146 B.C. Olympiad 158.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | PEL Cancellation of debts in the Achaean League.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_38.11'7-11;* Diod_32.26'3; {Green_451.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | PAL << Alexander Balas honours Jonathan.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ 1Macc_10'88-89;* Joseph:AJ_13'102. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | AFR Laelius captures Cothon.
* Read Appian's account @ Plut:TGrac_4'5-6, :CGrac_22'2; +Appian:Pun_127'a-b;* Oros_4.23'1;L ~Zonar_9.30'c-d. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | The Roman army advances to the Byrsa of Carthage.
* Read Appian's account @ Flor_1.31'16;L +Appian:Pun_127'b-130'b;* +Oros_4.23'2-3;L ~Zonar_9.30'd; {CAH_8'160.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | PEL Critolaus urges the assembly of the Achaean League towards war with Sparta and Rome.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_38.12'1-13'9,* 14'1-2; Diod_32.26'4-5; Paus_2.1'2, 7.14'5-7; ~Zonar_9.31'b; {CAH_8'322-323; Green_451.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MAC Macedonia is organized into a Roman province.
@ Verg:Aen_1'283-285; Strab_7.fr'47;(7.12) Flor_1.30'5,L 32'3;L DioCass_38.28'2; +[Euseb]:Chron_239'd; !Hieron:Chron_1876; {CAH_8'539; OCD_m.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | AFR Hasdrubal surrenders to the Romans; his wife and the deserters commit suicide.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Polyb_38.20'1-22'3; Diod_32.23'1, 24'1; ~[Liv]:Per_51'c, +:EpOx_51'139-142;L Strab_17.832'd;(3.14) ValMax_3.2e'8;L Flor_1.31'16-17;L Appian:Pun_130'b-132'c;* +Oros_4.23'4;L ~Zonar_9.30'd-e; {Walbank_p720.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | ROM The censors, Lentulus and Censorinus, complete the census of Roman citizens.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ ~FastCap_p70; ValMax_6.9'10;L +Hieron:Chron_1870.* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | ?? A paved floor is laid in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.
@ ~Plin:HN_36'185.L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | AFR ++ General comments on the Third Punic War, in which Scipio quickly and decisively defeated the Carthaginians.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_38.1'4-7;* CIL_585'75<t=L ROL_p420>; Cic:Rep_2'67;L Strab_17.832'e-833'c;(3.15) Silius_7'492-493;L Flor_1.31'1-2;L August:DeCiv_5.22'a. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Carthage is destroyed by fire, and razed to the ground: the end of the Third Punic War.
* Read Appian's account @ Polyb_39.8'6; Cic:LegAgr_2'51, :HarResp_6; Diod_32.4'5; [Liv]:Per_51'a, +:EpOx_51'137-139;L Vell_1.12'5; ValMax_1.1'18;L Flor_1.31'18;L +Appian:Pun_133'a;* Justin:Dig_7.4'21<q"L Modestinus>; +Hieron:Chron_1871; +Oros_4.23'5-6;L ~Zonar_9.31'h; {CAH_8'160; OCD_c.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | ROM The destruction of Carthage, and the lack of a powerful rival, are prime causes of moral degeneration at Rome.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Cat_10'1-6, :Jug_41'1-10,* :Hist_1'10, '12; Plin:HN_33'150;L Plut:Mor_88'A; August:DeCiv_3.21'e-f. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | The Romans declare war on the Achaean League.
* Read Pausanias' account @ Vell_1.12'1; Paus_7.15'1;* Just_34.2'1; ~Zonar_9.31'c; {CAH_8'322.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | SYR Ptolemaeus VI transfers his support from Alexander Balas to Demetrius II.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_11'1-12;* Diod_32.9c'1; ~[Liv]:Per_52'c; Joseph:AJ_13'103-110; ChronPasc_444'A; Hieron:Chron_1877; Sulpit_2.24'b; {CAH_8'539 15
| GRE The Achaeans besiege Heracleia.
| * Read Pausanias' account @ ~Polyb_38.16'11, '13; Paus_7.15'2-3,* '9-10; ~Zonar_9.31'b; {CAH_8'323; Green_451.} 16
| Metellus defeats the Achaeans at Scarpheia; Critolaus is killed.
| * Read Pausanias' account @ ~[Liv]:Per_52'a; Vell_1.11'2; Flor_1.32'3-4;L Paus_7.15'4,* '8-9; [Vict]:VirIll_60'2,L 61'2;L +Oros_5.3'2-3;L ~Zonar_9.31'b-c; {CAH_8'323; Green_451.} 17
| Metellus defeats the Arcadians in Phocis.
| * Read Pausanias' account @ Paus_7.15'5-6,* '8; [Vict]:VirIll_61'2;L +Oros_5.3'3.L 18
| Thebes is abandoned by its inhabitants.
| * Read Pausanias' account @ ~Polyb_38.16'10; ~[Liv]:Per_52'a; ~Paus_7.15'9-10.* 19
| A group of soldiers from Patrae are overwhelmed by the Romans in Phocis.
| * Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_38.16'4-6,* 39.1'10-12; {Walbank_p712-713.} 20
| PEL Diaeus frees slaves and raises another Achaean army.
| * Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_38.15'1-16'10;* Paus_7.15'7-8; ~Zonar_9.31'c; {Green_452.} 21
| LUS Viriathus destroys a Roman force of 4000 men under C.Plautius.
| @ Appian:Hisp_64'a; {MRR_1'466.} 22
| PEL The Achaeans reject Metellus' terms for peace.
| * Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_38.17'1-18'12;* ~Paus_7.15'10-11. 23
| AFR Laelius returns to Rome to announce the capture of Carthage.
| * Read Appian's account @ +Appian:Pun_133'a;* Julian:Or_8.245'B-C; ~Zonar_9.30'f. 24
| Scipio sends back spoils from Carthage to Sicily, without taking anything for himself.
| * Read Cicero's account @ Polyb_18.35'9-12; Cic:Verr_2.2'3, '85-87, 4'73-84,* '97-98, 5'124, '185-187; Diod_13.90'5, 32.25'1; ~[Liv]:Per_51'b; ValMax_5.1'6;L Plut:Mor_97'C, 200'B; +Appian:Pun_133'a-b; Eutrop_4.12'1; {CAH_8'160.} 25
| MAU Polybius sails on a journey of exploration along the north-western coast of the African continent.
| @ Plin:HN_5'9,L 8'47;L {OCD_p; Walbank_p633.} 26
| GRE Mummius arrives in Greece and takes over the command from Metellus.
| * Read Pausanias' account @ Plut:Crass_36'2; Flor_1.32'4;L Paus_7.16'1-2;* [Vict]:VirIll_60'2;L +Oros_5.3'5;L ~Zonar_9.31'c-d; {OCD_m.} 27
| PEL Mummius defeats the Achaeans at the Isthmus.
| * Read Pausanias' account @ Polyb_39.8'6; ~[Liv]:Per_52'a; Flor_1.32'5;L Paus_7.16'3;* Just_34.1'2-5; [Vict]:VirIll_60'2;L +Oros_5.3'3;L ~Zonar_9.31'd-e; {CAH_8'323; OCD_m.} 28
| Diaeus commits suicide.
| * Read Pausanias' account @ +[Liv]:EpOx_51'145-146;L Paus_7.16'4-6;* [Vict]:VirIll_60'2;L Zonar_9.31'e; {Green_452.} 29
| The Romans capture Corinth.
| * Read Pausanias' account @ Plut:Mar_1'1; Flor_1.32'5;L Paus_5.10'5, 7.16'7-8;* Festus:Brev_7'2; +Oros_5.3'5;L ~Zonar_9.31'e; {CAH_8'323.} 30
| LUS Viriathus defeats the Roman praetor C.Plautius.
| * Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_52'b; ~Appian:Hisp_64'a-b;* Oros_5.4'3.L 31
| PEL ++ General comments on the Achaean War, in which the incompetence of the Achaean leaders led to disaster for Greece.
| * Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_38.1'1-5'2;* Diod_32.26'1-3; Paus_7.17'2; Gell_10.16'17; [Vict]:VirIll_60'1.L 32
| Mummius loots and destroys Corinth, allegedly causing "Corinthian bronze" to be formed: the end of the Achaean War.
| * Read Polybius' account @ CIL_626,L 630<t=L ROL_p84>; ~Polyb_39.2'1-3;* AnthPal_7'297; Cic:LegAgr_2'87; Diod_32.27'1, '3; [Liv]:Per_52'a-b, +:EpOx_51'145;L Strab_8.381'b;(6.23) Petron:Sat_50'5-6; Plin:HN_34'6-7,L 35'24;L Plut:Mor_737'A;(Q9.1) Flor_1.32'1,L '5-7,L 33'1-2;L Paus_7.16'8; [Vict]:VirIll_60'3;L +Oros_5.3'1,L '6-7;L ~Zonar_9.31'a, 'f-h; {CAH_8'323; OCD_m.} 33
| AFR Africa is organized into a Roman province.
| * Read Appian's account @ CIL_585'77,L '81<t=L ROL_p422>; Cic:LegAgr_2'58; [Liv]:Per_51'b, +:EpOx_51'142-143;L Strab_17.833'c;(3.15) Vell_2.38'2; ~Appian:Pun_135'a-b;* Ampel_46'7; SHA:Clod_13'6; Festus:Brev_4'3; +Oros_4.23'7;L ~Zonar_9.30'h; {CAH_8'160-161; Green_713.} 34
| Scipio holds victory games, and punishes deserters.
| * Read Livy's account @ [Liv]:Per_51'b;* ValMax_2.7'13;L Appian:Pun_135'b. 35
| PEL The Romans send out ten envoys to organise Achaea into province.
| * Read Pausanias' account @ Polyb_39.3'1-4'4, 8'6; Cic:LegAgr_1'5, :Att_13.5'1, 6a'1, 32'3, 33'3; Verg:Aen_1'283-285; ~[Liv]:Per_52'a-b; Strab_8.381'a;(6.23) Tac:Ann_4'43; Plut:Phil_21'10-12; Paus_2.1'2, 7.16'9-10;* Festus:Brev_7'2-3; Zonar_9.31'e-f, 'g-h; {CAH_8'323..} 36
| ROM The triumph of Metellus, who brings back some statues by Lysippus from Macedonia.
| * Read Eutropius' account @ Cic:Mur_31, :Pis_61, :Fin_5'82;L ~[Liv]:Per_52'b; Vell_1.11'3; ValMax_7.1'1,L 5'4;L Plin:HN_34'64;L Flor_1.30'5;L ~Appian:Pun_135'c; Ampel_16'5; Eutrop_4.14'2;* {Metellus was rejected twice before he was elected consul ([Vict]:VirIll_61'3), so he must have been in Rome for the elections of this year.} 37
| << Scipio Nasica fails to be elected as aedile.
| * Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Planc_51;* ValMax_7.5'2;L {Scipio Nasica was consul in 138 B.C., and if he held a normal sequence of offices he would have been a candidate for aedile about 8 years earlier.} 38
| L.Mancinus exhibits paintings of the capture of Carthage, to help his campaign to be elected consul.
| @ Plin:HN_35'23.L |
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