2 moments

1. Journey into Greece

   0159-01-01 BC · Greece

   

   The biographical tradition quoted in the Life reports that Terence left for the farthest parts of Greece. The date follows Suetonius’s reported placement of Terence’s death in 159 BC and is not independently certain. Coordinate is a representative point for Greece because the itinerary is unspecified. Other ancient accounts instead send him to Asia or report death at sea.

2. Traditional death at Stymphalus

   0159-01-01 BC · Stymphalus, Arcadia, Greece

   

   One strand of the ancient biographical tradition places Terence’s death at Stymphalus in Arcadia. Competing traditions report illness elsewhere in Greece, Leucas, or shipwreck on the return voyage; this card records only the explicitly located Stymphalus account. The 159 BC date is Suetonius’s consular date; Jerome gives 158 BC. The precise death place is disputed in the ancient tradition.