back 130 B.C. Olympiad 162.3

Consuls: L. Cornelius Lentulus , M. Perperna M.f.

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1 EGY {23 Choiach -E = January} Document: PWChrest_10, a letter from Esthladas to his parents which mentions a revolt against Ptolemaeus .
@ Bagnall_44.
2 ROM Perperna rushes to Asia.
* Read Eutropius' account
@ Eutrop_4.20'2; +Oros_5.10'4.L 
3 AS1 Perperna defeats Aristonicus.
* Read Livy's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_59'a; Just_36.4'9; +Eutrop_4.20'2; +Oros_5.10'4;L  {CAH_8'380; OCD_a.}
4 Perperna captures Stratoniceia: end of the war against Aristonicus.
* Read Velleius' account
@ Vell_2.4'1; ValMax_3.4'5;L  Flor_1.35'6;L  Appian:Mith_62'b; Just_36.4'9; Trog:Prol_36; +Eutrop_4.20'2; +Oros_5.10'5;L  {CAH_8'380; Green_530.}
5 Blossius commits suicide.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Cic:Amic_37;L  ~Plut:TGrac_20'7; {After the defeat of Aristonicus.}
6 ROM The censors Q.Pompeius and Q.Metellus complete the census.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_59'b; {CAH_9'780.}
7 CYP Ptolemaeus VII murders his eldest son.
@ ~Just_38.8'12.
8 Ptolemaeus VII murders his son Memphites.
* Read Justin's account
@ ~Diod_34.14'1; ~[Liv]:Per_59'd; ValMax_9.2e'5;L  ~Just_38.8'13-15; +Oros_5.10'7;L  {~CAH_9'313; Green_540.}
9 MES Antiochus VII, accompanied by Hyrcanus of Judaea, defeats Phraates in three battles.
* Read Josephus' account
@ Joseph:AJ_13'249-252<q" NicDam_92>; ~Just_38.10'1-6; {CAH_8'371<131?>; OCD_a.}
10 THR The Thracians attack Sestus.
@ OGI_339'17-26, '55-59<t= Austin_215>.
11 BAC ?? The Scythians defeat and subjugate the Greeks in Bactria.
* Read Strabo's account
@ Strab_11.511'c,(8.2)  'e;(8.4)  Trog:Prol_41; {CAH_8'403, '414; OCD_b<145-130>; Green_335.}
12 AS1 Death of Perperna at Pergamum.
* Read Justin's account
@ +FastCap_p72<x>; Just_36.4'11; +Eutrop_4.20'2; +Oros_5.10'5;L  {CAH_8'380; OCD_p<129>.}
13 CAP << Death of Ariarathes V.
* Read Justin's account
@ ~Just_37.1'2, 38.2'5; {CAH_9'141; OCD_a.}
14 ROM ++ Ap.Claudius prides himself on his skill at dancing.
@ Macrob:Sat_3.14'14.L 
15 << After Ap.Claudius dies, the two vacant places on the agrarian commission are filled by Carbo and Fulvius Flaccus.
* Read Appian's account
@ Cic:Rep_1'31;L  ~Appian:BCiv_1.18'a; {OCD_c.}
16 The division of land by the agrarian commission causes many legal disputes over ownership.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_59'd; ~Appian:BCiv_1.18'a-c; {After the death of P.Crassus, but before the intervention of Scipio.}
17 << The death of P.Rupilius, allegedly caused by disappointment at his brother's failure to be elected consul.
@ Cic:Tusc_4'40,L  :Amic_73;L  Plin:HN_7'122;L  {According to Cicero, this happened before the death of Scipio.}
18 Aristonicus is put to death in prison.
* Read Eutropius' account
@ ~Eutrop_4.20'2; Oros_5.10'5;L  {CAH_9'781; Green_716<129>.}
19 MES Antiochus' troops are billetted in various cities for the winter.
* Read Justin's account
@ Diod_34.17'2; ~Just_38.10'8; {CAH_8'372.}
20 ROM == A praetor is killed by a bolt of lightning.
@ +Obseq_28.L 
21 == Omens, including four days of weeping by the statue of Apollo at Cumae.
* Read St.Augustine's account
@ +Obseq_28;L  August:DeCiv_3.11'a-b.
22 ?? The lex Licinia, a sumptuary law, sets limits on the amounts to be spent on banquets.
* Read Gellius' account
@ Gell_2.24'7-10<q" Laevius>; Macrob:Sat_3.17'7-10;L  {CAH_9'77<131 or later>; OCD_lex.}
23 ITA ?? Accius reads one of his tragedies to Pacuvius at Tarentum.
* Read Gellius' account
@ Gell_13.2'1-6; Hieron:Chron_1878.
24 ++ Pacuvius is distinguished as a painter as well as a poet.
@ Plin:HN_35'19;L  {OCD_p.}
25 AS1 ?? Document: Sherk1_41, a description of the duties of the priests of the goddess Roma at Miletus.
26 EXT ?? The widespread conquests of Menander in India.
* Read Strabo's account
@ Strab_11.516'd;(11.1)  Trog:Prol_41.
27 << The cities of India honour Menander after his death.
@ Plut:Mor_821'D-E; {CAH_8'411; OCD_m.}

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