175 B.C. Olympiad 151.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM A Roman embassy returns from Macedonia and reports on Perseus' policies.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_41.19'4-6;* Appian:Mac_11'1;(17) {CAH_8'303.} |
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| 2 | CIS The consuls win victories in Liguria and Cisalpine Gaul.
@ +Liv_41.19'1-3. |
| 3 | MOE The Bastarnae invade the territory of the Dardani, but suffer heavy losses while crossing the river Danube.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_41.19'7-11;* +Oros_4.20'34-35.L |
| 4 | EGY << The death of Cleopatra, mother of Ptolemaeus.
@ Porph:Fr_49; {CAH_8'343; OCD_c.} |
| 5 | PER << The death of Phriapitius, and accession of Phraates I as king of Parthia.
@ Just_41.5'9; {OCD_arsacids.} |
| 6 | PAL << Heliodorus, the minister of Seleucus, visits Jerusalem, but is deterred from robbing the temple treasury.
* Read 2Maccabees' account @ Daniel_11'20; 2Macc_3'1-40;* 4Macc_4'4-14; Joseph:BJ_1'31; ChronPasc_436'B-437'A; !Hieron:Chron_1833; {CAH_8'340; Green_508.} |
| 7 | SYR << The Jewish high priest Onias visits Seleucus to seek his support against his rival Simon.
* Read 2Maccabees' account @ ~2Macc_4'1-6;* 4Macc_4'1-3; Sulpit_2.18'a, 19'b. |
| 8 | SYR ?? Document: OGI_245, a list of annual priests at Seleuceia in Pieria.
@ Austin_207. |
| 9 | ++ Seleucus is a weak and ineffectual king.
* Read Appian's account @ Appian:Syr_66'b;* Porph:Fr_48. |
| 10 | {10 month6 -B = 3 September} Seleucus IV is murdered at the instigation of Heliodorus.
* Read Appian's account @ +BabylChron_BM.35603'R8-10; Appian:Syr_45'a;* {CAH_8'340-341; OCD_s.} |
| 11 | ROM L.Scipio the son of Africanus is elected praetor, after his opponent Cicereius withdraws from the election.
@ ValMax_3.5'1,L 4.5'3;L {OCD_s.} |
| 12 | SYR {month8 -B = October} Antiochus IV suppresses Heliodorus and establishes himself as king of Syria, with his (?) son Antiochus as co-ruler.
* Read Appian's account @ +BabylChron_BM.35603'R11; Daniel_11'21; Polyb_31.13'3; +1Macc_1'10; ~[Liv]:Per_41'a; Joseph:AJ_12'234-236; Appian:Syr_45'a-b;* GranLic_4; Trog:Prol_32; Porph:Fr_49; [Euseb]:Chron_127'd, +253'c-d, 263'a; +Hieron:Chron_1842; Sulpit_2.19'b, 22'b; ExcBarb_46A; Zonar_9.21'd; {CAH_8'332; OCD_a.} |
| 13 | Document: OGI_248, a decree of (?) Athens praising Eumenes for his help in establishing Antiochus as king of Syria.
@ Austin_208. |
| 14 | ROM {23 Febuary -R = ?November} The triumph of Ti.Gracchus, from Sardinia.
* Read Livy's account @ Liv_41.28'8-9;* #FastTr_p103; Plut:TGrac_1'2. |
| 15 | The triumph of M.Titinius, from nearer Spain.
@ +FastTr_p103. |
| 16 | {12 March -R = ?December} The triumphs of Lepidus and Scaevola, over the Ligurians.
@ #FastTr_p104. |
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