157 B.C. Olympiad 155.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | EGY << Document: UPZ_1.14, a petition of Ptolemaeus on behalf of his brother Apollonius.
@ Bagnall_143. | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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