back 181 B.C. Olympiad 149.4

Consuls: P. Cornelius L.f. Cethegus, M. Baebius Q.f. Tamphilus
Achaean General: Hyperbatus

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1 ROM {23 April -R = ?January} The temple of Venus Erycina is dedicated by L.Porcius.
* Read Livy's account
@ #ROL_p458; +Liv_40.34'4;*  #Ovid:Fast_4'871-876;L  {CAH_8'441.}
2 PEL The assembly of the Achaean League reacts cautiously to the decisions of the Roman senate about Messene and Sparta.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_24.2'1-3'1;*  Paus_7.9'7; {CAH_8'299.}
3 CIS Paullus decisively defeats the Ingauni in Liguria.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_40.25'1-28'10;*  Frontin:Str_3.17'2; Plut:Aem_6'1-7; +Obseq_6;L  {CAH_8'116<182?>; OCD_p.}
4 PAL ?? Hyrcanus the son of Joseph is forced to leave Judaea and settles on the other side of the river Jordan.
* Read Josephus' account
@ Joseph:AJ_12'228-234;*  +Hieron:Chron_1836; {This was probably at least seven years before the death of Seleucus IV (Joseph:AJ_12'234).}
5 ROM {13 November -R = ?August} The temple of Pietas is dedicated by M'.Glabrio.
* Read Livy's account
@ #ROL_p463; +Liv_40.34'5-6;*  !Plin:HN_7'121;L  AmmMarc_14.6'8;L  {OCD_p.}
6 MAC Philippus leads an expedition to the top of Mt.Haemus.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_40.20'5-22'15;*  Flor_1.28'4.L 
7 SYR Seleucus IV decides not to help Pharnaces in the war against Eumenes, because of the terms of the treaty of Apameia.
@ Polyb_fr'96; ~Diod_29.23'1-24'1; {CAH_8'329.}
8 SPA Flaccus defeats the Celtiberi near Aebura and captures Contrebia.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~Diod_29.28'1; +Liv_40.30'1-34'1,*  54'9, 42.34'9; Frontin:Str_2.5'8; Appian:Hisp_42'a-b; Oros_4.20'31;L  {CAH_8'125.}
9 ROM The triumph of Paullus, over the Ligurians.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~Diod_29.26'1; +Liv_40.34'7-14;*  [Vict]:VirIll_56'1-2.L 
10 Q.Fulvius Flaccus suffers a third defeat in the consular elections.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_40.35'1-2,*  37'6.
11 ROM == The "books of Numa" are discovered, but they are publicly burnt by the praetor Q.Petillius.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Plin:HN_13'84-87<q"L  Hemina>; +Liv_40.29'3-14;*  +Plut:Num_22'7-8; [Vict]:VirIll_3'2;L  August:DeCiv_7.34'a-b, 35'e-g, 8.5'c; {CAH_8'220; OCD_p.}
12 IT+ == Roman colonies are founded at Aquileia and Graviscae.
* Read Livy's account
@ +Liv_40.29'1-2,*  34'2-3; Strab_5.214'c;(1.8)  ~Vell_1.15'2; +Obseq_6;L  {CAH_8'118; OCD_a.}
13 ROM {March -R = ?December} The new consuls enter office, and the brothers of Eumenes appear before the senate in an attempt to secure peace with Pharnaces.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_24.5'1-8;*  ~Diod_29.22'1; +Liv_40.35'2-36'13.
14 ASI {Dius -M} Document: Austin_202, a letter from Eumenes to Artemidorus, the governor of Telmessus.

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