143 B.C. - events and references

143 B.C. Olympiad 159.2

Consuls: Ap. Claudius C.f. Pulcher, Q. Caecilius Q.f. Metellus Macedonicus

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1	BAE << Fabius spends the winter at Corduba. @ ~Appian:Hisp_65'c.
1a	EGY {16 Tybi -E = February} Document: PMert_59, record of the decision of a court at Crocodopolis in a case between Asclapon and Antigone. @ Bagnall_111; {The date of this document is not certain; it may instead be 154 B.C.}
2	SPA Outbreak of war between Numantia and Rome. * Read Appian's account @ Flor_1.34'4;^L ~Appian:Hisp_66'a,* 76'a; {CAH_8'134; OCD_celtiberian.}
3	SYR ?? The "Wicked Priest" pursues (? and kills) the "Teacher of Righteousness", the leader of the Essenes, who is in exile at Damascus. @ Qumran_CD'6, 'B1-B2, 1QpHab'5, '8-12, 4Q171'4; {On the assumption, which is far from certain, that the "Wicked Priest" was Jonathan.}
4	PAL << Jonathan sends an embassy to renew the treaties with Rome and Sparta. * Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_12'1-23;* Joseph:AJ_13'163-173; +Hieron:Chron_1873; {This diplomatic activity may have occurred in the gap between the campaigns of 144 and 143 B.C.}
5	<< The Jews of Jerusalem appeal for help to the Jews of Egypt. @ +2Macc_1'7-9.
6	CIS The Salassi defeat Ap.Claudius. * Read Dio's account @ DioCass_fr.74'1-2;* +Obseq_21;^L +Oros_5.4'7.^L
7	SPA Metellus subdues the Arevaci. * Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_53'a; Frontin:Str_3.7'3, 4.1'11, 7'42; Flor_1.33'13-14;^L ~Appian:Hisp_76'a-b;* [Vict]:VirIll_61'3;^L ~Eutrop_4.16'1; {OCD_m.}
8	LUS Viriathus defeats Claudius Unimanus. * Read Appian's account @ Flor_1.33'16;^L ~Appian:Hisp_66'a-b;* [Vict]:VirIll_71'1;^L ~Oros_5.4'3-6;^L {CAH_8'133.}
9	PAL Jonathan foils a Syrian night attack near Hamath. * Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_12'24-34;* Joseph:AJ_13'174-180.
10	Jonathan restores the walls and fortifications of Jerusalem. * Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_12'35-38;* Joseph:AJ_13'181-183; {CAH_8'366.}
11	CIS Ap.Claudius subdues the Salassi. * Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_53'a;* +Oros_5.4'7;^L {OCD_c.}
12	SPA Metellus besieges Contrebia. * Read Velleius' account @ +[Liv]:EpOx_53'160-163;^L Vell_2.5'2-3;* ValMax_2.7'10,^L 5.1'5,^L 7.4'5;^L Frontin:Str_1.1'12, 4.1'23; Plut:Mor_201'F-202'A; Flor_1.33'10;^L Ampel_18'14; [Vict]:VirIll_61'4.^L
13	PHO Tryphon lures Jonathan to Ptolemais and captures him. * Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_12'39-53;* Joseph:BJ_1'49, :AJ_13'187-193, 20'239; Sulpit_2.25'a; {CAH_8'367.}
14	ROM Ap.Claudius holds an unauthorized triumph, with the support of his daughter Claudia, who is a Vestal virgin. * Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Cael_34;* Suet:Tib_2'4; DioCass_fr.74'2; +Oros_5.4'7;^L {CAH_8'192; OCD_c.}
15	PEL << Document: SIG_686, the base of a statue of Polybius at Olympia. @ Burstein_79.
16	PAL Simon becomes the leader of the Jews. * Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_13'1-11;* MegTaan_6'1; Joseph:AJ_13'194-202; Sulpit_2.26'a; {CAH_8'367; Green_714.}
17	Tryphon invades Judaea, and attempts to extort a ransom from Simon. * Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_13'12-21;* Joseph:BJ_1'49, :AJ_13'203-208.
18	ROM The senate debates the Roman water supply. @ +Frontin:Aqu_1'7.
19	== The enactment of the Lex Didia, a law curbing excessive expenditure on luxuries. @ ~Macrob:Sat_3.17'6;^L {CAH_8'184; CAH_9'59.}
20	== The birth of the orator M.Antonius. @ ~Cic:DeOr_2'364,^L :Brut_161;^L {Three years before the birth of Crassus.}
21	ROM == Document: SIG_679, a decree of the senate concerning a dispute between Magnesia and Priene. @ Sherk1_34.
22	MAC ?? Document: Sherk1_36, a milestone with the name of Cn.Egnatius, from the Via Egnatia near Thessalonice.

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