120 B.C. - events and references

120 B.C. Olympiad 165.1

Consuls: P. Manilius P.f., C. Papirius Carbo
Olympic victor in the stadion race: Acusilaus of Cyrene

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1	PON Death of Mithridates V and accession of Mithridates VI. * Read Strabo's account @ ~Strab_10.477'e;* ^(4.10) Memn_22'2; ~Appian:Mith_112'a; Just_37.1'6, 2'1-3, 38.8'1; Eutrop_6.12'3; {CAH_9'132; OCD_m.}
2	ROM Opimius is accused of putting citizens to death without trial, but he is defended by Carbo, and acquitted. * Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Part_104, :Sest_140,* :DeOr_2'106,^L '132-134,^L '165,^L '168-170,^L :Brut_128;^L ~[Liv]:Per_61'c; {OCD_o; Green_717.}
3	SYR The death of Cleopatra, the mother of Antiochus Grypus. * Read Justin's account @ Appian:Syr_69'a; ~Just_39.2'7-8;* {Green_542.}
4	SYR {20 Thoth -E = October} Document: PTeb_101, a banker's receipt for a payment made by Demetrius son of Heracleides.
5	ROM C.Marius is elected tribune. @ ValMax_6.9'14.^L
6	== L. Bestia passes a law to recall Popillius. @ Cic:Brut_128;^L {OCD_b.}

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