153 B.C. Olympiad 156.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM {1 January -R} The consuls enter office early because of the fighting in Spain.
* Read Livy's account @ ~CIL_p231<t= LewRein_1.p511>; ~[Liv]:Per_47'b-c;* Ovid:Fast_3'147-148;L {CAH_8'537; OCD_calendar.} |
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| 2 | The senate decides not to release the Achaean detainees.
@ ~Polyb_33.14'1; {Walbank_p557.} |
| 3 | Alexander Balas arrives at Rome.
@ ~Polyb_33.15'1-2; {CAH_8'362.} |
| 4 | LUS The Lusitani defeat Mummius.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Diod_31.42'1; ~Appian:Hisp_56'b.* |
| 5 | EGY Document: PPar_43, a letter from Sarapion to his brothers.
@ PLoeb_1.99. |
| 6 | ROM The censors, M.Valerius and C.Cassius, complete the census.
* Read Livy's account @ ~FastCap_p68; [Liv]:Per_48'a,* 'c; ValMax_2.9'9.L |
| 7 | SPA {23 August -R} The Celtiberi, led by (?) Carus, kill 6000 Roman soldiers in an ambush.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Diod_31.41'1; Flor_1.34'3-4;L #~Appian:Hisp_45'a-b;* {Shortly after the arrival of Nobilior in Spain.} |
| 8 | {26 August -R} Nobilior is repulsed at Numantia.
@ #~Appian:Hisp_46'a-c; {CAH_8'537.} |
| 9 | AEG The Cretans attack Siphnos.
@ ~Diod_31.45'1; {This happened during the war against Rhodes (Walbank_p546).} |
| 10 | LUS The Lusitani make raids into neighbouring territories, but are checked by Mummius.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Appian:Hisp_57'a-b;* Eutrop_4.9'1; {CAH_8'132; OCD_m.} |
| 11 | ROM A Rhodian embassy, led by Astymedes, appeals for Roman intervention in the war against Crete.
@ ~Polyb_33.15'3-4. |
| 12 | SPA The Celtiberi ambush Roman cavalry reinforcements, and kill their leader Blesius.
@ ~Appian:Hisp_47'a-b. |
| 13 | AFR Another Roman commission is sent to arbitrate between Masinissa and Carthage.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_47'c; Appian:Pun_68'a-c;* {CAH_8'149; Walbank_p653.} |
| 14 | PEL The Rhodians make an unsuccessful appeal to the Achaean assembly for help against the Cretans.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_33.16'1-17'5;* ~Diod_31.43'1, 44'1; {CAH_8'381.} |
| 15 | SPA Nobilior spends the winter in camp in Spain.
@ ~Appian:Hisp_47'b. |
| 16 | NUM == A son called Methimannus is born to Masinissa, who is 86 years old.
@ ~Plin:HN_7'61;L ~Plut:Mor_791'F. |
| 17 | AEG << Document: SIG_693, recording a treaty between Rome and Methymna.
@ Sherk1_33. |
| 18 | ROM ?? P.Lentulus gives his daughter a dowry of just 25 sestertii.
@ GranLic_10; {P.Lentulus was consul suffectus in 162 B.C.; he lived on for many more years, until at least 121 B.C.} |
| 19 | << L.Lentulus is convicted of treason.
@ ValMax_6.9'10;L {L.Lentulus was consul in 156 B.C. and was probably prosecuted after acting as governor of a province..} |
| 20 | == Cato defends himself against an accusation in court, for the last time.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Liv_39.40'12; ~ValMax_8.7'1;L ~Plut:CatMai_15'4-5,* :Mor_784'D; {The ancient sources state that Cato was 86 years old at the time, but this is based on the assumption that he lived for 90 years.} |
| 21 | == Several praetors are convicted of extortion.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_47'c; {CAH_8'131.} |
| 22 | == Publicia and Licinia are put to death on suspicion of having murdered their husbands.
* Read Livy's account @ [Liv]:Per_48'c-d;* ValMax_6.3'8;L {Publicia was accused of poisoning Postumius, the consul of the previous year.} |
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