back 152 B.C. Olympiad 157.1

Consuls: M. Claudius M.f. Marcellus, L. Valerius L.f. Flaccus
Olympic victor in the stadion race: Leonidas of Rhodes (IV)

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1 ROM The senate supports Alexander Balas' claim to Syria.
@ ~Polyb_33.18'1-14; {CAH_8'362; Green_444.}
2 SYR Alexander Balas captures Ptolemais.
* Read Justin's account
@ +1Macc_10'1; Joseph:AJ_13'35-37; Just_35.1'5-8, 2'1; Sulpit_2.24'a; {CAH_8'362.}
3 The triumph of L.Mummius, over the Lusitani.
@ ~Appian:Hisp_57'c; {OCD_m.}
4 SPA Marcellus forces the Celtiberi to come to terms.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~Polyb_35.2'1; Strab_3.162'd;(4.13)  ~Appian:Hisp_48'a-49'a; {CAH_8'537; OCD_m.}
5 LUS M.Atilius defeats the Lusitani.
@ ~Appian:Hisp_58'c; {CAH_8'133.}
6 AFR << M.Cato goes as ambassador to Carthage.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_48'a-b; Plut:CatMai_26'1-3; Appian:Pun_68'c-69'b; {CAH_8'149-150; OCD_cato.}
7 PAL Demetrius frees the Jewish hostages in Jerusalem.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ ~1Macc_10'2-14; ~Joseph:AJ_13'37-42.
8 {Tishri -J = October} Alexander Balas appoints Jonathan as high priest of the Jews.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ #1Macc_10'15-21; (?) Qumran_1QpHab'8; Joseph:AJ_13'43-46, 20'237-238, :Vit_4; [Euseb]:Chron_129'a; Sulpit_2.24'a; GeorgMon_p436'b; {CAH_8'537; Green_445.}
9 SPA Marcellus captures Nertobriga.
@ ~Polyb_35.2'2; {Walbank_p643.}
10 ROM Cato urges the destruction of Carthage, and illustrates the threat by showing a fresh fig from the city.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_48'b; Plin:HN_15'74-76;L  Plut:CatMai_26'4-27'1; Appian:Pun_69'b-c; {Immediately after his return from Carthage, though he constantly repeated this advice up until the declaration of war..}
11 LUS The Lusitani renew their resistance to Rome.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~Appian:Hisp_58'b; +Obseq_18.L 
12 BAE The foundation of Corduba, probably by Marcellus.
* Read Strabo's account
@ ~Polyb_35.2'2; Strab_3.141'b-c;(2.1)  {CAH_8'139; OCD_c.}
13 ROM ?? The death of Sulpicius Gallus' young son.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Amic_9,L  :Fam_4.6'1; {He appears to have died before Cato Licinianus.}
14 The death of Cato's eldest son, Licinianus.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Tusc_3'70,L  :Sen_84,L  :Amic_9,L  :Fam_4.6'1; [Liv]:Per_48'b; Plut:CatMai_24'1, '9-10, 27'7; Gell_13.20'9; {MRR_1'454.}
15 SYR ?? Conflicting accounts of the early life of Andriscus, who claims to be a son of Perseus.
* Read Livy's account
@ Diod_32.15'2; [Liv]:Per_49'h-j; Flor_1.30'3;L  Lucian:Ind_20.
16 << Demetrius sends Andriscus to Rome.
* Read Zonaras' account
@ Diod_31.40a'1, 32.15'1; ~[Liv]:Per_48'c, 49'h; Ampel_16'5;L  Zonar_9.28'b-c; {Green_447.}
17 ROM The death of M.Lepidus, the leader of the senate.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_48'c; {OCD_l.}
18 The death of the consul Flaccus.
@ +FastCap_p70; +Obseq_18.L 
19 NAR Roman successes in Gaul.
@ +Obseq_18.L 
20 GRE ?? A retort of Diogenes the Stoic philosopher, when insulted by one of his audience.
@ Sen:Dial_5.38'1.
21 ?? Panaetius is a pupil of Diogenes.
@ Suda_P'184.
22 == The death of Diogenes, called "the Babylonian".
@ Lucian:Macr_20; {OCD_d.}
23 EGY ?? Aristarchus is the successor of Apollonius the eidograph as head of the library at Alexandria.

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