134 B.C. Olympiad 161.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | PAL ++ The reign of Simon brings peace and prosperity to Judaea.
@ 1Macc_14'4-15. |
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| 2 | {Shebat -J = February} Murder of Simon and accession of John Hyrcanus.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ #1Macc_16'11-24;* Joseph:BJ_1'54-56, ~:AJ_13'228-229; [Euseb]:Chron_129'a-b; +Hieron:Chron_1883, 1887; Sulpit_2.26'a; GeorgMon_p436'b; {CAH_9'291; OCD_hasmonean<135>.} |
| 3 | ETR ?? An eagle's brood foretells the number of Marius' consulships.
@ Plut:Mar_36'8-9. |
| 4 | ++ C.Marius spends his early life in the countryside near Arpinum.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Jug_63'3-5;* Plut:Mar_3'1. |
| 5 | ROM Scipio recruits a corps of volunteers.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Mar_3'2;* ~Appian:Hisp_84'b; {CAH_9'61-62; OCD_s.} |
| 6 | SIC Fulvius is given the command in the war in Sicily.
* Read Livy's account @ +[Liv]:Per_56'b;* Oros_5.9'6.L |
| 7 | SPA Scipio restores discipline in the Roman army.
* Read Appian's account @ Lucil_429-437; ~[Liv]:Per_57'a-b; ValMax_2.7'1;L Frontin:Str_4.1'1, '5; Plut:Mar_3'2, 13'2-3; Flor_1.34'8-11;L +Appian:Hisp_84'b-86'b;* Polyaen_8.16'2-4; Aelian:VH_11'9; +Oros_5.7'2-5.L |
| 8 | PAL Hyrcanus besieges Ptolemaeus.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'57-59,* ~:AJ_13'230-233. |
| 9 | SYR << The birth of Poseidonius of Apameia.
@ ~Lucian:Macr_20; {OCD_p.} |
| 10 | GRE Slave revolts in Attica and Delos are quickly suppressed.
@ ~Diod_34.2'19; {Green_715.} |
| 11 | ITA The slave revolt in Italy is crushed.
@ +Obseq_27;L {Green_715.} |
| 12 | SPA Scipio attacks Pallantia, where he rescues Rutilius Rufus from an ambush.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_57'b; +Appian:Hisp_87'a-88'c;* Suda_R'239; {CAH_8'136.} |
| 13 | NUM ++ The rigorous early life and training of Jugurtha.
@ Sall:Jug_5'6-6'3. |
| 14 | SPA Jugurtha joins the Roman army.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Jug_7'1-7;* +Appian:Hisp_89'a. |
| 15 | Scipio defeats the Numantines.
* Read Appian's account @ Frontin:Str_2.8'7; Flor_1.34'11;L +Appian:Hisp_89'a-b;* +Oros_5.7'6-7.L |
| 16 | PAL Ptolemaeus kills the mother of Hyrcanus and escapes to Philadelphia.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'60, ~:AJ_13'234-235.* |
| 17 | Antiochus VII attacks Jerusalem.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'61, !:AJ_13'236-239;* !Hieron:Chron_1885; {CAH_8'369<135>; OCD_j.} |
| 18 | ROM == The birth of Servilius Isauricus.
@ Aelian:Fr_110; {~OCD_s.} |
| 19 | ++ P.Rutilius improves his knowledge of the law by regularly listening to P.Scaevola.
@ Cic:Off_2'47.L |
| 20 | ++ Galba is the outstanding orator of his time.
@ Cic:Brut_82,L 92-94,L 333;L {Galba was consul in 144 B.C.} |
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