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| 1 | Document:SelPap_1.101, a letter from Esthladas to his parents which mentions a revolt againstPtolemy . |
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| 2 | Perperna rushes toAsia. Read Eutropius' account @ Eutrop_4.20'2;Oros_5.10'4. |
| 3 | Perperna defeatsAristonicus. Read Livy's account @ [Liv]:Per_59;Just_36.4'9;Eutrop_4.20'2;Oros_5.10'4;CAH_8'380;OCD³. |
| 4 | Perperna capturesStratoniceia: end of the war against Aristonicus. Read Velleius' account @ Vell_2.4'1;ValMax_3.4'5;Flor_1.35'6;Appian:Mith_62;Just_36.4'9;Trog:Prol_36;Eutrop_4.20'2;Oros_5.10'5;CAH_8'380; Green_530. |
| 5 | Blossius commits suicide. Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Amic_37;Plut:TGrac_20'7; After the defeat of Aristonicus. |
| 5a | Document:SEG_36.555, a dedication by three men returning from the war against Aristonicus. |
| 5b | ThecensorsQ.Pompeius andQ.Metellus complete the census. @ [Liv]:Per_59;CAH_9'780. |
| 6 | After the death ofLentulus,Ap.Claudius (the younger) is elected suffect consul. @ FastCap_p72<x>;CIL_6.1283. |
| 6a | Crates becomes head of theAcademy, following the death ofCarneades son ofPolemarchus. Read Apollodorus' account @ Apollod:Fr_54,55,56;Phld:Acad_25-26;Lucian:Macr_20; When Epicles was Athenian archon. |
| 6b | Document:OGIS_144, a statue of Cleopatra III at Delos, apparently dedicated by Memphites. |
| 7 | Ptolemy VIII murders his eldest son. @ Just_38.8'12. |
| 8 | Ptolemy VIII murders his sonMemphites. Read Justin's account @ Diod_34.14'1;[Liv]:Per_59;ValMax_9.2e'5;Just_38.8'13-15;Oros_5.10'7; ~CAH_9'313; Green_540. |
| 9 | Antiochus VII, accompanied byHyrcanus ofJudaea, defeatsPhraates in three battles. Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:AJ_13'249-252<q"NicDam_92>;Just_38.10'1-6;CAH_8'371;OCD³. |
| 10 | TheThracians attackSestus. @ OGIS_339'17-26,'55-59<t=Austin_252>. |
| 11 | TheScythians defeat and subjugate the Greeks inBactria. Read Strabo's account @ Strab_11'511;Trog:Prol_41;CAH_8'403, '414;OCD³; Green_335. |
| 12 | Death ofPerperna atPergamon. Read Fasti's account @ FastCap_p72<x>;Just_36.4'11;Eutrop_4.20'2;Oros_5.10'5;CAH_8'380;OCD³. |
| 13 | Death ofAriarathes V. Read Justin's account @ Just_37.1'2,38.2'5;CAH_9'141;OCD³. |
| 13a | Document:Syll_692, confirmation of the privileges awarded by theAmphictyons to theDionysiac Artists. |
| 13b | Document:OGIS_132, a dedication toPan by Soterichus. |
| 14 | Ap.Claudius prides himself on his skill at dancing. @ Macrob:Sat_3.14'14. |
| 15 | After Ap.Claudius dies, the two vacant places on the agrarian commission are filled byCarbo and FulviusFlaccus. Read Appian's account @ Cic:Rep_1'31;Appian:BCiv_1'18;OCD³. |
| 16 | The division of land by the agrarian commission causes many legal disputes over ownership. Read Appian's account @ [Liv]:Per_59;Appian:BCiv_1'18; After the death of P.Crassus, but before the intervention of Scipio. |
| 17 | The death ofP.Rupilius, allegedly caused by disappointment at his brother's failure to be elected consul. Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Tusc_4'40,:Amic_73;Plin:HN_7'122; According to Cicero, this happened before the death of Scipio. |
| 18 | Aristonicus is put to death in prison. Read Eutropius' account @ Eutrop_4.20'2;Oros_5.10'5;CAH_9'781; Green_716. |
| 19 | Antiochus' troops are billetted in various cities for the winter. Read Justin's account @ Diod_34.17'2;Just_38.10'8;CAH_8'372. |
| 20 | Apraetor is killed by a bolt of lightning. @ Obseq_28. |
| 21 | Omens, including four days of weeping by the statue ofApollo atCumae. @ Obseq_28;August:DeCiv_3'11. |
| 22 | The Lex Licinia, a sumptuary law, sets limits on the amounts to be spent on banquets. Read Gellius' account @ Gell_2.24'7-10<q"Laevius>;Macrob:Sat_3.17'7-10;CAH_9'77 (131 or later);OCD³ (just after 143). |
| 23 | Accius reads one of his tragedies toPacuvius atTarentum. Read Gellius' account @ Gell_13.2'1-6;Hieron:Chron_1878. |
| 24 | Pacuvius is distinguished as a painter as well as a poet. @ Plin:HN_35'19; ~OCD³. |
| 26 | The widespread conquests ofMenander inIndia, reaching as far asPataliputra. Read Strabo's account @ Strab_11'516,15'698;Trog:Prol_41; There is an Indian account of the attack on Pataliputra in theYuga Purana. |
| 27 | Menander holds learned conversations withNagasena, a Buddhist sage. @ Milinda_1'1-44. |
| 27a | Document:CKI_176, inscription on a reliquary fromGandhara, referring to king Minadra. seeS.Baum(2017), p. 64. |
| 28 | The cities ofIndia honour Menander after his death. @ Plut:Mor_821'D-E;CAH_8'411;OCD³. |
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