Chapter 24

361 Second Invasion of the Gauls Dionysius II of Syracuse 368-343 Diogenes (Cynic) _c._ 419-324 Legend of +Manlius Torquatus+ Battle of Mantinea 362 +Ludi Scenici at Rome+ 365

356 C. Marcius Rutilus, First Plebeian Dictator Philip of Macedon 359-336

349 War with Gauls. Legend of +M. Valerius Corvus+ Dion at Syracuse 357-353 _Praxiteles_ (_sculptor_) _fl._ 360

348 _Treaty of Rome with Carthage_ Olynthus taken by Philip 348 Aeschines 389-314

+343-341+ +First Samnite War+ Demosthenes 384-322 Battle of _Mt. Gaurus_ (M. Valerius Corvus) Aristotle 384-322

+340-338+ +The Latin War+. Devotion of +Decius Mus I+. Battle of Chaeronea 338 _Apelles_ (_painter_) 336 Battle of _Mt. Vesuvius_

339 _Leges Publiliae. Supremacy of Comitia Tributa_ +Alexander the Great+ 336-323

+326-304+ +Second Samnite War (C. Pontius)+ Battle of Issus 333 Menander 344-292

321 +Caudine Forks+. The Yoke Foundation of Alexandria 332

311 Appius Claudius, Censor. The _Via Appia_ Battle of Arbela 331

+311-309+ Etruscan War. First Battle at _Lake Vadimo_ Alexander's Successors } Battle of Ipsus (301) } 323-301

305 Battle of _Bovianum_

+298-290+ +Third Samnite War+ Ptolemy I (Soter) 323-285 Euclid _fl._ 300 Agathocles at Syracuse 317-289 Theophrastus _c._ 384-277

295 Battle of _Sentinum_. Devotion of +Decius Mus II+. Demetrius Poliorcetes 308-283 Zeno, the Stoic _c._ 366-264

287 Last Secession of the Plebs Rhodes powerful 300-200 Epicurus 341-270

287 _Lex Hortensia. Legislative power of Comitia Tributa finally established_ _Political distinction between the Patricians and Plebeians now at an end_ Aetolian League 284-167 Theocritus _fl._ 280

283 Renewed Etruscan and Gallic War Achaean League 280-146 Bion and Moschus _fl._ 270 Second Battle at _Lake Vadimo_

+281-275+ +War with Tarentines and Pyrrhus+

280 Battle of _Heraclea_. Victory of the phalanx Gauls in Greece 280-278

279 Battle of _Asculum_. +Fabricius the Just+ Ptolemy II (Philadelphus) 285-247 _Septuagint_ _c._ 277

278 +Rome and Carthage allied+

277 Pyrrhus masters nearly all Sicily

275 Battle near _Beneventum_ (+M'. Curius Dentatus+) Pyrrhus returns to Epirus

273 Treaty of Rome with Egypt. _Recognition of Rome as one of the great powers_ _Aratus_ (_astronomer_) _fl._ 270

272 Pyrrhus killed at Argos. Surrender of Tarentum

266 +All Italy (south of the Apennines) Roman+ ----------------------------------------