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| 1 | Document:Burstein_109(OGIS_761), a letter ofPtolemy Alexander concerning the temple ofHorus atAthribis. |
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| 2 | Erotimus, the king of the NabataeanArabs, extends his power by attacks onSyrian territory. Read Justin's account @ Just_39.5'5-6;Trog:Prol_39; Apparently, Trogus referred to this before the death of Antiochus Grypus. |
| 3 | Heracleon murdersAntiochus Grypus. Read Athenaeus' account @ Athen_4.153'b<q"Poseidon_24>;Joseph:AJ_13'365;Trog:Prol_39,40;[Euseb]:Chron_259; Green_551. |
| 4 | Seleucus the son ofGrypus is proclaimed king, and attacksAntiochus Cyzicenus. Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:AJ_13'366;[Euseb]:Chron_259. |
| 5 | The campaigns ofT.Didius in Spain, withQ.Sertorius asmilitary tribune; the Romans captureTermessus and Colenda. Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_1'77;[Liv]:Per_70;Frontin:Str_1.8'5,2.10'1;Plut:Sert_3'5-10;Appian:Hisp_99-100;Gell_2.27'2,5;Obseq_47,48;OCD³. |
| 6 | The Roman senate decides thatCappadocia andPaphlagonia should become republics. @ Just_38.2'2-7;CAH_9'142;OCD³. |
| 7 | L.Crassus, standing as candidate for the consulship, is ashamed to canvass for votes in the presence ofQ.Scaevola. @ ValMax_4.5'4. |
| 8 | Document:CIL_1.889, an "inspection ticket" of Capito. |
| 9 | Ptolemy Apion dies; his will bequeathsCyrene to Rome. Read Justin's account @ Cic:LegAgr_2'51;Sall:Hist_2'41;[Liv]:Per_70;Appian:Mith_121;Just_39.5'2-3;Obseq_49;Festus:Brev_13'2;Eutrop_6.11'3;Hieron:Chron_1922,1952;AmmMarc_22.16'24;CAH_9'316;OCD³. |
| 10 | The upright conduct of Asellio as governor ofSicily. @ Diod_37.8'1-4;DPRR. |
| 11 | P.Sulpicius makes his first public speech. @ Cic:DeOr_2'88-89; About a year before the trial of C.Norbanus. |
| 11a | C.Flaccus, aspraetor, grants citizenship to Calliphana ofVelia who is a priestess ofCeres. @ Cic:Balb_55;ValMax_1.1'1;DPRR. |
| 12 | Crassus andScaevola take opposite sides in a famous court case, over an inheritance disputed betweenM'.Curius andM.Coponius. Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Caecin_53,67,69,:DeOr_1'180,'238,2'24,'140-141,'220-222,:Brut_144-145,194-199,256,:Top_44;Quint_7.6'9-10. |
| 13 | Crassus speaks in defence ofC.Aculeo. @ Cic:DeOr_2'262. |
| 14 | C.Sergius Orata, a keen proponent of new luxuries, is brought to trial for building on theLucrine lake, and is defended by Crassus. @ Cic:DeOr_1'178,:Off_3'67;ValMax_9.1'1;Plin:HN_9'168-170;Macrob:Sat_3.15'2-3. |
| 15 | The birth ofTerentia, wife ofM.Cicero. @ Plin:HN_7'158; Terentia's eldest child, Tullia, was born in 79/78 B.C. Terentia lived to be 103 years old, after Cicero divorced her. |
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