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

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1

ROM ?? C.Gracchus speaks in defence of Vettius.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:CGrac_1'1-3,* :Mor_798'F.

2

SYR Alexander Zabinas arranges the burial of Antiochus VII.
@ ~Just_39.1'6.

2a

MES {May} Document: THI_26.C, a Babylonian contract dated to the reign of Hyspaosines.

2b

GRE << Document: Syll_697, Athenian records of the second Pytha�s at Delphi.

2c

<< Document: Syll_698, a decree of Delphi in honour of the Dionysiac Artists of Athens.

2d

<< Document: Limenius_, the words and music of Limenius' paean to Apollo.

3

PON ?? A cock falls in love with Secundus, a servant of Nicomedes II.
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Athen_13.606'b;* Aelian:NA_12'37.

4

?? Nicomedes offers to buy the famous statue of Aphrodite at Cnidus.
@ Plin:HN_7'127, 36'21.

5

The accession of Nicomedes III of Bithynia.
@ Appian:Mith_7; { OCD�.}

6

EGY The army of Ptolemy VIII defeats the Alexandrians.
@ OGIS_135<t=B Sherk_47a>;Diod_34.20'1; { Ptolemy probably regained control of Alexandria in 127/6 B.C. - see Hölbl_p200.}

7

AS1 << The organization of the Roman province of Asia: the allied kings are rewarded.
* Read Justin's account
@ Sall:Hist_4.67'8; Strab_14'646;(1.38) Vell_2.38'5; Appian:Mith_57; Just_36.4'9, '12, 37.1'2;* Obseq_28; { CAH_9'781; ~Green_531.}

8

<< The ghost of Ti.Gracchus appears to his brother Gaius in a dream.
* Read Cicero's account
@ ~Cic:Div_1'56;* ValMax_1.7'6.