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| 1 | ROM {13 Intercal. -R = ?January} Document: ARS_33 (Syll_664), a decree of the senate about a shrine belonging to Demetrius of Rhenea at Delos. { For the date of the praetor Q.Minucius, who consulted the senate on behalf of Demetrius, see Walbank_p814.} |
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| 2 | ROM Ptolemy VI goes to Rome to get support for his restoration to Egypt.
* Read Diodorus' account @ ~Diod_31.18'1-3;* ValMax_5.1'1, 11; [Euseb]:Chron_161.(↓) |
| 3 | {4 April -R = ?February} Document: Ter:Heaut_, "Heauton Timorumenos" by Terentius.
@ #Hyp:Ter_Heaut; { OCD_t.} |
| 4 | << Attalus appears before the senate to defend his brother Eumenes against the accusations of Prusias.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.1'2-8;* Diod_31.7'2; { Walbank_p463.} |
| 4a | EGY {? March} Document: SelPap_2.271B, a petition from Harmais, a recluse in the Serapeum. |
| 5 | SYR A Roman embassy, led by Cn.Octavius, is sent to Syria.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.2'1-14;* Appian:Syr_46; Just_34.3'6-8; ~Zonar_9'25;(p361) { OCD_o; Walbank_p465.} |
| 7 | GRE ?? Document: Syll_666, the base of a statue of Carneades at Athens. |
| 8 | CAP << The accession of Ariarathes V.
* Read Diodorus' account @ Diod_31.19'8-21'1;* ~[Liv]:Per_46; ~Zonar_9'24;(p359) { CAH_8'334; OCD_a.} |
| 9 | PAL ?? The first appearance of the Jewish sect of Essenes.
@ Qumran_CD'1; { Twenty years before the "Teacher of Righteousness" became prominent in the sect; the date rests on the assumption that the "Teacher of Righteousness" lived at the time of Jonathan.} |
| 10 | << Judas attacks Joppa and Iamnia in retaliation for atrocities against their Jewish inhabitants.
@ ~2Macc_12'3-9. |
| 11 | PEL << The Romans send Gallus to arbitrate in disputes between the Lacedaemonians and Argives, and between the Achaeans and Aetolians.
@ Paus_7.11'1-3; { CAH_8'320.} |
| 12 | ROM An embassy from Ariarathes obtains the renewal of the alliance between Rome and Cappadocia.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.3'1-5;* ~[Liv]:Per_46; { Walbank_p468.} |
| 13 | The censors, Paullus and Philippus, complete the census.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~FastCap_p66; ~[Liv]:Per_46; CIL_11.1829; ValMax_7.5'3; Plut:Aem_38'2-9.* |
| 14 | EGY {? May} Ptolemy VI is restored to the throne of Egypt.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_39.7'5;* ~[Liv]:Per_46; { OCD_p; Bennett.} |
| 15 | ASI The Rhodians seize Calynda.
@ ~Polyb_31.4'1-5'5; { Walbank_p469.} |
| 16 | << The Roman envoy Gallus investigates accusations against Eumenes.
@ Polyb_31.6'1-6; { CAH_8'318-319; OCD_g.} |
| 17 | CAP Two Roman embassies investigate the dispute between Ariarathes and the Galatians.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.7'1-8'8;* Strab_12'538-539;(2.8) { Walbank_p35.} |
| 18 | PAL Simon invades Galilee.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_5'9-23;* Joseph:AJ_12'327-334; { At the same time as Judas' attack on Timotheus.} |
| 19 | {May/June} Judas defeats Timotheus, the leader of the Ammonites.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_5'24-54;* 2Macc_8'30-33, 10'14-38, 12'10-31; { Judas returned to Jerusalem for the feast of Pentecost.} |
| 20 | EGY The territories of the Ptolemaic kingdom are divided up between Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_31.10'1-5,* 39.7'5; Diod_31.20'1, 17c'1; [Liv]:Per_47; Trog:Prol_34; [Euseb]:Chron_163; Zonar_9'25;(p361) { Green_711; Walbank_p474.} |
| 21 | PAL Judas defeats Gorgias near Marisa.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ ~1Macc_5'55-68;* 2Macc_12'32-45. |
| 22 | A night attack by Judas on the Syrian camp near Modin.
* Read 2Maccabees' account @ +2Macc_13'9-17;* Sulpit_2'23. |
| 23 | Antiochus V defeats the Jewish army at Bethzacharia.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ +1Macc_6'18-47;* Joseph:BJ_1'41-45, :AJ_12'362-374; Suda_A'2693; { Green_521.} |
| 24 | Antiochus agrees peace terms with the defenders of Jerusalem, but afterwards pulls down the walls of the temple.
* Read 1Maccabees' account @ THI_86; ~1Macc_6'48-62;* 2Macc_11'22-26, 13'18-26; #MegTaan_12'3; Joseph:BJ_1'46, :AJ_12'375-384; { CAH_8'535; Green_521=162.} |
| 24a | {Loios -M = ? July} Document: SEG_41.1556, a letter of Antiochus concerning a petition from Iamnia. |
| 25 | AEG {15 Audnaeus -M = 15 Epeiph -E = August} Document: OGIS_59, a letter from Ptolemy VI to Apollonius, an officer on the island of Thera. |
| 25a | ASI {Gorpiaeus -M} Document: RC_55, a letter from Eumenes to Attis. |
| 26 | ROM Ptolemy VIII persuades the senate to award him a larger share of the Ptolemaic territories.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_31.10'1-10,* 12'8; Athen_14.654'd; Trog:Prol_34; ~Zonar_9'25;(p361) { Walbank_p475.} |
| 27 | SAR Thalna dies while performing a sacrifice.
@ +ValMax_9.12'3; Plin:HN_7'182. |
| 28 | ROM Ti.Gracchus makes a small technical error while taking the auspices during elections for new consuls.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:QFr_2.2'1, :ND_2'10-11, :Div_1'33, 2'74; ValMax_1.1'3; Plut:Marc_5'1-4;* GranLic_8-9; [Vict]:VirIll_44'2; { Cicero, in the letter to his brother Quintus, implies that this was before Gracchus went to Sardinia.} |
| 29 | SYR Antiochus captures and kills the usurper Philippus.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~1Macc_6'63; 2Macc_9'29; Joseph:AJ_12'386;* ChronPasc_440'C; { CAH_8'535.} |
| 30 | The Jewish high priest Menelaus is put to death by Antiochus.
* Read 2Maccabees' account @ ~2Macc_13'3-8;* Joseph:AJ_12'384-385, 20'234-235, '237; ChronPasc_440'B-C; !Hieron:Chron_1857; { CAH_8'535; Green_521.} |
| 31 | MES {Tashritu -B = October} Document: BabylChron_14, referring to a battle involving the Greek citizens of Babylon. |
| 32 | SAR Gracchus puts down a rebellion in Sardinia.
@ [Vict]:VirIll_57'2; { DPRR.} |
| 33 | ROM >> Death of Philippus, son of Perseus.
@ Polyb_36.10'3; { Walbank_p669 |
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