back 116 B.C. Olympiad 166.1

Consuls: C. Licinius P.f. Geta, Q. Fabius Q.Serviliani f. Maximus Eburnus
Olympic victor in the stadion race: Chrysogonus of Nicaea

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1 EGY {13 Tybi -E = February} Document: PTeb_40, a petition from Pnepheros to Amenneus.
@ Bagnall_80.
2 ROM Adherbal complains to the senate about Jugurtha's aggression; Jugurtha's envoys allegedly bribe senators to win support.
* Read Sallust's account
@ Sall:Jug_13'4-15'5,*  28'1; ~[Liv]:Per_62'a; Flor_1.36'4-5.L 
3 EGY {8 Pharmuthi -E = May} Document: PTeb_30'10-21, a letter from Ptolemaeus and Hestiaeus to Apollonius.
4 EXT ?? The first voyage of Eudoxus, sailing from Egypt to India.
@ Strab_2.98'c-99'a,(3.4)  100'd-101'a.(3.5) 
5 EGY ?? The parasite Hierax of Antioch is put to death by Ptolemaeus.
@ Athen_6.252'e.
6 ?? Document: OGI_137-139, a petition of the priests of Isis at Philae.
@ Burstein_108.
7 {8 Payni -E = June} Document: PTeb_100, receipts for tax paid by Epigenes.
8 {June} The death of Ptolemaeus VIII and accession of Ptolemaeus IX.
* Read Justin's account
@ PGrenf_2.23a'1<t= PLoeb_1.27>; +AstrCan_3; Strab_17.795'e;(1.11)  ClemAl:Strom_1.21'w; Just_39.3'1;*  ~[Euseb]:Chron_163'a-c, 171'a; ChronPasc_441'C; !Hieron:Chron_1902; ExcBarb_36A; ChronSynt_91'b; {CAH_9'314; OCD_p.}
9 NUM A Roman commision led by Opimius partitions Numidia between the kings.
* Read Sallust's account
@ Lucil_450; Sall:Jug_16'1-5;*  Plut:CGrac_18'1; Flor_^; {CAH_9'29; Green_718.}
10 ROM C.Marius is elected praetor; he is subsequently accused of bribery, but acquitted.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ValMax_6.9'14;L  Plut:Mar_5'3-10;*  {CAH_9'515; OCD_m.}
11 Scaurus unsuccessfully prosecutes P.Rutilius after the consular elections.
* Read Tacitus' account
@ Cic:DeOr_2'280,L  ~:Brut_113;L  Tac:Ann_3'66;*  {OCD_r.}
12 EGY Cleopatra is forced to accept her elder son as king of Egypt.
* Read Pausanias' account
@ Paus_1.9'1;*  ~Just_39.3'2; {CAH_9'315.}
13 AS1 Rome removes Phrygia Major from the control of Mithridates.
* Read Justin's account
@ ~OGI_436<t= Sherk1_49>; Just_38.5'3;*  {CAH_9'133.}
14 AS1 == Document: OGI_436, a copy of a senatorial decree about Phrygia Major.
@ Sherk1_49.
15 ROM == The birth of the writer M.Varro.
* Read St.Jerome's account
@ +Hieron:Chron_1901,*  1935; {OCD_v; Green_718.}

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