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| 1 | LUS << The wedding of Viriathus.
@ ~Diod_33.7'1-8'1; { This (together with the reference to Cnossus) occurs in Diodorus' narrative between the accession and the coronation of Ptolemy VIII.} |
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| 2 | ROM << Polybius goes as Achaean envoy to Rome.
@ Polyb_39.8'1-2; { Walbank_p741.} |
| 3 | PAL Tryphon honours Jonathan.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_1'57-59;* Joseph:AJ_13'145-147; { CAH_8'366.} |
| 4 | Simon captures Bethsur.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_1'60-66;* Joseph:AJ_13'147-157; { CAH_8'366.} |
| 5 | CRE Trouble in Crete, as Cnossus tries to rebuild its power.
@ ~Diod_33.10'1-11'1. |
| 5a | << The Egyptian garrison is withdrawn from Itanus.
@ Syll_685.A'39-45; { soon after the death of Ptolemy VI.} |
| 5b | CYP << Document: SEG_37.1372, a letter of Ptolemy VIII to his forces in Cyprus. |
| 6 | LUS Fabius defeats Viriathus, who escapes to a town called Baecor.
@ ~Appian:Hisp_65;(↓) { CAH_8'133.} |
| 7 | PAL An indecisive battle near Hazor between Jonathan and the army of Demetrius.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_11'67-74;* Joseph:AJ_13'158-163. |
| 8 | EGY The coronation of Ptolemy VIII and the birth of Memphites.
@ ~Diod_33.13'1; { Hölbl_p195; Bennett=144-142.} |
| 9 | SYR << Fighting breaks out between the inhabitants of Apameia and Larissa.
@ Athen_4.176'b<q" Poseidon_2>; { Tryphon is known to have been supported by Larissa (Diod_33.4a'1) and later by Apameia (Strab_16.752).} |
| 10 | << Tryphon captures Antioch.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~1Macc_11'54-56; ~Diod_33.9'1; ~[Liv]:Per_52; Joseph:AJ_13'144-145;* Trog:Prol_35; { CAH_8'366; Green_534.} |
| 11 | ROM ?? Metellus constructs temples to Jupiter and Juno within the portico of Octavius.
* Read Velleius' account @ ~Vell_1.11'3;* Plin:HN_36'42-43. |
| 12 | Q.Metellus is elected consul at the third attempt.
@ +[Liv]:EpOx_52'153-155;L [Vict]:VirIll_61'3. |
| 13 | ROM Scipio persuades the senate that neither consul is fit to be sent as commander to Spain.
@ +ValMax_6.4'2. |
| 14 | GRE {Poetropius -G = Dec./Jan.} Document: Austin_147a,B the manumission record of Sosus. |
| 15 | ROM == The construction of the Aqua Marcia, by the praetor Q.Marcius.
* Read Frontinus' account @ Plin:HN_31'41,L 36'121; +Frontin:Aqu_1'7;* Plut:Cor_1'1; { CAH_8'505; OCD³.} |
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