back 141 B.C. Olympiad 159.4

Consuls: Cn. Servilius Cn.f. Caepio, Q. Pompeius A.f.
Athenian archon: (?) Aristophantus

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1 SPA Pompeius succeeds Metellus as Roman commander.
* Read Appian's account
@ +ValMax_9.3'7;L  ~Appian:Hisp_76'b;*  ~Eutrop_4.16'1.
2 PAL {23 month2 -J = May} Simon captures Gazara and the citadel of Jerusalem.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ +1Macc_13'49-53;*  #MegTaan_2'3; Joseph:BJ_1'50, :AJ_13'215-217; {CAH_8'367<142>; CAH_9'284.}
3 SPA Pompeius unsuccessfully attacks Numantia.
* Read Appian's account
@ +[Liv]:EpOx_54'174;L  ~Appian:Hisp_76'b-77'a;*  +Oros_5.4'13.L 
4 SYR ?? The soldiers of Tryphon are drowned by a tidal wave.
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Athen_8.333'c-d<q"*  Poseidon_29>; Strab_16.758'c-d;(2.26)  {~CAH_8'366.}
5 LUS Fabius defeats Viriathus, captures several Lusitanian towns, and punishes 500 of the leading rebels.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_53'a, +:EpOx_53'170-172;L  ValMax_2.7'11;L  Frontin:Str_4.1'42; ~Appian:Hisp_68'a-b;*  (?) Ampel_47'3;L  ~Oros_5.4'12.L 
6 MOE The Scordisci defeat the Romans.
@ +[Liv]:EpOx_54'175.L 
7 MES ?? Mithridates captures Babylon.
@ ~Oros_5.4'16;L  Malal_215; {CAH_8'371; Green_533.}
8 SPA Pompeius attacks Termentia.
* Read Livy's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_54'a;*  ~Appian:Hisp_77'a.
9 SYR << Tryphon puts Antiochus VI to death.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ ~1Macc_13'31-32;*  Diod_33.28'1, 28a'1; ~[Liv]:Per_55'c, !:EpOx_55'213-214;L  Strab_16.752'd-e;(2.10)  Joseph:AJ_13'218; Appian:Syr_68'a; Just_36.1'7; Hieron:Chron_1877, !1879; ~Oros_5.4'18;L  {CAH_8'367; OCD_a<142/138>.}
10 SPA Pompeius captures Malia.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~Diod_33.17'1-3; ~Appian:Hisp_77'b.* 
11 ROM L.Tubulus is accused of accepting bribes while praetor, and goes into exile.
* Read Cicero's account
@ ~Cic:Fin_2'54,L  4'77,L  :ND_3'74,L  ~:Att_12.5b'1;*  Ascon_23'b;L  {~CAH_8'521; MRR_1'477..}
12 << Acilius composes a history of Rome in Greek.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_53'a; {OCD_a.}
13 GRE Document: IG_7.2413, a letter from a Roman magistrate to the Dionysiac artists.
@ Sherk1_37.

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