back 127 B.C. Olympiad 163.2

Consuls: L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla, L. Cornelius L.f. Cinna
Athenian archon: Lyciscus

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1 ROM ?? C.Gracchus speaks in defence of Vettius.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:CGrac_1'1-3, :Mor_798'F.
2 SYR Alexander Zabinas arranges the burial of Antiochus VII.
@ ~Just_39.1'6.
3 PON ?? A cock falls in love with Secundus, a servant of Nicomedes II.
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Athen_13.606'b; Aelian:NA_12'37.
4 ?? Nicomedes offers to buy the famous statue of Aphrodite at Cnidus.
@ Plin:HN_7'127,L  36'21.L 
5 The accession of Nicomedes III of Bithynia.
@ Appian:Mith_7'b; {OCD_n.}
6 EGY The army of Ptolemaeus VII defeats the Alexandrians.
@ OGI_135<t= Sherk1_47a>; Diod_34.20'1; {Ptolemaeus probably regained control of Alexandria in 127/6 B.C. - see Holbl_p200.}
7 AS1 << The organization of the Roman province of Asia: the allied kings are rewarded.
* Read Justin's account
@ Sall:Hist_4.69'8; Strab_14.646'e;(1.38)  Vell_2.38'5; Appian:Mith_57'a-b; Just_36.4'9, '12, 37.1'2; Obseq_28;L  {CAH_9'781; ~Green_531.}
8 << The ghost of Ti.Gracchus appears to his brother Gaius in a dream.
@ ~Cic:Div_1'56;L  ValMax_1.7'6.L 

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