178 B.C. - events and references (original) (raw)

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1

PEL Document: Syll_634, an inscription put up by the Spartan exiles in honour of Callicrates.

1a

GRE Document: Syll_636, a decree of the Amphictyonic Council about sacred lands near Delphi.

1b

Document: Syll_637, a decree of Delphi honouring the citizens of Tetrapolis in Attica.

1c

{Apellaeus -G = July/Aug.} Document: THI_24.P, the manumission of a slave girl belonging to a man from Beroea.

2

SPA Gracchus establishes peace in eastern Spain.
* Read Appian's account
@ Polyb_32.2'15; ~[Liv]:Per_41; Plut:TGrac_5'5; Appian:Hisp_43-44;* (↓) +Obseq_8; { CAH_8'532; OCD�.}

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_397-420; +Liv_41.1'1-5'12;* Plin:HN_7'101; Flor_1.26'1-3; +Obseq_8; { 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.}

4a

?? The Romans build a new house for Antiochus to live in during his stay in Rome.
@ Ascon_13.L

4b

<< Demetrius replaces Antiochus as a Syrian hostage at Rome.
* Read Polybius' account
@ Polyb_31.2'1-5;* ~[Liv]:Per_41; Appian:Syr_45; [Euseb]:Chron_253;(↓) Sulpit_2'19; { CAH_8'340; Green_440=176.}

4c

PAL {Gorpiaeus -M} Document: SEG_57.1838, a letter from Seleucus IV to Heliodorus, concerning the protection of sanctuaries and religious rites.

4d

GRE {9 Pyanepsion -G = Oct./Nov.} Document: SEG_32.131, an Athenian decree in honour of Antiochus Epiphanes.

5

ROM {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;(↓) { 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;* +Obseq_8.

8

== The censors complete the census, with a total of 258,000 citizens.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_41.

9

{16 March -R = ?December} The provinces of Sardinia and Istria are allotted to the new consuls.
@ +Liv_41.8'5-9'8.