back 165 B.C. Olympiad 153.4

Consuls: T. Manlius A.f. Torquatus, Cn. Octavius Cn.f.

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1 ROM { 20 February -R = ?January} The triumph of Sulpicius, over the Ligurians.
@ #FastTr_p105.
2 << The senate promises a Galatian embassy that their country will remain autonomous.
@ ~Polyb_30.28'1; {CAH_8'435; Green_447.}
3 {4 April -R = ?March} Terentius' "Hecyra" is performed at the Megalensia.
@ #Hyp:Ter_Hec; {OCD_t.}
4 PAL << The death of Mattathias; his dying address to his sons.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ +1Macc_2'49-70; Joseph:BJ_1'37, :AJ_12'279-286; Porph:Fr_52; [Euseb]:Chron_129'a; Sulpit_2.21'a; GeorgMon_p434'c; {Green_518.}
5 Judas defeats a Syrian force led by Apollonius.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ ~1Macc_3'10-12; Joseph:AJ_12'287; Sulpit_2.21'a.
6 PEL Popular resentment in Achaea against the policies of Callicrates.
@ ~Polyb_30.29'1-7; {Walbank_p455.}
7 SYR Antiochus appoints Lysias as viceroy during his expedition to the East.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ +1Macc_3'26-37; 4Macc_18'5; Joseph:AJ_12'293-297; Porph:Fr_57; Sulpit_2.21'a-b; {CAH_8'350; Green_439.}
8 PAL Judas defeats a Syrian force led by Seron.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ ~1Macc_3'13-25; Joseph:AJ_12'288-292; Sulpit_2.21'a.
9 EGY ?? Dionysius Petosarapis rebels against Ptolemaeus, but is defeated.
@ UPZ_1.14'8-9<t= PLoeb_2.272>.; ~Diod_31.15a'1-4; {Holbl_p181; Walbank_p397.}
10 ARM Antiochus defeats Artaxias, king of Armenia.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~Diod_31.17a'1; Appian:Syr_45'b, 66'b; Porph:Fr_38, 55, 56; {CAH_8'351..}
11 PAL Judas defeats a Syrian force led by Gorgias at Emmaeus.
* Read 1Maccabees' account
@ ~1Macc_3'38-4'27; ~2Macc_8'8-29, '34-36; Joseph:BJ_1'38, :AJ_12'298-312; Sulpit_2.21'b-c.
12 PAL {13 Mesore -E = September} Document: OstrBod_49, a receipt for pasture-tax.
@ PLoeb_2.376.
13 CAP Gracchus subdues the Cammani.
@ ~Polyb_31.1'1; {Walbank_p463.}
14 PAL Judas defeats a Syrian force led by Lysias at Bethsur.
* Read 2Maccabees' account
@ ~1Macc_4'28-35; ~2Macc_11'1-12; Joseph:AJ_12'313-315; Sulpit_2.22'a; {CAH_8'535<164>; Green_518.}
15 ETR ++ Perseus is abstemious and ungenerous, despite his great wealth.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Diod_30.21'2-3; Plut:Aem_8'10; Athen_10.445'd.
16 Perseus dies in prison at Alba.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Polyb_36.10'3; Sall:Hist_4.69'7; ~Diod_31.9'5; ~Vell_1.11'1; ValMax_5.1'1;L  Plut:Aem_37'2-4; ~[Euseb]:Chron_239'b; Zonar_9.24'e; {Green_415.}
17 ITA >> P.Lentulus as praetor buys up and redistributes the public land in Campania.
* Read Granius' account
@ Cic:LegAgr_2'82; GranLic_9-10; {MRR_1'438..}

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