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+264-241+
+First Punic War+
263
+Hiero of Syracuse+ joins Rome
+Hiero of Syracuse+ 269-219
261
Romans build a fleet
260
Naval victory of +Duilius+ near _Mylae_
Aratus, General of Achaean League 245
Callimachus _fl._ 260
_Columna Rostrata_
256
Naval victory of +Regulus+ at _Ecnomus_
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LATIN LITERATURE. B.C.
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PROSE.
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VERSE.
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PERIOD I.--THE GROWTH OF LATIN LITERATURE, 250-80 B.C.
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255
Regulus defeated by Xanthippus of Sparta
250
Roman victory at _Panormus_ (Metellus)
249
Carthaginian victory at _Drepana_ (Claudius)
248-241
+Hamilcar Barca+ in Sicily
Ptolemy III (Euergetes) 247-222
241
Victory of Lutatius off the _Aegates Insulae_
_Peace with Carthage_
+Sicily made a Roman Province+ (1)
Livius Andronicus (_fl._ 240)
241-238
War of Carthage with her Mercenaries
+Corsica and Sardinia made a Roman Province+ (2)
Naevius (_fl._ 235)
236-228
+Hamilcar in Spain. Hannibal's oath+
230-229
Illyrian War. (Queen Teuta)
Athens joins Achaean League 229
228
Corinth admits the Romans to the Isthmian Games
+Roman Embassy to Greece+ 228
+Hasdrubal+ succeeds Hamilcar in Spain
_Founds New Carthage_. The _Iberus_ (_Ebro_) fixed as the
Carthaginian boundary
225-223
Gallic rising (Boii and Insubres)
Reforms of Cleomenes at Sparta 226-5
Great victory near _Telamon_
222
Victory over the Insubres at _Clastidium_
Aratus and Antigonus take Sparta 221
+M. Marcellus+ wins the _spolia opima_ (3)
Subjugation of Gaul south of the Alps
Antiochus the Great (Syria) 224-187
221
+Hannibal succeeds Hasdrubal in Spain+
219
Hannibal takes _Saguntum_ (ally of Rome)
Ptolemy IV (Philopator) 222-205
+218-202+
+Second Punic War+
Philip V (Macedon) 221-179
PLAUTUS (254-184)
218
Hannibal crosses the Alps
Battles of the _Ticinus_ and _Trebia_
217
Battle of _Lake Trasimene_. Death of +Flaminius+
+Q. Fabius Maximus, Dictator+
+Philip allied with Hannibal+ 216
Fabius Pictor (_fl._ 216)
ENNIUS (239-169)
216
Battle of _Cannae_. Death of +Paulus+
216-211
+Revolt of Capua+
215
Marcellus saves Nola
First Macedonian War 214-205
214-212
+Siege and Capture of Syracuse by Marcellus+
+Death of Archimedes+ 212
212
P. & Cn. Scipio defeated by Hasdrubal
Loss of Spain south of the Ebro
Hannibal seizes Tarentum
211-206
+P. Cornelius Scipio+ (Africanus Maior) in Spain
Rome allied with Aetolians 211
210
Scipio surprises New Carthage
208
+Hasdrubal+ (son of Hamilcar) eludes Scipio and crosses the
Pyrenees to join Hannibal
Philopoemen, General of Achaean League 208-183
207
+Defeat and Death of Hasdrubal at the Metaurus (Nero)+
204
Scipio goes to Africa: blockades _Utica_
+Peace of Rome with Philip+ 205
203
+Hannibal recalled: leaves Italy+
202
Battle of _Zama_. Peace made
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