118 B.C. Olympiad 165.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | EGY {9 Pharmouthi -E = April} Document: PTeb_5, indulgences granted by king Ptolemaeus.
@ Austin_231; UPZ_2.162'7<t= Bagnall_110>; {CAH_9'314; Green_544.} |
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| 2 | NAR The Romans found a colony at Narbo Martius, with the support of the orator L.Crassus.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Clu_140,* :DeOr_2'223,L :Brut_160;L Diod_5.38'5; +Vell_1.15'5, +2.7'8; Mela_2'75; +Eutrop_4.23'1; !Hieron:Chron_1897; {CAH_9'24; OCD_n.} |
| 3 | ALP Q.Marcius defeats the Styni, an Alpine tribe.
* Read Livy's account @ +[Liv]:Per_62'a;* +Oros_5.14'5-6.L |
| 4 | ILL L.Metellus defeats the Dalmatians.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_62'a;* Appian:Ill_11'c; {Metellus was consul in 119 B.C., and triumphed in 117 B.C.} |
| 5 | ROM << Q.Scaevola is accused of extortion by T.Albucius.
@ Lucil_53-93; Cic:DeOr_2'281,L :Brut_102;L Plin:HN_36'185;L {OCD_s.} |
| 6 | GRE << Document: Apollod:Fr_, the fragments of Apollodorus' "Chronica". {~OCD_a.} |
| 7 | GRE ?? The Amphictyonic Council honours the grammarian Apollodorus.
@ Plin:HN_7'123.L |
| 8 | {18 Mesore -E = Sept.} Document: PTeb_12, letters from Menches to Herodes and Ammonius. |
| 9 | NUM ?? Micipsa enlarges the city of Cirta, and places Greek settlers there.
@ Strab_17.832'a.(3.13) |
| 10 | The death of king Micipsa, who is succeeded by his three sons, Adherbal Hiempsal and Jugurtha.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Jug_9'4-11'2,* 14'1, 65'1; ~[Liv]:Per_62'a; Oros_5.15'3;L {CAH_9'28; OCD_j.} |
| 11 | A conference between the sons of Micipsa to split up his kingdom.
@ Sall:Jug_11'2-12'3. |
| 12 | NUM {? Hathyr -E = December} Document: PTeb_43, a petition from Menches and Polemon. |
| 13 | ROM ?? Decimus Brutus offers sacrifices to the dead in December, instead of the usual date in February.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Leg_2'54;L Plut:Mor_272'D-E;* {Brutus lived until after the death of C.Gracchus.} |
| 14 | ?? D.Brutus makes December the last month of the Roman year.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Leg_2'54;L Plut:Mor_272'D.* |
| 15 | << P.Rutilius, as praetor, introduces a new procedure in cases of bankruptcy.
@ Gaius:Inst_4'35; {MRR_1'527.} |
| 16 | == Marcius reacts bravely to the death of his son.
@ +ValMax_5.10'3.L |
| 17 | == Omens, including the appearance of three different suns in the sky at the same time.
@ +Plin:HN_2'99;L +Obseq_35.L |
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