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

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1

ROM << The senate authorizes renewal of the war against Viriathus.
* Read Appian's account
@ Diod_33.1'4; ~Appian:Hisp_70;* { CAH_8'134.}

2

SPA << Pompeius agrees to a treaty with the Numantines, after his army suffers severely during the winter.
* Read Appian's account
@ Cic:Rep_3'28; Diod_33.16'1-2; ~[Liv]:Per_54; Vell_2.1'4, 90'3; Flor_1.34'4; ~Appian:Hisp_79;* ~Eutrop_4.17'1; Oros_5.4'21; { CAH_8'134; OCD_p.}

3

EGY << **Scipio visits Egypt, where his companions privately express their contempt for king Ptolemy.**
* Read Athenaeus' account
@ Athen_6.273'a, 12.549'd-e<q"* Poseidon_6>;Cic:Rep_6'11, :Acad_2'5; ~Diod_33.28b'1-4; Strab_17'798;(1.12) ValMax_4.3'13; Plut:Mor_200'E-201'A; ~Just_38.8'8-11; [Vict]:VirIll_58'7; { CAH_8'540; OCD_s<144/3>.}

4

ROM The senate disowns Pompeius' treaty.
* Read Appian's account
@ Cic:Fin_2'54, :Off_3'109; Vell_2.1'5; ValMax_8.5'1; ~Appian:Hisp_79;* { CAH_8'540.}

5

The Chaldaeans and Jews are expelled from Rome.
@ +[Liv]:EpOx_54'191-192;L +ValMax_1.3'3; { CAH_8'220; CAH_9'291.}

6

The senate prevents Cn.Scipio from going to Spain.
@ ValMax_6.3'3; { Scipio was praetor peregrinus in this year - see ValMax_1.3'3.}

7

The voting reform of the Lex Gabinia Tabellaria.
* Read Cicero's account
@ ~Cic:Leg_3'35,L :Amic_41;* +[Liv]:EpOx_54'193-194;L Plinius:Ep_3.20'1; { CAH_8'193; OCD_lex.}

8

LUS Negotiations between Viriathus and Popillius.
* Read Dio's account
@ +Diod_33.19'1; DioCass_fr.75'1.*

9

Caepio forces Viriathus to retreat, but his severity makes him unpopular with his own soldiers.
* Read Appian's account
@ +[Liv]:EpOx_54'195-196;L ~Appian:Hisp_70;* DioCass_fr.78'1-3; { CAH_8'134.}

9a

GRE Document: Syll_682, a decree of Delphi in honour of three painters from Pergamon.

10

SYR << Scipio visits Syria.
* Read Strabo's account
@ Cic:Rep_6'11; ~Diod_33.28b'3; Strab_14'669.* (5.2)

11

MES << Demetrius is captured by the Parthians.
* Read Justin's account
@ ~1Macc_14'2-3; ~Diod_33.28'1; Joseph:AJ_13'186, '218; Appian:Syr_67; Athen_4.153'a; ~Just_36.1'5-6,* 38.9'2, 3; Trog:Prol_36, 38; ![Euseb]:Chron_255;(↓) Oros_5.4'17; Movses_2'2; { CAH_8'368; OCD_d.}

12

GRE << Cleitomachus opens his own school of philosophy at Athens.
* Read Apollodorus' account
@ ~Apollod:Fr_56;* DiogLaert_1'19; { OCD_c.}

13

LYC ?? The tyrant Semias is assassinated in Pisidia.
@ ~Diod_33.5a'1.

14

PEL << The restoration of the Achaean and other leagues.
@ +Paus_7.16'10; { Green_525.}

15

LUS ?? Stratagems employed by Viriathus against Segobriga, Segovia, and the Romans.
* Read Frontinus' account
@ Frontin:Str_2.5'7,* 3.10'6, 11'4, 4.5'22.

16

++ General comments on the cunning and bravery of Viriathus, and his prolonged resistance to the Romans.
* Read Dio's account
@ Diod_33.1'5; Vell_2.90'3; Flor_1.33'15; DioCass_fr.73'1-4;* Just_44.2'7-8.

17

Viriathus is treacherously assassinated by Audas and others.
* Read Appian's account
@ Diod_33.1'4, 21'1; ~[Liv]:Per_54, +:EpOx_54'197-198;L Vell_2.1'3; ValMax_9.6'4; Flor_1.33'17; ~Appian:Hisp_74-75;* [Vict]:VirIll_71'3-4; ~Eutrop_4.16'2; ~Oros_5.4'14; { CAH_8'134; Green_715.}

18

EGY {10 Panemus = Sept.} Document: PTeb_6, a royal letter guaranteeing temple revenues.

19

AEG Scipio visits Asia and Rhodes, where he meets Panaetius.
@ Cic:Rep_3'48; Plut:Mor_777'A-B; Lucian:Macr_12; { CAH_8'381.}

20

ROM == The floruit of Accius the tragedian.
@ +Hieron:Chron_1878.