back 142 B.C. Olympiad 159.3

Consuls: L. Caecilius Q.f. Metellus Calvus, Q. Fabius Q.f. Maximus Servilianus

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1 PAL ?? Jonathan builds the first fortress on the site of Masada.
@ Joseph:BJ_7'285.
2 << Tryphon kills Jonathan the high priest.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ ~1Macc_13'22-30; Joseph:BJ_1'49, :AJ_13'209-212, 20'239; [Euseb]:Chron_129'a; ChronPasc_447'A; Hieron:Chron_1876, !1879; Sulpit_2.25'a; ExcBarb_47A; ChronSynt_95'd; GeorgMon_p436'b; {CAH_8'367; CAH_9'283.}
3 ROM Scipio Africanus is elected censor despite criticism from Ap.Claudius, a rival candidate.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Aem_38'3-6, :Mor_200'C-D, 810'B; {CAH_8'192; CAH_9'676.}
4 PAL {27 Iyyar -J = May} Simon wins fresh concessions from Demetrius, and the Jews are in effect freed from direct Syrian rule.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ +1Macc_13'33-42; Joseph:BJ_1'53, +:AJ_13'213-214; MegTaan_2'4; Sulpit_2.25'a-b; {CAH_8'367; CAH_9'283.}
5 LUS Servilianus arrives in Spain with two new legions, and repels an initial attack by Viriathus.
@ ~Appian:Hisp_67'a.
6 SPA Cotius defeats a Celtiberian champion called ? Tyresius in combat, but then lets him go as a friend.
@ +[Liv]:EpOx_53'164-166;L  ValMax_3.2'21.L 
7 MAC The quaestor Tremellius defeats and kills another pretender to the Macedonian throne.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_53'a; +Obseq_22;L  ~Eutrop_4.15'1; {CAH_9'32.}
8 LUS Viriathus defeats Servilianus; the bravery of Fannius enables the Roman army to escape to Itucci.
* Read Appian's account
@ +[Liv]:EpOx_53'167;L  ~Appian:Hisp_67'b-68'a; +Obseq_22.L 
9 ROM C.Laelius is unsuccessful in consular elections.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Cic:Tusc_5'54,L  :Amic_77;L  ~Plut:Mor_200'B-C; {CAH_9'51; OCD_pompeius.}
10 PAL Simon renews the alliance with Sparta and Rome.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ ~1Macc_14'16-24, 15'15-24; Joseph:AJ_13'227; Hieron:Chron_1881; Sulpit_2.26'a; {CAH_8'368<141?>.}
11 AS1 {19 Audnaeus -M = December} Document: OGI_331.2, a letter from Attalus to Athenaeus.
@ Austin_210a.
12 ROM == Mummius donates many statues and paintings, brought back from the sack of Corinth, to the cities of Italy.
* Read Strabo's account
@ CIL_626<t=L  ROL_p84>; Cic:Verr_2.1'55, 3'9, :Off_2'76;L  +[Liv]:EpOx_53'168-169;L  Strab_8.381'c;(6.23)  Plin:HN_33'149,L  34'12,L  '36,L  37'12.L 
13 == The censorship of Scipio Africanus and Mummius; Scipio speaks out against C.Licinius, but does not condemn him.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Lucil_424-425; Cic:Clu_134, :DeOr_2'268,L  '272,L  :Rep_6'11,L  :Brut_85,L  :Acad_2'5; Liv_40.51'4; +FastCap_p70; ~[Liv]:Per_54'a; ValMax_4.1'10,L  6.4'2;L  Plut:Mor_200'D-E; Gell_4.20'10, 5.19'15; DioCass_fr.76'1; [Vict]:VirIll_58'9;L  {CAH_8'183; CAH_9'60.}
14 == Scipio dedicates a temple to Hercules.
@ Plut:Mor_816'C; {OCD_h.}
15 == The censors introduce the first gilded ceilings in Rome, on the Capitol.
@ Plin:HN_33'57.L 
16 == Lucullus dedicates a temple to Felicitas.
* Read Strabo's account
@ Strab_8.381'd;(6.23)  DioCass_fr.76'2, 43.21'1; August:DeCiv_4.23'a.
17 CIS == An outbreak of plague at Luna.
@ +Obseq_22;L  +Oros_5.4'8-11.L 

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