Summary Utica surrenders to Rome; Carthage surrenders as well, and is told to give the Romans 300 hostages and obey all instructions given by the consuls; The consuls Lucius Marcius Censorinus and Manius Manilius land in Africa and order the Carthaginians to surrender all their weapons and artillery; Censorinus orders…
Summary The Illyrian king Genthios is prepared to defect to Perseus in return for a large sum of gold; The Romans make no headway at all in Illyria and Epirus, and Perseus fails to take Stratos; The consul Quintus Marcius Philippus arrives in Thessaly and takes control of the army;…
Summary The consuls Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Gaius Sulpicius Gallus defeat the Alpine Celts and the Ligurians (166 BCE); The Romans and Athenians turn the island of Delos into a free trade zone, crippling the economy of Rhodos (ca. 166 BCE); Aiming to surpass the victory games held by Lucius…
Summary The consul Marcus Fulvius Nobilior defeats the Ligurian Eleates and is awarded a triumph (159 BCE); Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica and Marcus Popilius Laenas are elected censors (159 BCE); The Senate twice refuses to release the 1.000 Achaean hostages (159 and 155 BCE); The Romans for the moment decide…