back 113 B.C. Olympiad 166.4

Consuls: C. Caecilius Q.f. Metellus Caprarius, Cn. Papirius C.f. Carbo

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1 EGY {10 Mecheir -E = Feb.} Document: PTeb_27, letters from Irenaeus, the dioecetes.
@ Bagnall_91.
2 {14 Mecheir -E = March} Document: PTeb_38, a report from Menches to Horus.
3 {12 Phamenoth -E = March} Document: PTeb_20, a letter from Polemon to Menches.
4 ROM L.Cassius is appointed to head an enquiry into the Vestal Virgins, and condemns Marcia, Licinia, and others.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ [Cic]:RhetHer_4'47; ~Cic:Brut_159;L  Ascon_45'c-46'a;L  Plut:Mor_284'B-C; {CAH_9'747; OCD_c.}
5 The quaestor M.Antonius is summoned before Cassius' enquiry, but is soon cleared of guilt.
@ ValMax_3.7'9,L  6.8'1.L 
6 EGY ?? Document: PTeb_48, a petition from Horus to Menches.
7 G+? ?? The migration of the Cimbri and Teutones, southwards through Gaul.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Caes:BGall_2.4'2, 29'4-5, 7.77'12-14; Strab_2.102'c-d,(3.6)  4.193'c,(3.3)  196'd,(4.3)  7.293'e;(2.2)  Plut:Mar_11'2-13.
8 ILL The Cimbri arrive in Illyricum and defeat Cn. Carbo.
* Read Livy's account
@ Diod_34.37'1; +[Liv]:Per_63'a; Strab_5.214'e;(1.8)  Vell_2.12'2; +Tac:Germ_37'2, '5; +Appian:Gall_13'1-4;(11)  +Obseq_38;L  +Eutrop_4.25'1; {CAH_9'37; OCD_cimbri.}
9 NUM Jugurtha captures Adherbal's camp, and the Romans send an embassy to restrain him.
* Read Sallust's account
@ ~Sall:Jug_21'1-22'5; Diod_34.31'1; ~[Liv]:Per_64'a.
10 SYR Antiochus Cyzicenus marries Cleopatra of Egypt and attacks Antiochus Grypus.
* Read Josephus' account
@ Joseph:AJ_13'270-273; Plut:Mor_486'A; Appian:Syr_69'a; ~Just_39.2'9-10, 3'3; Trog:Prol_39; ~[Euseb]:Chron_259'a; !Hieron:Chron_1905; {Green_718; Holbl_p206.}
11 EGY {Mesore -E = August} Document: PTeb_45, 46, and 47, petitions to Menches concerning an attack by Pyrrhicus and Heracleus.
12 PON ++ Mithridates hides from the plots of his opponents for seven years before taking control of his kingdom.
@ ~Just_37.2'4-9; {CAH_9'783; Green_558.}
13 << Mithridates murders his mother and brother.
* Read Memnon's account
@ Sall:Hist_2'87-88; Seneca:Contr_7.1'15; Memn_22'2; Appian:Mith_112'd; {CAH_9'113; Green_558<112>.}
14 ?? Lagetas, the great-uncle of the geographer Strabo, moves from Cnossus to Pontus at the invitation of Mithridates.
@ Strab_10.478'a;(4.10)  {"When Mithridates reached manhood".}
15 EGY {30 Mesore -E = September} Document: PTeb_89, a preliminary account of payments in kind.
@ PLoeb_2.398.
16 CYP Ptolemaeus Alexander assumes the official title of king.
@ PGrenf_2.23a'1-2<t= PLoeb_1.27>; +[Euseb]:Chron_163'c-d.
17 EGY {Phaophi -E = November} Document: PTeb_49, a petition from Apollophanes to Menches.
18 AFR Cn.Papirius sells and leases out land in the Roman province of Africa.
@ +CIL_585'89<t=L  ROL_p432>.
19 AEG Document: CIL_2504,L  a dedication by P.Sextilius Philo and others at Delos.
@ ROL_p118.
20 ROM == A "night sun" appears in the sky.
@ +Plin:HN_2'100.L 
21 == The birth of L.Orbilius Pupillus.
@ ~Suet:Gram_9; {~OCD_o.}

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