116 B.C. - events and references

116 B.C. Olympiad 166.1

Consuls: C. Licinius P.f. Geta, Q. Fabius Q.Serviliani f. Maximus Eburnus
Athenian archon: Sarapion
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.
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.
7a	++ A native Egyptian describes a friendly ruler (? Ptolemaeus VIII), in "The Potter's Oracle". @ Austin_326'39-43.
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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