178 B.C. - events and references

178 B.C. Olympiad 150.3

Consuls: M. Junius M.f. Brutus, A. Manlius Cn.f. Vulso

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1	PEL Document: SIG_634, an inscription put up by the Spartan exiles in honour of Callicrates. @ Burstein_74.
2	SPA Gracchus establishes peace in eastern Spain. * Read Appian's account @ Polyb_32.2'15; ~[Liv]:Per_41'a; Plut:TGrac_5'5; Appian:Hisp_43'c-44'b;* +Obseq_8;^L {CAH_8'532; OCD_g<179?>.}
3	CIS Manlius attacks the Istrians; he is saved from an ambush by the bravery of the tribune C.Aelius. * Read Livy's account @ Ennius:Ann_379-420; +Liv_41.1'1-5'12;* Plin:HN_7'101;^L Flor_1.26'1-3;^L +Obseq_8;^L {CAH_8'116.}
4	ROM A Lycian embassy complains to the senate about their treatment by the Rhodians. * Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_25.4'1-10;* +Liv_41.6'5-12, 8'5, 42.12'3; Appian:Mac_11'2;⁽¹⁸⁾ {CAH_8'302.}
5	{4 February -R = ?November} The triumph of Gracchus, over the Celtiberi. * Read Livy's account @ +Liv_41.6'4, 7'1-3;* #FastTr_p103; Plut:TGrac_1'2; Appian:Hisp_43'c; {CAH_8'125.}
6	{5 February -R = ?November} The triumph of Postumius, over the Lusitani. * Read Livy's account @ +Liv_41.7'2;* #FastTr_p103; {CAH_8'125.}
7	== The sacred fire at the temple of Vesta dies out. * Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_41'a;* +Obseq_8.^L
8	== The censors complete the census, with a total of 258,000 citizens. @ ~[Liv]:Per_41'b.
9	{16 March -R = ?December} The provinces of Sardinia and Istria are allotted to the new consuls. @ +Liv_41.8'5-9'8.

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