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| 1 | ROM Attalus defends Eumenes against the accusations of Prusias.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.32'1-2,* 32.1'5-7; { Walbank_p519.} |
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| 2 | An embassy from Demetrius appears before the senate.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.33'3, 32.2'1-3'13;* Diod_31.29'1, 30'1; Appian:Syr_47; Zonar_9'25;(p365) { CAH_8'358.} |
| 3 | An embassy from Achaea fails to win the release of the exiles.
@ ~Polyb_32.3'14-17; { Walbank_p521.} |
| 3a | EGY {14 Tybi -E = February} Document: AET_2.6.D, a letter recording two dreams of Ptolemaeus. |
| 3b | GRE {Theoxenius -G = March/April} Document: Syll_671, a decree of Delphi establishing a festival in honour of Eumenes; { perhaps a year later, in 158 B.C.} |
| 4 | EPI ++ The cruelty of Charops as ruler of Epirus.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_32.5'5-6'2;* Diod_31.31'1. |
| 5 | ITA Charops of Epirus dies at Brundisium after appearing before the Roman senate.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_32.5'4, 6'3-9;* { OCD³.} |
| 6 | PAL {month2 -J = May} The death of Alcimus, the high priest.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ #1Macc_9'50-57;* Joseph:AJ_12'413-414, 13'22, 20'237; ChronPasc_440'B; +Hieron:Chron_1857; Sulpit_2'23; { Green_523.} |
| 7 | EXT ?? Eucratides of Bactria is defeated by the Parthians.
* Read Strabo's account @ Strab_11'515;* (9.2) Lucan_8'299; { Eucratides survived this defeat; his death occurred about 155 B.C.} |
| 8 | GRE << Civil strife in Aetolia ends with the death of Lyciscus.
@ ~Polyb_32.4'1-5'1; { Walbank_p38.} |
| 8a | EGY {10 Thoth -E = October} Document: AET_6.20.A, a report from Socnopaei Nesus, concerning an assault. |
| 9 | ASI A saying of Apollonis, rejoicing in the friendship between her four sons.
@ Plut:Mor_480'C; { Walbank_p211.} |
| 10 | ?? Document: Austin_240B (OGIS_308), a decree of Hierapolis following the death of Apollonis. |
| 10a | ?? Document: OGIS_309, a decree of Teos in honour of Apollonis. |
| 11 | ?? Document: AnthPal_3, verses inscribed in a temple dedicated to Apollonis at Cyzicus by her children Eumenes and Attalus. |
| 11a | ?? Document: RC_56-60, letters from Eumenes and Attalus to Attis. |
| 11b | ?? Document: SEG_64.1296, a letter of Attalus concerning Aribazus, the commander of some Galatians. |
| 12 | ROM >> The censors remove all unauthorised statues from the forum, including some statues of Scipio Nasica.
@ Plin:HN_34'30; Ampel_19'11; [Vict]:VirIll_44'3; { OCD³.} |
| 13 | >> Scipio Nasica sets up the first water-clock at Rome.
@ Plin:HN_7'215; Censor:DN_23'7. |
| 14 | >> The death of Scipio Aemilianus' mother.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.28'7-13;* Diod_31.27'7. |
| 15 | PEL >> The death of the comic dramatist Terentius.
* Read Suetonius' account @ +[Suet]:Ter_1-5;* !Hieron:Chron_1859; { OCD³; Green_711.} |
| 16 | ROM ++ L.Acilius is called "wise" because of his knowledge of civil law.
@ Cic:Amic_6; { In Cicero's dialogue, which is supposed to happen in 129 B.C., L.Acilius is placed "in our fathers' time".} |
| 17 | ROM ?? Document: CIL_1.11 & 1.12, epitaphs for L. L.f. Scipio and L. Cn.f. Scipio. |
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