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| 1 | EGY {13 Tubi -E = 8 Feb.} Document: SelPap_2.415, instructions from Paniscus for the registration of contracts written in demotic. |
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| 2 | ROM << The triumph of Scipio Aemilianus.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Rep_6'11; ~[Liv]:Per_52; Vell_2.4'5; ValMax_4.3'13; Plin:HN_33'141; ~Appian:Pun_135;* (↓) Gell_3.4'1, 16.8'10; ~Eutrop_4.14'2. |
| 3 | The consul Q.Fabius is given command of the Roman army in Spain.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Diod_33.1'3; [Liv]:EpOx_52'151<x>;L ~Appian:Hisp_65;* { CAH_8'194; DPRR.} |
| 4 | C.Laelius, as praetor, successfully opposes C.Crassus' proposal for the election of priests.
@ +Cic:Amic_96; { CAH_8'193; OCD³.} |
| 5 | PEL The Roman commissioners leave Achaea.
@ ~Polyb_39.5'1-6; { Walbank_p734.} |
| 6 | LUS Viriathus defeats some Roman foragers.
@ ~Appian:Hisp_65' |
| 7 | GRE Mummius goes on a tour of Greek cities.
* Read Polybius' account @ Syll_676; ~Polyb_39.6'1-5;* Cic:Verr_2.4'4; Paus_5.10'5, 24'4, '8; { This occurs after the departure of the ten commissioners in Polybius's account.} |
| 7a | CYP ?? Document: THI_68, honours granted by catapulters at Paphos to their engineer. |
| 8 | ASI ++ General comments on the career of the philosopher Crates of Mallus, who was famous for his studies of grammar and textual criticism.
@ Suda_K'2342; { The Suda says that Crates was a contemporary of Ptolemy VI.} |
| 9 | EGY ++ General comments on the career of the grammarian Heracleides Lembus.
@ Suda_H'462; { ~ OCD³.} |
| 9a | ?? Document: OGIS_111, a dedication by priests on the island of Setis. |
| 10 | ?? Ptolemy VI supports the Jews of Alexandria against the Samaritans.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:AJ_13'74-79;* ChronPasc_441'C; !Hieron:Chron_1869. |
| 11 | SYR << Ptolemy VI enters Antioch.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~1Macc_11'13; Diod_32.9c'1; Joseph:AJ_13'108, '111-115;* Just_35.2'3; { CAH_8'364; Hölbl_p193.} |
| 12 | ?? The inhabitants of Aradus lynch some envoys from Marathus.
@ ~Diod_33.5'1-5. |
| 13 | ?? Herais changes sex, and adopts the name Diophantus.
@ Diod_32.10'2-9. |
| 14 | ?? Alexander holds a banquet, to which he invites the Epicurean philosopher Diogenes.
@ Athen_5.211'a-d. |
| 15 | ++ General comments on the weak reign of Alexander Balas.
@ Diod_33.3'1. |
| 16 | The battle of Oenoparus: the defeat and death of Alexander Balas.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~1Macc_11'14-17; Diod_32.9d'1, 10'8; ~[Liv]:Per_52; Strab_16'751;(2.8) Joseph:AJ_13'116-117;* Appian:Syr_65; Just_35.2'4; Trog:Prol_35; [Euseb]:Chron_255, 263; !Hieron:Chron_1877; { CAH_8'364-365; OCD³.} |
| 17 | ++ General comments on the mild character of Ptolemy VI.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_39.7'1-7;* Diod_33.12'1; Joseph:Ap_2'49. |
| 18 | {July} Ptolemy dies of wounds sustained at the battle of Oenoparus.
* Read Josephus' account @ +AstrCan_3; ~Polyb_39.7'1; ~1Macc_11'18; Diod_33.20'1; ~[Liv]:Per_52; Strab_16'751;(2.8) Joseph:AJ_13'118-119;* Trog:Prol_35; [Euseb]:Chron_163, 255; Sulpit_2'24; { Hölbl_p194; Bennett.} |
| 19 | Ptolemy's army returns to Egypt, and Demetrius II gains control of Syria.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ +1Macc_11'18-19;* Joseph:AJ_13'120; { CAH_8'365.} |
| 20 | CYR ?? Ptolemy VIII gives a magnificent banquet on becoming priest of Apollo at Cyrene.
@ Athen_12.549'e-550'a<q" PtolEuerg_9>. |
| 21 | EGY {August} Accession of Ptolemy VIII.
* Read Justin's account @ ~Diod_33.6'1, 6a'1; ~[Liv]:Per_52; Strab_17'795;(1.11) Joseph:Ap_2'50-56; ClemAl:Strom_1'21; Just_38.8'2-4;* Trog:Prol_38; [Euseb]:Chron_163; ChronPasc_441'C; !Hieron:Chron_1873; ExcBarb_36A; { Bennett; Hölbl_p194.} |
| 21a | {20 ?Epeiph -E = August} Document: AET_7.31, a contract for the hire of a donkey. |
| 22 | THR War between Attalus of Pergamon and Diegylis the Thracian.
* Read Strabo's account @ +OGIS_330; ~Diod_33.14'1-15'2; Strab_13'624;* (4.2) Trog:Prol_36; { CAH_8'539.} |
| 23 | LUS Fabius Aemilianus declines to join battle with Viriathus.
* Read Appian's account @ Vell_2.5'3; ~Appian:Hisp_65'* |
| 24 | Laelius defeats Viriathus.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Brut_84,* :Off_2'40; { CAH_8'133; not mentioned explicitly by any ancient historian.} |
| 25 | PHO Jonathan meets Demetrius at Ptolemais, and wins his support.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_11'20-37;* Joseph:AJ_13'121-132; Sulpit_2'25. |
| 26 | ROM The triumph of Mummius, who brings many paintings and statues back from Greece.
* Read Eutropius' account @ CIL_1.626; Vitr_5.5'8; Verg:Aen_6'836-837; ~[Liv]:Per_52; Vell_2.128'2; Tac:Ann_14'21; [DioChrys]:Or_37'42; ~Appian:Pun_135;(↓) ~Eutrop_4.14'2.* |
| 27 | SYR Diodotus, called Tryphon, sets up Antiochus VI as a rival king.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~1Macc_11'38-40; ~Diod_33.4a'1; ~[Liv]:Per_52; Strab_16'752;(2.10) Joseph:AJ_13'143-144;* Appian:Syr_68; [Euseb]:Chron_255; Oros_5.4'17; { CAH_8'365.} |
| 28 | ROM Metellus Macedonicus fails to be elected consul, for the second time.
@ [Liv]:EpOx_52'154<x>;L ValMax_7.5'4; { Metellus was eventually elected consul in the following year.} |
| 29 | C.Plautius is brought to trial for his conduct in Spain, and goes into exile.
@ ~Diod_33.2'1. |
| 30 | SYR Demetrius' Cretan and Jewish mercenaries massacre the inhabitants of Antioch.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~1Macc_11'41-53; ~Diod_33.4'1-4; ~[Liv]:Per_52; Joseph:AJ_13'133-142;* { CAH_8'365.} |
| 31 | GRE ?? The grammarians Apollodorus of Athens and Ptolemaeus "Pindarion" are pupils of Aristarchus.
* Read Suda's account @ Suda_A'3407,* P'3034. |
| 32 | CYP The death of Aristarchus of Samothrace.
@ Suda_A'3892; { OCD³.} |
| 33 | EGY Ammonius (or Cydas) succeeds Aristarchus as head of the library at Alexandria.
@ POxy_1241; Suda_A'1641. |
| 34 | ++ General comments on the career of the grammarian Ptolemaeus "Epithetes".
@ Suda_P'3035; { The Suda says that Ptolemy "followed" Aristarchus; but in what sense, is not clear.} |
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