108 B.C. Olympiad 168.1Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM Q.Hortensius is found guilty of an offence, and is forced to resign as consul.
@ +FastCap_p72. |
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| 2 | NUM << Jugurtha enters into negotiations about surrender, but then decides to continue the conflict.
* Read Sallust's account @ ~Sall:Jug_61'4-62'10;* DioCass_fr.89'1; ~Oros_5.15'7.L |
| 3 | Marius plans to stand for the consulship, but does not get the support of Metellus.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_63'1-65'5;* Vell_2.11'1-2; Plin:HN_11'189;L Plut:Mar_7'6, 8'6, '8; DioCass_fr.89'3-4; [Vict]:VirIll_67'1;L Exsuper_3. |
| 4 | Vaga revolts from the Romans, but is recaptured by Metellus.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_66'1-69'4;* Plut:Mar_8'2-3; Appian:Num_3. |
| 5 | Metellus is forced to condemn Turpilius for his conduct during the revolt of Vaga.
@ Plut:Mar_8'1-5. |
| 6 | Jugurtha discovers that Bomilcar is plotting against him.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Jug_70'1-72'2;* Frontin:Str_1.8'8. |
| 7 | Metellus defeats Jugurtha in another battle.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_74'1-3;* [Liv]:Per_65'a; Vell_2.11'2; +Obseq_40.L |
| 8 | SYR << Antiochus Grypus grants independence to Seleuceia.
@ +ChronPasc_448'A; {OCD_s.} |
| 9 | ROM Marius returns to Rome and is elected consul for the following year.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_73'1-7;* Cic:Off_3'79,L '81;L Vell_2.11'2; Plut:Mar_8'7-9; Exsuper_4-7; {CAH_9'44; OCD_m.} |
| 10 | NUM Metellus captures Thala.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_75'1-77'4,* 89'6; Flor_1.36'11.L |
| 11 | MAU Bocchus enters into alliance with Jugurtha.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_80'1-83'3;* Flor_1.36'12.L |
| 12 | PAL << Hyrcanus begins to besiege Samaria.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~Joseph:BJ_1'64, :AJ_13'273-277;* {The siege lasted for about a year.} |
| 13 | SYR << Ptolemaeus Lathyrus sends six thousand soldiers as aid to Antiochus Cyzicenus.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'65, ~:AJ_13'277-279,* '282-283; {Holbl_p208.} |
| 14 | ITA == Document: CIL_675,L a wall dedicated to Venus at Capua.
@ ROL_p102. |
| 15 | ROM == C.Geta is elected censor after having been downgraded by a previous pair of censors.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Clu_119;* +FastCap_p72<x>; {CAH_9'784.} |
| 16 | == The birth of Q.Pompeius Bithynicus, P.Autronius, C.Staienus and other mediocre orators.
@ ~Cic:Brut_240-241;L {About two years before the birth of Cicero.} |
| 17 | EXT ?? The second voyage of Eudoxus, during which he visits Ethiopia.
@ Strab_2.99'a-b,(3.4) 101'b;(3.5) {While Cleopatra the queen mother was in control of Egypt.} |
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