back 154 B.C. Olympiad 156.3

Consuls: Q. Opimius Q.f., L. Postumius Sp.f. Albinus

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1 ASI Prusias refuses to obey the Roman decemviri.
@ ~Polyb_33.12'1-9; {CAH_8'360.}
2 ROM The death of the consul Postumius.
@ +FastCap_p68; +Obseq_17.L 
3 CIS The Ligurians assault the Roman envoy Flaminius.
@ +Polyb_33.8'1-9'8.
4 AEG << The Cretans defeat a Rhodian fleet, commanded by Aristocrates.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_33.4'1-4;*  Diod_31.37'1-38'1; Trog:Prol_35; Suda_A'3919; {CAH_8'381; Walbank_p545.}
5 ROM The senate supports the claim of Ptolemaeus VII to rule Cyprus.
@ ~Polyb_33.11'1-7; {Walbank_p553.}
6 ASI Peace between Attalus and Prusias.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_33.13'1-10;*  Appian:Mith_3'b-c; {CAH_8'537; OCD_p.}
7 CYP Archias the governor of Cyprus accepts bribes from Demetrius, but is detected and commits suicide.
* Read Suda's account
@ ~Polyb_33.5'1-4; Suda_A'4103,*  K'1346; {CAH_8'361.}
8 ASI Ariarathes of Cappadocia attacks Priene.
* Read Polybius' account
@ OGI_351<t= Sherk1_32>; ~Polyb_33.6'1-9;*  {CAH_8'537.}
9 CIS Opimius defeats the Oxybii and Decietae, two Ligurian tribes.
* Read Polybius' account
@ +Polyb_33.10'1-11'1;*  [Liv]:Per_47'b; Strab_4.203'b;(6.3)  +Obseq_17;L  !Hieron:Chron_1871; {MRR_1'449.}
10 LUS Punicus leads the Lusitani in revolt and defeats the Romans; the start of Lusitanian War.
* Read Appian's account
@ [Liv]:Per_47'b, 54'b; Strab_3.152'e;(3.3)  Flor_1.33'15;L  Appian:Hisp_56'a-b;*  +Obseq_17;L  Eutrop_4.16'2; {CAH_8'132; Green_712.}
11 EGY Ptolemaeus VI captures his brother, but spares his life and restores him to Cyrene.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_39.7'6;*  Diod_31.33'1; {Green_443.}
12 SPA The senate declares war on the Celtiberi because of the enlargement of Segeda; the start of the Celtiberian War.
* Read Appian's account
@ Diod_31.39'1; Appian:Hisp_44'a-b;*  {Green_132; OCD_c<153>.}
13 ROM ?? L.Hostius commits parricide.
@ ~Plut:Rom_22'5; {Almost 600 years after the foundation of Rome, and after the war against Hannibal.}
14 == The floruit of Pacuvius the tragedian.
@ +Hieron:Chron_1863.
15 == The tribune L.Cotta is criticized by his colleagues for not repaying his debts.
@ ValMax_6.5'4;L  {MRR_1'450.}
16 == The birth of Cato's son Salonianus.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plin:HN_7'61;L  Plut:CatMai_24'9;*  ~[Vict]:VirIll_47'9;L  {Cato was 81 years old when this son was born.}
17 == Scipio Nasica prevents the censor Cassius from building a theatre.
* Read St.Augustine's account
@ [Liv]:Per_48'g; ~Vell_1.15'3; ValMax_2.4'2;L  Appian:BCiv_1.28'a; Tert:DeSpect_10'b; August:DeCiv_1.31'b-c;*  Oros_4.21'4-9;L  {CAH_8'470; OCD_s.}
18 == Cassius consults the pontifices about moving a statue of Concordia into the senate-house.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Dom_130-131,*  136.

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