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| 1 | ROM The senate blocks the election of Q.Fulvius as a replacement praetor after the death of C.Decimius.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_39.39'1-15,* 45'2; { CAH_8'190.} |
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| 1a | EGY {15 Mecheir -E = March} Aristonicus defeats the remaining rebels in Lower Egypt.
@ #THI_262.A'27-35. ~Polyb_22.22'1-5; Suda_A'3925. |
| 2 | ROM M.Porcius Cato and L.Valerius Flaccus are elected censors.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_39.40'1-41'7;* +FastCap_p64; Plut:CatMai_3'4, 16'1-8, 29'1; { CAH_8'180; DPRR.} |
| 3 | C.Calpurnius and L.Quinctius celebrate triumphs for their victory in Spain.
@ +Liv_39.42'1-4; { CAH_8'124.} |
| 4 | THR Philippus massacres his opponents at Maroneia.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_22.13'1-14'12;* +Liv_39.34'1-35'4; { CAH_8'294; Green_424<186/5>.} |
| 5 | GLT << Ortiagon attempts to gain control of all Galatia.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_22.21'1-4;* Trog:Prol_32; Suda_O'639; { See Walbank, p.13.} |
| 7 | GRE << The death of Moschion, an Academic philosopher.
@ Apollod:Fr_47. |
| 7a | ASI << Document: Syll_633, a treaty of isopoliteia between Miletus and Heracleia-ad-Latmum. { Errington_p235} |
| 8 | PEL Ap.Claudius forces the Achaean assembly to accept a settlement with Sparta.
* Read Livy's account @ Liv_39.35'5-37'21;* Paus_7.9'3-5, 8.51'3; { CAH_8'297; Green_424.} |
| 9 | CRE Claudius persuades the Cretan cities of Cnossus, Gortyn, and Cydonia to settle their disputes.
@ ~Polyb_22.15'1-6; { See Walbank, p.200.} |
| 9a | EGY << Document: THI_261, a decree of Egyptian priests granting honours to Ptolemy and Cleopatra. { Hölbl_p167.} |
| 9b | << Document: SelPap_2.210A, an amnesty decree issued by Ptolemy V.
@ THI_262.A'19-22; { Hölbl_p157=186.} |
| 9c | ASI {2 Audnaeus -M = December} Document: THI_116, a decree of Telmessus celebrating a victory of Eumenes against Ortiagon. |
| 10 | ROM The censors review the senate, and impose penalties on L.Flamininus and L.Scipio.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:Sen_42; +Liv_39.42'5-44'1,* 52'1-2; ValMax_2.9'3, 4.5'1; Plut:CatMai_17'1-18'1, :Flam_19'1-8; [Vict]:VirIll_47'4-5; { CAH_8'183; OCD³.} |
| 11 | Cato continues his efforts to stop the spread of luxury.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:DeOr_2'260; Nepos:Cat_2'3; +Liv_39.44'1-9; Plin:HN_34'31; Plut:CatMai_18'2-19'4,* :Mor_139'E; { CAH_8'183.} |
| 12 | IT+ == Roman colonies are founded at Potentia and Pisaurum.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_39.44'10;* ~Vell_1.15'2; { CAH_8'215.} |
| 12a | ITA == P. Claudius recruits further Roman colonists to go to Cales.
@ +CIL_6.1283; { See F. Pina Pola, "The Consul at Rome", p.176.} |
| 13 | ROM == The death of the comic poet Plautus.
* Read Cicero's account @ +Cic:Brut_60;* !Hieron:Chron_1817; { OCD³; Green_707.} |
| 14 | == Maenius retains possession of a pillar near the forum, from which he can watch gladiatorial shows.
@ Lucil_1136-1137; { Maenius' house was bought by Cato - see Liv_39.44'7.} |
| 15 | << The birth of Scipio Aemilianus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Cic:Rep_6'12; ~Plut:Mor_199'F;* Aelian:VH_11'9; { OCD³.} |
| 16 | ?? The pontifex maximus P.Crassus punishes a Vestal Virgin for carelessness in guarding the sacred flame.
@ ValMax_1.1'6. |
| 17 | Omens at the funeral of Crassus, and shortly afterwards.
* Read Livy's account @ ~Liv_39.46'1-5;* +Obseq_4. |
| 18 | Demetrius defends his father Philippus before the senate.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_23.1'1-4'16;* ~Liv_39.46'6-48'5, 40.2'7; Appian:Mac_9'6-7;(15) Just_32.2'3-7; Oros_4.20'27; { CAH_8'294; Green_424.} |
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