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

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ROM Q.Hortensius is found guilty of an offence, and is forced to resign as consul.
@ +FastCap_p72.

NUM << Jugurtha enters into negotiations about surrender, but then decides to continue the conflict.
@ ~Sall:Jug_61'4-62'10; DioCass_fr.89'1; ~Oros_5.15'7.

EGY {29 Tybi -E = February} Document: AET_7.13, contracts for sale of wheat with deferred delivery.

NUM /marius*1 Marius plans to stand for the consulship, but does not get the support of Metellus.
@ +Sall:Jug_63'1-65'5; Vell_2.11'1-2; Plin:HN_11'189;L Plut:Mar_7'6, 8'6, '8; DioCass_fr.89'3-4; [Vict]:VirIll_67'1; Exsuper_3.

Vaga revolts from the Romans, but is recaptured by Metellus.
@ +Sall:Jug_66'1-69'4; Plut:Mar_8'2-3; Appian:Num_3.

Metellus is forced to condemn Turpilius for his conduct during the revolt of Vaga.
@ Plut:Mar_8'1-5.

Jugurtha discovers that Bomilcar is plotting against him.
@ Sall:Jug_70'1-72'2; Frontin:Str_1.8'8.

Metellus defeats Jugurtha in another battle.
@ +Sall:Jug_74'1-3; [Liv]:Per_65; Vell_2.11'2; +Obseq_40.

SYR << Antiochus Grypus grants independence to Seleuceia.
@ +ChronPasc_448'A; { OCD_s.}

EXT << After the death of Mirvan, Parnajom becomes king of the Iberians.
@ ChronGeorg_4; { Traditional date, according to C.Toumanoff.}

ROM Marius returns to Rome and is elected consul for the following year.
@ +Sall:Jug_73'1-7; Cic:Off_3'79, '81; Vell_2.11'2; Plut:Mar_8'7-9; Exsuper_4-7; { CAH_9'44; OCD_m.}

NUM Metellus captures Thala.
@ +Sall:Jug_75'1-77'4, 89'6; Flor_1.36'11.

MAU Bocchus enters into alliance with Jugurtha.
@ +Sall:Jug_80'1-83'3; Flor_1.36'12.

PAL << Hyrcanus begins to besiege Samaria.
* Read Josephus' account
@ ~Joseph:BJ_1'64, :AJ_13'273-277;* { The siege lasted for about a year.}

SYR << Ptolemy Lathyrus sends six thousand soldiers as aid to Antiochus Cyzicenus.
* Read Josephus' account
@ Joseph:BJ_1'65, ~:AJ_13'277-279,* '282-283; { Hölbl_p208.}

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EGY {24 Thoth = October} Document: SelPap_2.277, a petition to the strategus Asclepiades from Dionysius.

ITA == Document: CIL_1.675, a wall dedicated to Venus at Capua.

ROM == C.Geta is elected censor after having been downgraded by a previous pair of censors.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Clu_119;* +FastCap_p72; { CAH_9'784.}

== The birth of Q.Pompeius Bithynicus, P.Autronius, C.Staienus and other mediocre orators.
@ ~Cic:Brut_240-241; { About two years before the birth of Cicero.}

EXT ?? The second voyage of Eudoxus, during which he visits Ethiopia.
@ Strab_2'99,(3.4) '101;(3.5) { While Cleopatra the queen mother was in control of Egypt.}