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| 1 | Document: BD_142, a petition from Ptolemaeus complaining about intrusion on his father's house. |
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| 2 | PAL Razis commits suicide to avoid capture by the Syrians.
@ 2Macc_14'37-46. |
| 3 | {13 Adar -J = March} Nicanor is defeated and killed at Adasa.
* Read 2Maccabees' account @ #1Macc_7'39-50; #2Macc_15'1-37;* #MegTaan_12'3; Joseph:BJ_1'47, :AJ_12'406-412; Just_36.1'10; Sulpit_2'23; { CAH_8'536; Green_522=161.} |
| 4 | {? April} A treaty between Judas and the Romans.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ 1Macc_8'1-32;* Diod_40.2'1; Joseph:AJ_12'414-419; Just_36.3'9; ChronPasc_440'C; +Hieron:Chron_1857; Sulpit_2'23; { CAH_8'536; Green_522=161.} |
| 5 | {Nisan -J = April/May} Judas is defeated by Bacchides and killed at Berea.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ +1Macc_9'1-22;* Joseph:BJ_1'47, :AJ_12'420-13'1; Porph:Fr_52; !Hieron:Chron_1860; Sulpit_2'23; ExcBarb_36A, 47A; ChronSynt_95;(↓) { CAH_8'536; Green_522.} |
| 6 | SYR << Demetrius suppresses a rebellion by Timarchus, satrap of Media.
* Read Diodorus' account @ Diod_31.27a'1;* Appian:Syr_47; Trog:Prol_34; { CAH_8'358; OCD_d.} |
| 7 | Demetrius gains official Roman recognition as king of Syria, with the support of Ti.Gracchus.
@ ~Polyb_31.33'1-4; { Walbank_p517.} |
| 8 | ROM Charops of Epirus appears before the senate, but fails to win their approval.
@ Polyb_32.6'1-6; { Walbank_p524.} |
| 8a | GRE Document: Syll_668, the decision in a dispute between Cytinium and Sparta, about voting in the Amphictyonic council. |
| 8b | << Document: Syll_660, a decree of Delphi in honour of two citharodes from Aegeira. |
| 8c | << Document: Syll_667, an Athenian decree in honour of an agonothete, with a list of victors in the Theseia games. |
| 9 | ?? Carneades is reprimanded for speaking too loudly in the gymnasium.
@ Plut:Mor_513'C. |
| 10 | ?? Carneades becomes head of the Academy at Athens.
* Read Clement's account @ Cic:Acad_1'46, 2'16, '98; ClemAl:Strom_1'14;* (↓) DiogLaert_4'60; { ~OCD_c.} |
| 10a | ++ Comments on the philosopher Zenon of Tarsus, and his pupils.
@ Phld:Sto_48. |
| 10b | ?? Diogenes is persuaded by Zenon (? of Tarsus) to study philosophy.
@ Plut:Mor_328'D. |
| 11 | ?? Antipater of Tarsus sails to Athens and joins the Stoic school there.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Mar_46'2,* :Mor_469'D, :Fr_206; { Antipater succeeded Diogenes "the Babylonian" as head of the Stoic school in about 152 B.C.} |
| 12 | ARM ?? Artaxias conquers some of the surrounding nations to create a large independent kingdom in Armenia.
@ Strab_11'528;(14.5) { Artaxias was still alive in 162 B.C. (Polyb_31.16'1).} |
| 13 | ASI ?? Document: Burstein_40,B a decree of Miletus in honour of Eirenias. |
| 13a | EGY {6 Mesore -E = September} Document: AET_2.6.B, recording a dream in the Serapeum of Memphis. |
| 14 | PAL Jonathan becomes Jewish leader.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ 1Macc_9'23-31;* (?) Qumran_1QpHab'8,(2.5-6) 4Q448'B; Joseph:BJ_1'48, :AJ_13'1-6; [Euseb]:Chron_129; ChronPasc_441'A, 464'B, 509'B; !Hieron:Chron_1860; Sulpit_2'23; Syncell_346; { Green_711.} |
| 15 | AEG << Eumenes and Demetrius give gifts of grain to the Rhodians.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.31'1-3;* Diod_31.36'1; { CAH_8'380-381.} |
| 16 | PAL The death of John the brother of Jonathan.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_9'32-42;* Joseph:BJ_1'47, :AJ_13'7-11, '18-22. |
| 17 | ROM An embassy from Ariarathes of Cappadocia brings a crown as a symbol of his friendship.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.32'3, 32.1'1-4;* Diod_31.28'1; { Walbank_p518.} |
| 18 | PAL >> A battle between Bacchides and Jonathan by the river Jordan.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_9'43-49;* Joseph:AJ_13'12-17; { Before the death of Alcimus, which was early in 159 B.C.} |
| 19 | GRE Document: Austin_242B (Syll_672), commemorating a gift from Attalus II to the city of Delphi; { perhaps a year later, in 159 B.C.} |
| 20 | ROM This year is a famous vintage for Italian wines.
@ +Cic:Brut_287-288. |
| 21 | ++ General comments on the strong and upright character of Paullus.
@ Plut:Tim_41'1, '8-10. |
| 22 | >> Death of L.Aemilius Paullus.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_18.35'6, ~31.22'1-11;* Diod_31.25'1, 26'1-2; [Liv]:Per_46; ValMax_4.4'9; Plut:Aem_4'5, 39'2-5; DioCass_fr.67'1; [Vict]:VirIll_56'6; Suda_L'330; Zonar_9'24;(p353) { OCD_p.} |
| 23 | >> The funeral of Paullus; composition and first performance of Terentius' "Adelphi".
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Polyb_31.28'4-6; Diod_31.25'2, 27'6; ValMax_2.10'3; Plut:Aem_39'6-8;* #Hyp:Ter_Hec, #Ad; { OCD_t.} |
| 24 | >> Scipio Aemilianus makes over his inheritance to his brother.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.28'1-3;* Diod_31.27'5-6; Plut:Aem_39'10. |
| 25 | >> Terentius leaves for Greece.
@ [Suet]:Ter_4. |
| 26 | ETR >> Cethegus drains the Pomptine marshes.
@ +[Liv]:Per_46. |
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