133 B.C. Olympiad 161.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | PAL << Birth of Matthias, the great-grandfather of Josephus.
@ ~Joseph:Vit_4; {During the first year of Hyrcanus.} |
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| 2 | SPA Scipio publicly accepts a gift from Antiochus.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Deiot_19;* ~[Liv]:Per_57'b; {CAH_8'370.} |
| 3 | Scipio encircles Numantia.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_57'b-c; ValMax_3.7'2;L Sen:Dial_3.11'7; Frontin:Str_4.7'27; +Appian:Hisp_92'a-93'b;* ~Oros_5.7'8-12.L |
| 4 | Rhetogenes escapes from Numantia.
@ +Appian:Hisp_94'a-c. |
| 5 | Negotiations between the Numantines and Scipio break down.
* Read Appian's account @ Flor_1.34'12;L +Appian:Hisp_95'a-c;* Oros_5.7'12.L |
| 6 | ROM Ti.Gracchus proposes an agrarian law.
* Read Velleius' account @ +Vell_2.2'1-3;* +Plut:TGrac_7'7-9'6; +Appian:BCiv_1.9'a-10'd; {CAH_9'62; OCD_g.} |
| 7 | M. Octavius vetoes the agrarian law, but is deposed.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Mil_72, :Leg_3'24,L :Brut_95,L 222;L Diod_34.6'1-2; +[Liv]:Per_58'a; Vell_2.2'3; Ascon_72'b;L +Plut:TGrac_10'1-12'6; Flor_2.2'2-5;L +Appian:BCiv_1.11'a-12'e;* DioCass_fr.83'4-6; +Oros_5.8'3;L {CAH_9'66-67.} |
| 8 | Gracchus' agrarian law is passed, and three commissioners are appointed to supervise the distribution of land.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:LegAgr_2'10, :Sest_103; Diod_34.7'1; +[Liv]:Per_58'a; Vell_2.2'3; +Plut:TGrac_13'1-3;* Flor_2.2'6;L +Appian:BCiv_1.12'e-13'b; [Vict]:VirIll_64'3-4;L August:DeCiv_3.24'a; {CAH_9'67; OCD_g.} |
| 9 | SPA The Numantines make a final sally, but are repulsed.
@ Flor_1.34'12-14;L ~Oros_5.7'13-15.L |
| 10 | THR ?? Menas of Sestus acts as envoy to Straton, the Attalid general in Thrace.
@ OGI_339'10-17<t= Austin_215>. |
| 11 | ASI ?? The grammarian Daphitas (or Daphidas) is put to death by Attalus.
* Read Strabo's account @ Strab_14.647'b-c;* (1.39) ValMax_1.8e'8;L Suda_D'99; {It is not clear which king Attalus this was.} |
| 12 | ++ General comments on the career of the poet Nicander of Colophon.
* Read Suda's account @ (?) SIG_452; Vit:Arat_1'p8-p9, 2'p12, 4'p20-p21; :Nicand_1; Suda_K'374;* {~OCD_n; according to the "life of Nicander", he lived during the reign of Attalus III, though the lives of Aratus places him slightly earlier, in the reign of Ptolemaeus V.} |
| 13 | ++ Attalus III is a keen gardener.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plin:HN_18'22;L Plut:Demetr_20'3.* |
| 14 | Death of Attalus III of Pergamum, who bequeaths his kingdom to Rome.
* Read Livy's account @ Sall:Hist_4.69'8; ~[Liv]:Per_58'b,* 59'a; Strab_14.665'd;(3.4) ValMax_5.2e'3;L Plin:HN_33'148;L Flor_1.35'1-3,L 47'7-8;L Appian:BCiv_5.4'b; Just_36.4'5; ~Eutrop_4.18'1; !Hieron:Chron_1887; +Oros_5.8'4;L {CAH_8'378; CAH_9'33.} |
| 15 | ROM Gracchus proposes to share out the money left by Attalus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ (?) Cic:Rep_3'41;L +[Liv]:Per_58'b; +Plut:TGrac_14'1-4;* Flor_2.3'2;L [Vict]:VirIll_64'5;L +Oros_5.8'4;L {CAH_8'378; CAH_9'68.} |
| 16 | T.Annius Luscus challenges Gracchus.
* Read Livy's account @ +[Liv]:Per_58'd-e;* +Plut:TGrac_14'5-16'1; {CAH_9'73.} |
| 17 | SPA The Numantines surrender, after being forced by hunger to resort to cannibalism.
* Read Appian's account @ Diod_34.4'1-2; ~[Liv]:Per_59'a; Strab_3.162'd;(4.13) ValMax_3.2e'7,L 7.6e'2;L Petron:Sat_141'c; ~Appian:Hisp_96'a-97'b;* [Vict]:VirIll_58'6;L Eutrop_4.17'2. |
| 18 | << Scipio praises C.Marius.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Balb_47; Plut:Mar_3'3-5;* {CAH_8'136; OCD_n.} |
| 19 | << Scipio insults C.Metellus, who is serving under him at Numantia.
@ Cic:DeOr_2'267.L |
| 20 | ++ General comments on the long and difficult Numantine War, which was finally brought to a close by Scipio.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_12.5'2-3;* Lucil_426-439; Cic:Rep_1'17;L Strab_3.162'd;(4.13) Vell_2.9'4; Flor_1.34'1-2;L Gell_2.13'3. |
| 21 | Scipio destroys Numantia; the end of the Numantine War.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Rep_1'71,L 6'11;L ~[Liv]:Per_59'a; ~Vell_2.4'2-3; Sen:Ep_66'13; Flor_1.34'15-16;L ~Appian:Hisp_98'a-b;* Eutrop_4.17'2; Hieron:Chron_1875; AmmMarc_23.5'20;L ~Oros_5.7'16-17;L {CAH_8'541.} |
| 22 | SIC The slave revolt continues; the Roman prefect C.Titius is punished after being defeated by the slaves, but Piso recaptures some towns.
* Read Livy's account @ CIL_847<t=L ROL_p212>; Diod_34.8'1-9'1; ~[Liv]:Per_58'c;* ValMax_2.7'1,L '9,L 4.3'10;L Frontin:Str_4.1'26; +Obseq_27b;L +Oros_5.9'4-6;L {OCD_eunus.} |
| 23 | ROM The elections for new tribunes end in deadlock.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Plut:TGrac_16'1-3;* +Appian:BCiv_1.14'a-15'a; DioCass_fr.83'7-8; {CAH_9'69.} |
| 24 | ++ Conflicting comments on the character of Ti.Gracchus, and his controversial career.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:HarResp_41, :Leg_3'20,L :Brut_103-104;L Diod_34.5'1; Plut:TGrac_2'1-3'2,* :CGrac_20'1-21'5; Flor_2.1'1-2'1;L DioCass_fr.83'1-3. |
| 25 | Gracchus is killed by his opponents, led by P.Scipio Nasica.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Gell_2.13'4-5<q" Asellio>; [Cic]:RhetHer_4'68; Sall:Jug_42'1-3; Cic:Brut_103,L :Phil_8'13; Diod_34.7'2, 33'6-7; +[Liv]:Per_58'c, 59'c; Vell_2.3'1-4; ValMax_1.4'2,L 3.2'17;L +Plut:TGrac_17'1-20'4;* Flor_2.2'6-7;L +Appian:BCiv_1.15'a-18'a; Ampel_26'1; +Obseq_27a;L [Vict]:VirIll_64'6-8;L +Oros_5.9'1-3;L {CAH_9'72; OCD_g.} |
| 26 | SPA Scipio praises Jugurtha.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Jug_8'1-9'2,* 22'2; {After the destruction of Numantia.} |
| 27 | PAL {October} Antiochus grants a truce to the Jews during the feast of Tabernacles.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~Joseph:AJ_13'240-244;* Plut:Mor_184'E-F; {CAH_8'370<134>.} |
| 28 | AS1 Aristonicus leads a rebellion against the imposition of Roman rule in Asia.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_59'a;* Strab_14.646'c;(1.38) Vell_2.4'1; Plut:Flam_21'10; Flor_1.35'4;L Just_36.4'6; Trog:Prol_36; {CAH_8'378; OCD_ar.} |
| 29 | AS1 Document: OGI_338, a decree extending the citizenship of Pergamum as a consequence of Attalus' will.
@ Sherk1_39. |
| 30 | SPA Scipio Aemilianus receives the news of Gracchus' death.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Diod_34.7'3; ~Plut:TGrac_21'7.* |
| 31 | ROM P.Rupilius is elected consul, through the influence of Scipio.
@ Cic:Amic_73.L |
| 32 | P.Crassus is chosen to succeed Gracchus on the agrarian commission.
@ ~Plut:TGrac_21'1-3; {OCD_c.} |
| 33 | SPA Scipio settles the affairs of the Spanish cities.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Appian:Hisp_98'b;* Eutrop_4.17'2. |
| 34 | ROM Gracchus' supporters try to bring Scipio Nasica to trial, but Scaevola defends him and he is sent away to settle affairs in Asia.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Dom_91, :DeOr_2'285,L :Planc_88, :Rep_1'6,L :Amic_41;L ValMax_5.3'2;L Plut:TGrac_21'4-7;* [Vict]:VirIll_64'9;L {CAH_8'378.} |
| 35 | SIC The Romans send a religious embassy to Enna, after consulting the Sibylline books.
* Read Cicero's account @ +Cic:Verr_2.4'108;* ~Diod_34.10'1; ValMax_1.1'1c.L |
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