| 1
| EGY The coming of age (anacleteria) of Ptolemy VI.
* Read Polybius' account
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Polyb_27.13'1-4,*
~28.12'8;
Suda_P'3041;
{ Walbank_p324.}
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| 2
| ROM Claudius and Gracchus are elected censors, and help the consuls to overcome opposition to conscription at Rome.
* Read Livy's account
@
+Liv_43.14'1-15'8;*
+FastCap_p66;
{ CAH_8'194; DPRR.}
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| 3
| ILL << Perseus invades Illyria.
* Read Livy's account
@
+Liv_43.18'1-19'12;*
~Oros_4.20'38;
{ CAH_8'315.}
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| 4
| Perseus attempts to persuade Genthius the Illyrian king to join him in the war against Rome.
* Read Polybius' account
@
~Polyb_28.8'1-11;*
~Diod_30.9'1-2;
+Liv_43.19'13-20'4;
Plut:Aem_9'6-7;
DioCass_fr.66'1;
+Zonar_9'22.(p337)
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| 5
| GRE Perseus fails to capture Stratus.
* Read Polybius' account
@
~Polyb_28.9'1-8;*
+Liv_43.21'1-23'8.
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| 6
| MAC Philippus crosses to Greece and takes command of the army in Thessaly.
@
+Liv_44.1'1-12.
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| 7
| PEL The assembly of the Achaean League votes to send an army to fight against Perseus in Thessaly.
@
~Polyb_28.12'1-9;
{ CAH_8'314; Green_276.}
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| 8
| EGY The armies of Antiochus and Ptolemy advance to meet each other.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
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Daniel_8'9;
1Macc_1'16-17;*
~Diod_30.15'1-16'11;
Joseph:AJ_12'242;
Just_34.2'7;
{ CAH_8'344; Walbank_p324.}
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| 9
| ROM ++ The character of Sex. Aelius Paetus.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Rep_1'30,
:Brut_78;*
Justin:Dig_1.2.2'38<q"
Pomponius>;
{ Paetus, the consul of 198 B.C., was warmly praised by Ennius.}
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| 10
| ?? Scipio Nasica jokingly rebukes Ennius after being refused entry to his house, near the sanctuary of Tutilina at Rome.
@
Cic:DeOr_2'276;
Varro:Ling_5'163.
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| 11
| {July -R = April} The death of the poet Ennius.
* Read Cicero's account
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#Cic:Brut_78,
+:Sen_14;*
Suet:Gram_2;
!Hieron:Chron_1838;
Schol:Bob_178;L
{ CAH_8'444; OCD³.}
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| 11a
| AEG ?? Document: THI_61.D, a list of victors in the Asclepieia games at Cos.
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| 12
| PAL << Lysimachus the brother of Menelaus is killed in a riot at Jerusalem.
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2Macc_4'39-50;
{ After the murder of Onias, and before Antiochus' second invasion of Egypt.}
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| 13
| EXT ?? Demetrius of Bactria conquers part of India.
@
Strab_11'516;(11.1)
{ See CAH_8'399; there were probably two Bactrian kings called Demetrius, who have been confused by our sources.}
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| 14
| EXT << Demetrius, king of Bactria, is defeated and killed by Eucratides.
@
Just_41.6'4;
{ CAH_8'401-402; OCD³?165.}
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| 15
| MAC Philippus penetrates into Macedonia.
* Read Livy's account
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~Polyb_28.13'1;
~Diod_30.10'1;
+Liv_44.2'1-5'13;*
Flor_1.28'5;
Appian:Mac_14;(28)
Ampel_16'4;
+Zonar_9'22;(p337)
{ CAH_8'314; OCD³.}
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| 15a
| EGY {17 Pharmuthi -E = May} Document: IsisHymn_5, invocations to the goddess Isis written down by Hor.
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| 16
| Antiochus defeats the Egyptians near Pelusium.
* Read Diodorus' account
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Daniel_11'24-26;
1Macc_1'18-19;
~Diod_30.14'1;*
Porph:Fr_49;
Malal_206;
{ CAH_8'344; Green_430.}
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| 17
| Ptolemy VI attempts to escape to Samothrace.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_28.21'1-5;*
Diod_30.17'1.
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| 18
| Antiochus captures Pelusium.
* Read Diodorus' account
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~Polyb_28.18'1;
~Diod_30.14'1,
18'1-2;*
Joseph:AJ_12'243;
{ Green_430.}
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| 19
| ROM {23 Sept. -R = June} The tribune P.Rutilius brings the censors to trial.
* Read Livy's account
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Cic:Rep_6'2;
#Liv_43.16'1-15;*
ValMax_6.5'3;
[Vict]:VirIll_57'3.
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| 20
| MAC Philippus advances to Dium.
* Read Livy's account
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~Polyb_28.10'1;
~Diod_30.10'2-11'2;
+Liv_44.6'1-7'12;*
Flor_1.28'6;
Appian:Mac_15;(29)
{ CAH_8'315.}
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| 21
| The Romans capture Heracleium.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_28.11'1,
13'1-14,*
16'1-17'15;
+Liv_44.8'1-9'11;
Appian:Mac_17;(31)
+Zonar_9'22.(p337)
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| 22
| EGY Antiochus addresses envoys from Athens, Miletus, Clazomenae, and the Achaeans, in order to justify his invasion of Egypt.
@
~Polyb_28.19'1-20'13.
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| 23
| Ptolemy VI joins Antiochus, who promises to support him against his brother, and sets up a rival seat of government at Memphis.
* Read Zonaras' account
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Burstein_106'16-17;B
Daniel_11'27;
~Liv_44.19'8;
Athen_3.124'e;
Porph:Fr_49;
[Euseb]:Chron_161;(↓)
Suda_H'462;
Zonar_9'25;* (p359)
{ CAH_8'344; Green_430.}
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| 24
| Antiochus besieges Alexandria.
@
~Liv_44.19'9;
{ Walbank_p358.}
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| 25
| CRE The army of Cydonia massacres the inhabitants of Apollonia.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_28.14'1-15'3;*
~Diod_30.13'1;
{ Walbank_p348.}
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| 26
| ROM An embassy from Rhodes tries to maintain friendly relations with Rome.
* Read Livy's account
@
~Polyb_28.2'1-8;
+Liv_44.14'1-16'7;*
DioCass_fr.66'2;
+Zonar_9'22;(p339)
{ CAH_8'314.}
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| 27
| MAC The Romans attack Cassandreia.
* Read Livy's account
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~Diod_30.12'1;
+Liv_44.10'1-12'8;*
Appian:Mac_16.(30)
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| 28
| The Romans withdraw from Demetrias, after alleged contacts between the Macedonians and Cydas, an officer of Eumenes.
* Read Livy's account
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~Polyb_29.6'1,
7'8;
+Liv_44.13'1-14.*
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| 29
| EGY Antiochus withdraws from Alexandria.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_28.22'1-23'5;*
Liv_45.11'1;
Joseph:AJ_12'243-244;
{ Green_430.}
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| 29a
| MES {Abu -B = August/Sept.} The citizens of Babylon celebrate the news of Antiochus' victories in Egypt.
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AstrDiar_168A.obv'A14-15;
{ the word meluḫḫa here apparently refers to Egypt.}
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| 30
| PAL Antiochus robs the temple at Jerusalem.
* Read Daniel's account
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Daniel_8'23-25,*
9'26,
11'28;
+1Macc_1'20-28;
Diod_34.1'3;
Joseph:BJ_1'32,
7'44,
+:AJ_12'246-247,
'357,
'359,
:Ap_2'80-102;
Porph:Fr_50,
51;
[Euseb]:Chron_127;(↓)
Sulpit_2'18;
{ Green_512.}
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| 31
| ROM {13 December -R = September} The censors review the equites again, and punish P.Rutilius.
* Read Livy's account
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+Liv_44.16'8-11;*
Plut:TGrac_14'4.
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| 32
| Paullus is assigned Macedonia as his province immediately after his election as consul.
* Read Livy's account
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Cic:Div_1'103;
+Liv_44.17'1-18'5;*
CIL_11.1829;
Vell_1.9'3;
ValMax_1.5'3;
Plut:Aem_6'8-7'1,
10'1-8,
:Mor_197'F-198'A;
Just_33.1'6;
{ CAH_8'315.}
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| 33
| ILL Genthius joins the war as an ally of Perseus against Rome.
* Read Polybius' account
@
~Polyb_29.3'1-4'7,*
9'13;
~Liv_44.23'1-10,
27'8-12;
ValMax_3.3'2;
Plut:Aem_13'1-2;
Flor_1.29'1;
Appian:Ill_9;
DioCass_fr.66'1;
{ CAH_8'315.}
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| 34
| ASI Alleged negotiations between Perseus and Eumenes.
* Read Polybius' account
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~Polyb_29.4'8-9'13;*
~Liv_44.24'1-25'12,
27'13;
Appian:Mac_18'1;(32)
DioCass_fr.66'1;
{ CAH_8'533.}
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| 34a
| EGY {3 epag. -E = 1 October} The Buchis bull is moved to Hermonthis, because Thebes is occupied by foreign troops.
@
AET_9.2'C.
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| 35
| Reconciliation between Ptolemy VI and his brother Ptolemy VIII.
* Read Livy's account
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Polyb_29.23'4;
Liv_45.11'2-8;*
Just_34.2'8;
~[Euseb]:Chron_161;(↓)
{ CAH_8'344; Hölbl_p146; Bennett.}
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| 35a
| PEL == Document: Syll_649, a statue of Philippus at Olympia.
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| 36
| ROM == The Lex Voconia restricts women's rights of inheritance.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.1'107-110,*
:Balb_21,
:Rep_3'17,
:Fin_2'55,
+:Sen_14;
~[Liv]:Per_41;
Gaius:Inst_2'226,L
'274;L
Gell_20.1'23;
DioCass_56.10'2;
August:DeCiv_3'21;(↓)
{ OCD³.}
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| 37
| == The censor Claudius passes a law to prevent the serving of delicacies such as dormice at banquets.
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Plin:HN_36'4.
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| 38
| == The censor Gracchus enrols freedmen into one of the urban tribes.
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Cic:DeOr_1'38;
{ CAH_8'169; DPRR.}
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