back 111 B.C. Olympiad 167.2

Consuls: P. Cornelius P.f. Scipio Nasica, L. Calpurnius Bestia
Athenian archon: Sosicrates

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1 ROM Bestia rejects an embassy from Jugurtha and crosses over to Numidia.
@ +Sall:Jug_28'1-7; {OCD_b.}
2 EGY {2 Pharmuthi -E = April} Document: PTeb_35, a letter from Apollonius fixing the price of myrrh.
@ SelPap_2.223.
3 SPA Piso is killed while in Spain, and Ser.Galba takes over as Roman commander.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Verr_2.4'56;*  Appian:Hisp_99'a; {CAH_9'21.}
4 EGY {26 Pachon -E = June} Document: PTeb_58, a letter from a tax-farmer.
5 ROM {15 July -R} M. and C.Metellus celebrate triumphs on the same day, from Sardinia and Thrace respectively .
* Read Fasti's account
@ #FastTr_p106;*  Vell_2.8'2; Festus:Brev_4'2; !Eutrop_4.25'1; {CAH_9'784.}
6 NUM Bestia agrees to a truce with Jugurtha, allegedly after he and Scaurus had received bribes.
@ +Sall:Jug_29'1-7; +[Liv]:Per_64'a; Flor_1.36'7; [Vict]:VirIll_72'4;L  +Eutrop_4.26'1; +Oros_5.15'4;L  {CAH_9'29; OCD_b.}
7 AEG << Document: SIG_657, a list of the Athenian gymnasiarchs on Delos.
@ Burstein_81.
8 EGY << Document: PTeb_50, a petition from Pasis to Menches.
@ Bagnall_90.
9 SYR << Antiochus Grypus holds magnificent games at Daphne.
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Athen_5.210'e-f,*  6.246'd, 12.540'a-b<q" Poseidon_21>.
10 Cyzicenus defeats Grypus and puts Cleopatra Tryphaena to death; Grypus retreats to Aspendus.
* Read Justin's account
@ ~Just_39.3'12;*  +[Euseb]:Chron_257'd-259'a; {Green_550; Holbl_p207.}
11 ROM C.Memmius persuades the people to summon Jugurtha to give evidence about bribery.
@ +Sall:Jug_30'1-31'29; {CAH_9'85; ocd_m.}
12 Jugurtha is brought to Rome by L.Cassius, but he is prevented from addressing the people by the tribune C.Baebius.
@ ~Sall:Jug_32'1-34'2; ~[Liv]:Per_64'a; Flor_1.36'8; {CAH_9'29; OCD_memmius.}
13 A witty retort of Granius to the consul Nasica.
@ +Cic:Planc_33; Schol:Bob_158.L 
14 The death of the consul Nasica.
* Read Cicero's account
@ +Cic:Brut_128;*  Diod_34.33'1-8; (?) Plin:HN_21'10<v>.L 
15 << Cn.Carbo commits suicide after being brought to trial by M.Antonius.
@ Cic:Fam_9.21'3; {The charge may have related to Cato's defeat by the Cimbri.}
16 == A large part of Rome is destroyed by fire, including the temple of Magna Mater.
@ +ValMax_1.8'11;L  +Obseq_39.L 
17 ROM == Document: CIL_1.585, an unidentified agrarian law.
@ (?) Appian:BCiv_1.27'a; {CAH_9'31, '87; identified by some as the Lex Thoria.}
18 ITA << Document: CIL_1.672, a dedication of works at Capua.
19 PEL << Document: IG_4(2).1.63, a decree of Epidaurus in honour of Archelochus.
@ Sherk_51.

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