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| 1 | EGY {27 Tybi -E = February} Document: PTeb_30, correspondence about the change of ownership of land near Cerceosiris. |
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| 2 | ROM The sumptuary law of Aemilius Scaurus.
* Read Gellius' account @ +Plin:HN_8'223; Gell_2.24'12;* +[Vict]:VirIll_72'5. |
| 3 | Scaurus punishes the praetor P.Decius.
@ +[Vict]:VirIll_72'6; { DPRR.} |
| 4 | The death of Metellus Macedonicus, who is regarded as an example of extreme good fortune up to the end of his life.
* Read Velleius' account @ Cic:Fin_5'82-83, :Tusc_1'85-86; ~Vell_1.11'5-7;* ValMax_7.1'1; Plin:HN_7'59, '142, '146; Plut:Mor_318'B-C; [Vict]:VirIll_61'6; August:DeCiv_2'23;(↓) { OCD³.} |
| 4a | CAP << Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia is murdered by Gordius, allegedly at the instigation of Mithridates of Pontus.
* Read Justin's account @ Just_38.1'1,* '6; { OCD³; Errington_p323.} |
| 4b | AEG << Document: OGIS_260, a statue of Cn.Papirius Carbo dedicated by Antiochus VIII of Syria. |
| 4c | EGY {Mesore -E = August} Document: OGIS_168, letters from Ptolemy IX and Cleopatra to priests and officials in Elephantine. |
| 5 | CIS Scaurus defeats the Ligurians.
@ +[Vict]:VirIll_72'7. |
| 6 | Scaurus' army shows restraint by not damaging the countryside through which it is marching.
@ Frontin:Str_4.3'13. |
| 6a | Document: Syll_712.D, the final decision of arbitrators from Cnossus in a dispute between Lato and Olous. |
| 7 | EGY {4 Choiak -E = December} Document: PTeb_21, a letter from Polemon to Polemon. |
| 8 | ROM {December -R} The triumph of M.Scaurus, over the Carni.
* Read Fasti's account @ #FastTr_p106;* +[Vict]:VirIll_72'7; { CAH_9'783; DPRR.} |
| 9 | == The censors Metellus and Domitius review the senate.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:Clu_119; ~[Liv]:Per_62;* ValMax_2.9'9; Plut:Mar_5'6; { CAH_9'783; DPRR.} |
| 9a | == The censors stop theatrical performances in Rome.
@ Cassiod:Chr_639. |
| 10 | == The temple of Juno is struck by lightning.
@ +Plin:HN_2'144. |
| 11 | == M.Scaurus attempts to introduce the worship of the god Alburnus.
@ Tert:Apol_5'1. |
| 12 | == M.Scaurus remarks on the diligence of M.Cicero, the grandfather of the orator.
@ +Cic:Leg_3'36.L |
| 13 | IT+ == The censors redistribute public land in Italy and Africa.
@ CIL_1.585'16, '23, '50-52<t= ARS_51>. |
| 14 | ROM << M.Drusus, as praetor urbanus, allows an action on breach of contract against an heir.
@ [Cic]:RhetHer_2'19; { DPRR.} |
| 15 | ?? P.Scaevola publishes the official Roman historical records, called the Annales Maximi.
@ Cic:DeOr_2'52. |
| 16 | ?? P.Scaevola carefully analyses his moves after losing a game of "duodecim scripta".
@ Quint_11.2'38. |
| 17 | ?? The death of the pontifex maximus P.Scaevola.
@ Plut:Sull_36'5; { Scaevola and L.Piso were consuls in 133 B.C., and both lived until after the death of C.Gracchus.} |
| 18 | ?? L.Piso is given the surname Frugi because of his integrity.
@ Cic:Tusc_3'16. |
| 19 | PEL ?? Callo of Epidaurus changes sex as the result of surgery.
@ ~Diod_32.11'1-4. |
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