- 284 BC
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* The Gallic tribe called the
Senones , who has settled on theAdriatic coast north ofPicenum , attacksArretium inEtruria . While attempting to relieve this allied city, the Romans under the command ofLucius Caecilius Metellus Denter suffer a costly defeat in theBattle of Arretium . Aroused by this disaster, a Roman army underManius Curius Dentatus invades the Senones' territory, defeating them and driving them out of the Italian peninsula.Greece
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Pyrrhus of Epirus is driven out ofMacedon ia and back into Epirus byLysimachus .Asia Minor
* Ptolemy I's eldest (legitimate) son,
Ptolemy Keraunos , whose mother, Eurydice, the daughter ofAntipater , had been repudiated by the new King Ptolemy II, flees Egypt to the court ofLysimachus , the king ofThrace ,Macedon andAsia Minor .
* Lysimachus' wife, Arsinoe, being keen to gain the succession to the kingdom ofThrace for her sons in preference to Agathocles (the eldest son of Lysimachus), intrigues against him with the help of her brotherPtolemy Keraunos . They accuse him of conspiring with Seleucus to seize the throne, and Agathocles is put to death. This atrocious deed by Lysimachus and his family arouses great indignation. Many of the cities in Asia Minor revolt and some of his most trusted friends desert him.
* Agathocles' widowLysandra flees with their children and with Alexander, Agathocles' brother, to the court of Seleucus, who at once invades Lysimachus' territory in Asia Minor.Births
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Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter , Roman consul and general (killed in theBattle of Arretium ) (b. c.320 BC )
*Ardvates , governor and later ruler ofArmenia who founds a dynasty that will rule until211 BC
* Agathocles, son of King Lysimachus of Thrace
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