182 B.C. Olympiad 149.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | PEL The Achaean League declares war on Messene.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Polyb_24.9'12-13; ~Liv_39.48'6; Plut:Phil_18'1-5;* Paus_4.29'11, 8.51'8; Just_32.1'4; Trog:Prol_32; {CAH_8'531.} |
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| 2 | << Death of Prusias I, king of Bithynia.
@ Memn_19'3; {CAH_8'531; OCD_p.} |
| 3 | MAC Rivalry between Perseus and Demetrius, after Perseus accuses Demetrius of plotting to become king of Macedonia.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_23.11'1-8;* +Liv_40.5'1-16'3; Just_32.2'8-9. |
| 4 | PEL Philopoemen is captured by the Messenians.
* Read Livy's account @ ~Polyb_23.12'1-2; ~Liv_39.49'1-50'4;* Plut:Phil_18'6-19'7, :Flam_22'7, :Mor_856'F; Paus_4.29'12, 8.51'5-7; Just_32.1'5-8; {OCD_p.} |
| 5 | ?? Stratagems of Philopoemen.
@ Polyaen_6.4'1-2. |
| 6 | ?? A saying of Flamininus, mocking the appearance of Philopoemen.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Phil_2'5-6,* :Mor_197'C-D. |
| 7 | ++ General comments on the character of Philopoemen, his bold military leadership, and his policy of independence from Rome.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Polyb_24.11'1-13'10; Diod_29.18'1; Plut:Phil_1'6-3'5,* 21'10-12, :Flam_22'1-24'5, :Arat_24'2, :Mor_812'E; Paus_8.49'1; Suda_Ph'409. |
| 8 | Philopoemen is put to death by the Messenians.
* Read Livy's account @ ~Polyb_23.12'3-9; ~Liv_39.50'5-10;* Plut:Phil_20'1-4; Paus_8.51'7; Just_32.1'9, ~4'9; ~Oros_4.20'29;L {CAH_8'531; OCD_p.} |
| 9 | PEL Document: SIG_624, a decree of Megalopolis in honour of Philopoemen.
@ Burstein_73. |
| 10 | ASI << Attalus and his brothers visit Cyzicus with their mother Apollonis.
* Read Suda's account @ Polyb_22.20'1-8; Suda_A'3415;* {Polybius mentions this visit in his narrative for the year 185/4, but says that it took place after the peace between Eumenes and Prusias.} |
| 11 | SPA Q.Fulvius captures the town of Urbicna.
@ +Liv_40.16'4-11; {CAH_8'125.} |
| 12 | PEL Messene surrenders to the Achaeans.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_23.15'1-17'4,* 24.9'13; Diod_29.18'1; ~Liv_39.40'9; Plut:Phil_21'1-9; Paus_4.29'12; Just_32.1'10; {CAH_8'299; OCD_m.} |
| 13 | Sparta rejoins the Achaean League.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_23.17'5-18'5,* 24.7'1; {CAH_8'299.} |
| 14 | GRE == Document: SIG_630, a decree of the Amphictyonic Council honouring Eumenes and recognising the festival of Nicephoria.
@ Burstein_87. |
| 15 | AFR == Roman envoys mediate in a dispute between Carthage and Masinissa, but do not reach a decision.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_40.17'1-6;* Appian:Pun_68'b-c; {CAH_8'145.} |
| 16 | ROM == C.Orchius passes the Lex Orchia, a law to restrict the numbers of guests at banquets.
@ Cato:Orig_7'12-14; ~Macrob:Sat_3.17'2-3,L '5;L {CAH_8'184; OCD_l.} |
| 17 | ?? Paullus divorces Papiria; her two sons are adopted into other families, and take on the names of Fabius and Scipio.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Off_1'121;L Plut:Aem_5'1-10;* {In Plutarchus' account, this comes between the birth of Scipio Aemilianus (185/4) and Paullus' campaign in Liguria.} |
| 18 | ROM ?? The tribunes censure the aedile A.Mancinus for his behaviour towards a prostitute called Manilia.
@ Gell_4.14'3-6; {A.Mancinus was praetor in 180 B.C., but this story possibly refers to a different member of the same family.} |
| 19 | Omens, including an outbreak of plague.
* Read Livy's account @ +Liv_40.19'1-8,* 36'14; +Obseq_6.L |
| 20 | {March -R = ?December} Envoys from Eumenes, Ariarathes, Pharnaces, and Philippus, and from the Spartans and Achaeans, appear before the senate.
* Read Polybius' account @ ~Polyb_24.1'1-7;* +Liv_40.18'3-8, 19'9-20'4; Paus_7.9'6; {CAH_8'299.} |
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