147 B.C. Olympiad 158.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | AFR Mancinus captures part of Carthage.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_51'a;* Plin:HN_35'23;L Flor_1.31'10-12;L {CAH_8'159.} |
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| 2 | Scipio rescues Mancinus from a Carthaginian counter-attack.
* Read Appian's account @ +Appian:Pun_113'a-114'd;* +Zonar_9.29'b-e. |
| 3 | Scipio improves discipline in the Roman army.
@ +Appian:Pun_115'a-117'a; {OCD_s.} |
| 4 | PEL << Philinus of Corinth is put to death by Diaeus.
@ ~Polyb_38.18'6; {Walbank_p716.} |
| 5 | Menalcidas, the Spartan leader, is defeated by the Achaeans and commits suicide.
* Read Pausanias' account @ Paus_7.13'6-8,* 16'6; {Walbank_p699.} |
| 6 | AFR Scipio breaks into the Megara district of Carthage.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_51'a; +Appian:Pun_117'a-d;* AmmMarc_24.2'16-17;L +Zonar_9.29'f-g. |
| 7 | Hasdrubal tortures and kills Roman prisoners.
* Read Appian's account @ Polyb_38.8'1; +[Liv]:EpOx_51'132-133;L +Appian:Pun_118'a-b;* +Obseq_20;L Suda_A'4134; +Zonar_9.29'g. |
| 8 | LUS Viriathus escapes from Vetilius.
* Read Appian's account @ +[Liv]:EpOx_51'136;L Frontin:Str_2.13'4; Appian:Hisp_61'a-63'a.* |
| 9 | PER << Mithridates of Parthia conquers large areas of Media and the East, as far as the borders of India.
* Read Justin's account @ ~Diod_33.18'1; Just_41.6'6-8;* Trog:Prol_41<v>; ~Oros_5.4'16;L {CAH_8'363, '371.} |
| 10 | PEL ?? Ptolemaeus VIII visits Corinth.
@ Athen_2.43'd-e<q" PtolEuerg>. |
| 11 | Roman envoys, led by L.Orestes, address the Achaeans at Corinth, and are allegedly assaulted there.
* Read Pausanias' account @ ~Polyb_38.9'1-2; Cic:LegMan_11; [Liv]:Per_51'b, +:EpOx_51'135-136;L Strab_8.381'a;(6.23) Vell_1.12'1; Flor_1.32'3;L Paus_7.14'1-3;* DioCass_fr.72'1-2; Just_34.1'6-9; Eutrop_4.14'1; {CAH_8'322; Green_450.} |
| 12 | MAC << Metellus suppresses a minor revolt led by Alexander, another pretended son of Perseus.
@ Zonar_9.28'g-h; {Walbank_p684.} |
| 13 | THR << Byzantium loses its liberty as a punishment for supporting Andriscus.
@ Diod_32.15'6; HschMil_35. |
| 14 | SYR Demetrius II invades Syria.
* Read Josephus' account @ +1Macc_10'67-69; Joseph:AJ_13'86-87;* Just_35.2'2; Sulpit_2.24'a; {CAH_8'364; Holbl_p193.} |
| 15 | ROM Aurelius Orestes reports back on his embassy to Achaea.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_38.9'1-8;* DioCass_fr.72'2. |
| 16 | AFR Scipio cuts off Carthage by land.
* Read Appian's account @ +[Liv]:EpOx_51'131-132;L +Appian:Pun_119'a-120'd;* +Zonar_9.29'h; {CAH_8'159.} |
| 17 | LUS Viriathus defeats Vetilius.
* Read Appian's account @ Diod_33.1'3; [Liv]:Per_52'b, +:EpOx_52'146-148;L Flor_1.33'16;L Appian:Hisp_63'a-c;* [Vict]:VirIll_71'1<v>;L Oros_5.4'2;L {CAH_8'133; Green_713.} |
| 18 | AFR Scipio builds a mole to prevent supplies reaching Carthage by sea, and defeats the Carthaginians in a sea battle.
* Read Appian's account @ [Liv]:Per_51'a, +:EpOx_51'133-134;L Strab_17.833'b;(3.15) Plut:Mor_200'A-B; Flor_1.31'13-15;L +Appian:Pun_121'a-123'c;* Suda_D'935; +Zonar_9.29'h-i; {CAH_8'159.} |
| 19 | PEL Sex.Caesar leads another Roman embassy to Achaea.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_38.10'1-13;* Paus_7.14'3-4; {CAH_8'322; Green_450.} |
| 20 | PAL Jonathan defeats Apollonius, the general of Demetrius.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_10'70-87;* Joseph:AJ_13'88-101. |
| 21 | AFR Scipio captures the outer quay at Carthage.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Polyb_38.19'1; +Appian:Pun_124'a-125'b.* |
| 22 | PEL An inconclusive meeting between Critolaus and the Roman envoys at Tegea.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_38.11'1-6;* Paus_7.14'4-5; DioCass_fr.72'2; {CAH_8'322; Green_450.} |
| 23 | AFR Scipio captures Nepheris.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_51'a; +Appian:Pun_126'a-e;* Zonar_9.30'b-c; {CAH_8'160.} |
| 24 | Negotiations between Hasdrubal and Gulussa.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_38.7'1-8'15;* Diod_32.22'1; Suda_A'4133; Zonar_9.30'a-b; {CAH_8'160; Walbank_p697.} |
| 25 | ROM ?? Document: SIG_674, a decree of the senate and the praetor C.Mancinus, concerning Melitaea and Narthacium in Thessaly.
@ Sherk1_38. |
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