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

1348 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES OF GREEK HISTORY.
RB.. B.C.
262 Death of Philemon, the comic poet, 1 207 Philopoemen defeats and slays Machanidas,
aet. 97. tyrant of Lacedaemon, at the battle of
251 Aratus delivers Sicyon, and unites it to the Mantineia.
Achaean league. Death of Chrysippus, who was succeeded
250 Arsaces founds the Parthian monarchy. by Zeno of Tarsus.
243 Aratus, a second time general of the Achaean 205 The Aetolians make peace with Philip.
League, delivers Corinth from the Mace- Philip's treaty with Rome.
donians. 202 Nabis, tyrant of Lacedaemon, takes Messene.
241 Agis IV. king of Sparta put to death in con- Philip makes war upon the Rhodians and
sequence of his attempts to reform the Attalus.
state. 201 Philopoemen, general of the Achaeans, defeats
239 Death of Antigonus, and accession of his son Nabis.
Demetrius II. Philip takes Chios, and winters in Caria.
236 Cleomenes III. becomes king of Sparta. 200 Philip returns to Macedonia. War between
229 Death of Demetrius II. and accession of An- Philip and Rome, which continues till B. C.
tigonus Doson, who was left by Demetrius 197. See the Roman Tables.
guardian of his son Philip. Aristophanes, the grammarian, flon227 Cleomenes commences war against the rished.
Achaean League. 197 Philip defeated at the battle of Cynosce226 Cleomenes carries on the war with success phalae.
against Aratus, who is again the general 196 Greece declared free by Flamininus at the
of the Achaean League. Isthmian games.
225 Reforms of Cleomenes at Sparta. 194 Death of Eratosthenes, aet. 80.
224 The Achaeans call in the assistance of Anti- 192 Philopoemen defeats Nabis, who is aftergonus DosonI against Cleomenes. wards slain by the Aetolians. Lacedaemon
222 Mantineia taken by Antigonus and Megalo- is added by Philopoemen to the Achaean
polis by Cleomenes. League.
221 Antigonus defeats Cleomenes at Sellasia, and Antiochus comes into Greece to assist the
obtains possession of Sparta. Cleomenes Aetolians against the Romans. He winters
sails to Egypt, where he dies. Extinction at Chalcis.
of the royal line of the Heraclidae at 191 Antiochus and the Aetolians defeated by the
Sparta. Romans at the battle of Thermopylae.
220 Death of Antigonus Doson and accession of 190 The Romans besiege Amphissa, and grant
Philip V., aet. 17. a truce to the Aetolians.
The Achaeans and Aratus are defeated by 189 The Romans besiege Ambracia, and grant
the Aetolians. The Achaeans apply for peace to the Aetolians.
assistance to Philip, who espouses their 188 Philopoemen again general of the Achaean
cause. Commencement of the Social League, subjugates Sparta, and abrogates
War. the laws of Lycurgus.
The history of Aratus ended in this 183 The Messenians revolt from the Achaean
year, and that of Polybius commences. League. They capture and put to death
219 Successes of Philip. He invades Aetolia and Philopoemen, aet. 70.
Elis, and winters at Argos. 182 Polybius, the historian, carries the urn
Phylarchus, the historian, flourished. at the funeral of Philopoemen.
218 Continued successes of Philip. He again in- 179 Death of Philip and accession of Perseus.
vades Aetolia and afterwards Laconia. 171 War between Perseus and Rome, which
217 Third and last year of the Social War. continues till B. c. 168. See the Roman
Peace concluded. Tables.
215 Philip concludes a treaty with Hannibal. 168 Defeat and capture of Perseus by Aemilius
214 Eratosthenes flourished. Paulus.
213 Philip removes Aratus by poison. Division of Macedonia.
Birth of Carneades. 167 One thousand of the principal Achaeans are
212 Death of Archimedes at the capture of sent to Rome.
Syracuse by the Romans. Polybius is among the Achaean exiles.
211 Treaty between Rome and the Aetolians 151 Return of the Achaean exiles.
against Philip. 149 Andriscus, pretending to be the son of Per210 The Romans take Aegina. seus, lays claim to the Macedonian throne.
209 Philip invades Elis. 148 Andriscus conquered by Metellus.
208 Philip marches into Peloponnesus to assist 147 Macedonia reduced to the form of a Roman
the Achaeans. province.
Philopoemen is elected general of the Achaean War between Rome and the Achaeans.
League, and effects important reforms in 146 Destruction of Corinth by Mummius. Greece
the army. becomes a Roman province.