes free cities in straits and Thrace to control straits and prepare for Egyptian offensive. Cities taken in Thrace: Lysimacheia, Perinthos; in Anatolia: Chalcedon, Cius, Myrleia. |
202 B76 8-384, CAH 8-151, 252
no date:
LEWH 92 |
| c.202 |
THASOS island, independent from 275, taken by treachery by PHILIP-V, king of Macedonia 221-179, returning from straits. Under Macedonia until 196. |
202 CAH 8-151 |
| c.202 |
SAMOS island, Ptolemaic from ?, taken by PHILIP-V,, along with Egyptian ships for use against Rhodes. |
202 B76 8-379, CAH 8-151 201 CAH 8-254 |
| c.202 |
LEMNOS island, back under Athens from 281, under Macedonia until 197. |
202 OCD 594 |
| c.202 |
Ptolemaic garrisons in Aegaen Sea expelled by Philip-V, which results in a conflict with Pergamum and Rhodes. |
202 lv5SW, lvPt5 |
| c.202 |
RHODES, frightened by fall of Samos and expulsion of Ptolemaic garrisons, allies with former rival Attalus of Pergamum. |
202 CAH 8-152, OCD 144 201 BHS 2-32, DGRBM 3-283 |
| c.202 |
RHODES declares war on PHILIP-V, king of Macedonia, allies with Byzantium, Cyzicus, Chios, Cos. |
202 CAH 8-152, wikCW |
| c.202 |
ATTALUS of Pergamum and the RHODIANS ask Rome for help against PHILIP-V, king of Macedonia, tell of his plans to divide Ptolemaic possessions with Antiochus-III Megas. |
202 B76 8-384, 15-1093, CAH 8-158, LEWH 92 |
| c.201 |
CHIOS island, besieged by Philip-V. |
201 CAH 8-155 |
| c.201 |
PHILIP-V, king of Macedonia 221-179, besieging Chios, attacked by ATTALUS and Rhodes. Philip wins sea battle, but at high cost. |
202 wikCW 201 CAH 8-155, 252, DGRBM 1-410, howW2M |
| c.201 |
CHIOS city on Chios island, taken by Philip-V. |
201 DGRBM, DGRG 1-611 |
| c.201 |
SAMOS, under Ptolemies from ?, taken by Philip-V. Ptolemaic inhabitants expeled. |
201 BHS 2-32, wik2MW |
| c.201 |
PHILIP-V, king of Macedonia 221-179, defeats Rhodian fleet at LADE island near Miletos, drives them south, fails to pursue, turns and lands at Miletos, hurries toward Pergamum, fails to capture. |
201 B76 8-384, CAH 8-154, 253, howW2M |
| c.201 |
Embasies from Attalos and Rhodes go to Rome to complain against Philip-V. |
201 fall
CAH 8-254, 257 |
| c.201 |
Theophiliscos of Rhodes commands a Rhodian fleet helping Attalos of Pergamum againstPhilip-V. |
201 DGRBM 3-1083 |
| c.201 |
NISYROS island, under Rhodes from ?, taken by Philip-V. |
201 CAH 8-253 |
| c.201 |
Fleets of Rhodes and Pergamum blockade Philip in the Carian gulf until 200. |
201 howW2M |
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