Summary The consul Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus successfully campaigns against Viriathus, but fails to end the war against the Lusitanians (145-144 BCE); King Ptolemaios VI Philometor of Egypt defeats Alexander Balas, ruler of the Seleucid Empire; the latter is succeeded by Demetrios II Nikator; Ptolemaios himself succumbs to his injuries…
Summary The consul Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus fights against Viriathus and the Lusitanians with mixed results (142-141 BCE); Scipio Aemilianus and Lucius Mummius Achaicus serve as censors (142-141 BCE); The new Jewish High Priest Simon confirms the treaty of friendship with the Romans (142 BCE); Viriathus is officially recognised by…
Summary Viriathus is assassinated by his friends, who have been bribed by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio; Caepio defeats Viriathus’ successor and forces the Lusitanians to surrender; they are resettled on fertile lands; end of the Lusitanian War; The Senate renews the war against the Numantines, but the consul Marcus…
Summary The consuls Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio and Decimus Junius Brutus punish deserters from the war in Spain (138 BCE); Two tribunes arrest the consuls during the levy and throw them into prison (138 BCE); The consul Brutus is sent to Spain, where he reaches the Atlantic Ocean in…
Summary The consul Quintus Calpurnius Piso pillages the territories of Pallantia, but does not attack Numantia; Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus is elected consul for the next year to end the Numantine War; A Syrian slave called Eunus leads a slave revolt on Sicily, the so-called First Servile War; Eunus…
Summary Small slave revolts in Rome, in Attica and on Delos are quickly crushed (134 BCE); The consul Gaius Fulvius Flaccus fails to end the First Servile War on Sicily (134 BCE); The consul Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus sails to Spain where he restores discipline in the army and commences…