122 B.C. Olympiad 164.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | SYR << Antiochus Grypus is reconciled with Ptolemaeus VIII and marries his daughter Tryphaena.
@ Just_39.2'1-3; {Green_542.} |
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| 2 | ROM << C.Gracchus passes a law about the allocation of provinces to the consuls.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Dom_24,* :Balb_61; Sall:Jug_27'3; {CAH_9'79; OCD_g.} |
| 3 | << C.Gracchus passes a law about the taxation of the provinces (? i.e. Asia).
* Read Cicero's account @ CIL_585'82<t=L ROL_p426>; Cic:Verr_2.3'12;* Diod_35.25'1; {CAH_9'79; OCD_g.} |
| 4 | << C.Gracchus passes a law against judicial conspiracy.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Clu_151,* 154. |
| 5 | Gracchus proposes more colonies and citizenship for the Italian allies, but is opposed by the consul Fannius.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Brut_99-100;L ~[Liv]:Per_60'c; Vell_2.6'2; Plut:CGrac_5'2, +9'3-5;* Appian:BCiv_1.23'a, 34'c; {CAH_9'83; OCD_g.} |
| 6 | NAR The foundation of Aquae Sextiae, by C.Sextius.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_61'a;* Strab_4.180'c;(1.5) {CAH_9'782; OCD_s<123>.} |
| 7 | ROM Drusus proposes some popular laws, in opposition to Gracchus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ (?) [Cic]:RhetHer_4'49; +Cic:Brut_109,L :Fin_4'66;L +Plut:CGrac_8'4-10'1;* Tac:Ann_3'27; Appian:BCiv_1.23'b-c; {CAH_9'83; OCD_g.} |
| 8 | AFR Gracchus goes to Carthage to organize the refounding of the city.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_60'c; Vell_1.15'5, 2.7'7-8; Silius_11'127-129;L Plut:CGrac_10'2, 11'1-3; Appian:Pun_136'a, :BCiv_1.24'a-b;* Fronto:Ep_2'p140; +Eutrop_4.21'1; +Oros_5.12.1-2;L {CAH_9'83.} |
| 9 | ROM Drusus attacks Flaccus while Gracchus is absent in Carthage.
* Read Plutarch's account @ (?) Cic:Orat_213-214; +Plut:CGrac_10'2-4,* 11'3. |
| 10 | NAR << The Allobroges aid the Salluvii, and attack the Aedui, who appeal to the Romans for help.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_61'a;* Strab_4.192'd;(3.2) Flor_1.37'4;L {This was the immediate cause of Domitius' intervention in Gaul.} |
| 11 | ROM Opimius is elected consul, at the second attempt.
@ +Plut:CGrac_11'4-5; {CAH_9'83.} |
| 12 | The triumph of Sextius, over the Vocontii and Salluvii.
@ +FastTr_p106; {CAH_9'782; OCD_s.} |
| 13 | Fannius expels all aliens from Rome.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Plut:CGrac_12'1-4;* Appian:BCiv_1.23'b; {CAH_9'83, '651.} |
| 14 | Gracchus fails to be elected tribune for a further year.
@ +Plut:CGrac_12'5-8; {CAH_9'83; OCD_g.} |
| 15 | {8 December -R} The triumph of L. Aurelius Orestes, over the Sardinians.
@ #FastTr_p106; {CAH_9'782.} |
| 16 | << M.Junius Pennus dies before he can fulfil his potential as a politician.
@ Cic:Brut_109;L {Pennus was tribune in 126 B.C., and died a few years later.} |
| 17 | << Q.Aelius Tubero opposes the reforms of Gracchus.
@ Cic:Brut_117.L |
| 18 | << Scaurus as aedile concentrates on administering the law.
@ [Vict]:VirIll_72'4;L {MRR_1'517.} |
| 19 | == Glabrio, a colleague of Gracchus, passes a law against extortion, the Lex Acilia de Repetundis.
* Read Cicero's account @ CIL_583<t=L ROL_p316>; Cic:Verr_1'51,* 2.1'26; {CAH_9'78; OCD_g.} |
| 20 | == Three moons are visible in the sky at the same time.
@ +Plin:HN_2'99.L |
| 21 | ROM == Document: CIL_658,L the pedestal of an offering by Fannius.
@ ROL_p86. |
| 22 | SIC An eruption of Mt. Aetna devastates the territory of Catana.
* Read St.Augustine's account @ !Obseq_32;L August:DeCiv_3.31'e;* ~Oros_5.13'3;L {OCD_e.} |
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