A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

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B.C. B. C.
313 Third year of the war against Antigonus. Civil war in Macedonia between the two
312 Fourth year of the war against Antigonus. brothers, Antipater and Alexander.
Ptolemy and Seleucus defeat Demetrius, Demetrius becomes king of Macedonia.
the son of Antigonus, at Gaza. Seleucus 292 Demetrius conquers Thebes.
recovers Babylon on the 1st of October, Deinarchus returns from exile.
from which the era of the Seleucidae cornm- 291 Lysimachus defeated, and taken prisoner by
mences. the Getae.
311 General peace. Second insurrection of Thebes against DeMurder of Roxana and Alexander IV. by metrius.
Cassander. Pyrrhus invades Thessaly, but is obliged to
310 Hercules, the son of Alexander and Barsine, retire before Demetrius.
a pretender to the throne. Death of Menander, aet. 52.
Ptolemy appears as liberator of the Greeks. 290 Demetrius takes Thebes a second time. He
Renewal of hostilities between him and celebrates the Pythian games at Athens.
Antigonus. 289 Demetrius carries on war against Pyrrhus
Agathocles lands in Africa. and the Aetolians. He marries Lanassa,,Epicurus, aet. 32, begins to teach at one of the wives of Pyrrhus and the
Mytilene and Lampsacus. * daughter of Agathocles.
309 Hercules murdered by Polysperchon. Posidippus, the comic poet, begins to
308 Ptolemy's expedition to Greece. exhibit.
307 Demetrius, the son of Antigonus, becomes 288 Death of Agathocles.
master of Athens. Demetrius Phalereus 287 Coalition against Demetrius. He is driven
leaves the city. out of Macedonia, and his dominions diThe orator Deinarchus goes into exile. vided between Lysimachus and Pyrrhus.
306 Demetrius recalled from Athens. He defeats Demetrius sails to Asia.
Ptolemy in a great sea-fight off Salamis in Pyrrhus driven out of Macedonia by Ly.
Cyprus. After that battle Antigonus as- simachus after seven months' possession.
sumes the title of king, and his example is Strato succeeds Theophrastus.
followed by Ptolemy, Seleucus, Lysima- 286 Demetrius surrenders himself to Seleucus,
chus and Cassander. who keeps him in captivity.
Antigonus invades Egypt, but is compelled 285 Ptolemy II. Philadelphus is associated in
to retreat. the kingdom by his father.
Epicurus settles at Athens, where he 284 Demetrius, aet. 54, dies in captivity at Apateaches about 36 years, till his death, at meia in Syria.
the age of 72. 283 Death of Ptolemy Soter, aet. 84.
305 Rhodes besieged by Demetrius. 281 Lysimachus is defeated and slain by Seleu304 Demetrius makes peace with the Rhodians, cus, at the battle of Corupedion.
and returns to Athens. 280 Seleucus murdered by Ptolemy Ceraunus
303 Demetrius carries on the war in Greece with seven months after the death of Lysisuccess against Cassander. machus.
302 War continued in Greece between Demetrius Antiochus I., the son of Seleucus, becomes
and Cassander. king of Asia, Ptolemy Ceraunus king of
Demochares, the nephew of Demos- Thrace and Macedonia.
thenes, banished. Pyrrhus crosses into Italy.
Archedicus, the comic poet, flourished. Irruption of the Gauls and death of Ptolemy
301 Demetrius crosses over to Asia. Ceraunus. He is succeeded by his brother
Battle of Ipsus in Phrygia, about the Meleager, who reigns only two months.
month of August, in which Lysimachus Rise of the Achaean league.
and Seleucus defeat Antigonus and Deme- Demosthenes honoured with a statue on
trius. Antigonns, aet. 81, falls in the the motion of his nephew Demochares.
battle. Birth of Chrysippus.
Hieronymus of Cardia, the historian, 279 Antipater king of Macedonia for a short
flourished. time. Sosthenes, the Macedonian general,
300 Demetrius obtains possession of Cilicia, and checks the Gauls. The Gauls under Brenmarries his daughter Stratonice to Se- nus invade Greece, but Brennus and a
leucus. great part of his army are destroyed at
Birth of Lycon, the Peripatetic. Delphi. Death of Sosthenes.
297 Demetrius returns to Greece, and makes an 278 Antigonus Gonatas becomes king of Maceattempt upon Athens, but is repulsed. donia.
Death of Cassander and accession of his son Zeno of Cittium flourished at Athens.
Philip. 275 Birth of Eratosthenes.
296 Death of Philip, and accession of his brother 274 Pyrrhus returns to Italy.
Antipater. Birth of Euphorion.
Demetrius takes Salamis and Aegina, and 273 Pyrrhus invades Macedonia, and expels Anlays siege to Athens. tigonus Gonatas.
Pyrrhus returns to Epeirus. 272 Pyrrhus invades Peloponnesus, and perishes
295 Demetrius takes Athens. in an attack on Argos. Antigonus regains
294 Demetrius makes an expedition into Pelo- Macedonia.
ponnesus. 270 Death of Epicurus, aet. 72.
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