Chapter XXXI: Part III: The Conquest of Italy, 366-266 B.c

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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+
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