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CLEONYMUS ET AGATHOCLES
303-293 a.C.
B.C.
303. —War of Lucanians ami Romans against Taventiiin.
Cleonymus of iSparta, son of King Cleonienes, goes to help Tarentuni. He collects so large an army that the
Lucanians make peace.
Cleonymus, after punishing Metapontum, which was disobedient to him, goes on to Corcyra.
He again leturns to Italy, lands on the Messapian coast, conquers two townis, Uria and Triopium(?) ; and suCfering
severe loss from a night attack of natives, returns to Corcyra.
299.—Soon after .SOO B.C. Agathocle.'i, with an army, was carrying on war in Italy against Italian natives. From here he goes
to Corcyra, whicli had got rid of Cleonymus, hut was threatened by Cassander.
298-— .-Vgathocles defeats the Macedonian fleet at Corcyra. lands on the island and takes possession of it. He tlien returns to
Italy, is suddenly attacked by the Bruttii while he is besieging a town. He loses many men, and returns to
Syracuse.
295-—Agathocles gives Corcyra to Pyrrhus of Epirus, who becomes his son-in-law.
On the way to Corcyra, Agathocles suddenly attacks, captures and plunders Croton, from whence he had previously
been driven out, when in e.xile from S\ racuse. From Corcyra Agathocles goes soon after to Apulia.
293 —.\gathocIes undertakes a campaign against the Hruttii. Stilpon, with Agathocles' fleet, ravages the Bruttian coast, while
.-Vgathocles captures Hipponium.
The Bruttii make peace ; but soon afterwards they recapture Hipponium.
Agathocles dies 289 B.C.
To face Map 33.