back 134 B.C. Olympiad 161.3

Consuls: P. Cornelius P.f. Scipio Aemilianus II, C. Fulvius Q.f. Flaccus

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1 PAL ++ The reign of Simon brings peace and prosperity to Judaea.
@ 1Macc_14'4-15.
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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