back 157 B.C. Olympiad 155.4

Consuls: Sex. Julius Sex.f. Caesar, L. Aurelius L.f. Orestes

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1 EGY << Document: UPZ_1.14, a petition of Ptolemaeus on behalf of his brother Apollonius.
@ Bagnall_143.
2 ROM {March -R} Ariarathes and his opponents compete for the support of the Romans.
* Read Polybius' account
@ +Polyb_31.10'2-8; Appian:Syr_47'b; Zonar_9.24'h.
3 SYR Attalus sets up Alexander Balas as a rival to Demetrius.
@ Diod_31.32a'1; {This was a response to the expulsion of Ariarathes from Cappadocia - see Walbank_p557.}
4 PEL Ariarathes escapes a plot against his life on his journey back from Rome.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_32.11'3; Diod_31.32b'1.
5 ILL The Romans send a commission under C.Fannius to Dalmatia.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_32.9'1-5; Appian:Ill_11'a; {Walbank_p529.}
6 PAL << Document: Eupolemus' Jewish history.
@ +Eupolem_4.
7 CAP ++ General remarks on the worthless character of Orophernes.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_32.11'8-10, 33.6'2; Diod_31.32'1; Athen_10.440'b.
8 Ariarathes defeats Orophernes, and regains control of Cappadocia.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_3.5'2, ~32.11'1-3, 12'1; Diod_31.34'1; ~[Liv]:Per_47'a; Trog:Prol_34; Zonar_9.24'i; {CAH_8'359<156>; Walbank_p534.}
9 GRE The Athenians carry out a raid against Oropus.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_32.11'5-7; Paus_7.11'4; {Walbank_p532.}
10 PAL Peace between Jonathan and the Syrians.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ 1Macc_9'58-73; Joseph:AJ_13'23-34; Hieron:Chron_1862; Sulpit_2.23'b; {Two years after the death of Alcimus (1Macc_9'57).}
11 ILL The Romans declare war on the Dalmatians.
* Read Polybius' account
@ ~Polyb_32.13'1-9; ~[Liv]:Per_47'b; Zonar_9.25'h; {Green_712.}
12 AFR The Roman senate sends an embassy to arbitrate between Masinissa and Carthage.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_47'b; {CAH_8'149.}
13 ROM The Roman treasury contains over (?) 17,000 pounds of gold and 22,000 pounds of silver.
@ +Plin:HN_33'55.L 
14 ETR >> The Romans found a colony at Auximum.
@ ~Vell_1.15'3; {CAH_8'215; OCD_a<128>.}

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