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CHRONOLOGY. 



Scipio 



B.C. 



190. Scipio dcfeatt Antiochut in the battle of Magncsii. 



189. The Romani nuke peace with Antiochut. 



188. Phtlopzmen compels the Lacedzmonians to re- 

 nounce the laws of Lycurgus. 



187. Antiochui defeated and k'lll in Media. 

 Africanui banished from Rome. 



185. Diogenes of Babylon, the Stoic philosopher. 



183. Philopxmen defeated and killed by Dinocratei, ty- 

 rant of the Meueniant. The Transalpine Gauls 

 n arch into Italy. A wry large comet appeared, 

 and continued visible for 80 days. See Luoiniezti 

 and Hctviiut. 



182. The (tar* appeared in China in the day time. 



181. The plague rapes at Rome. 



180. Demi-trim u killed by his father Philip. Statius 

 Czcilius, the c mu'c poet, ob. after 1G6. 



179. Rome contains 273,244 effective men. Some books 

 of Numa found at Rome in a atone coffin, suppo- 

 sed by Livy to be forged, and burned. 



177. Agarlhacides of Cnidus, the historian. 



176. Heraclideg, called Lembus, the historian. 



175. A great earthquake in China. Pestilence at Rome. 



171. A comet appeared. See Ilii<eliu$ and Cxsiiis. 

 173. Ennius finishes the 1'Jth book of his annals. At- 



talus of Rhodes, the astronomer and grammarian. 



172. A comet appeared in China in tli<- east. See II' - 



i-fliitt. Antiochus's first expedition in Egypt. 



171. The iid Macedonian war begins. Antiochus de- 

 feats Ptolemy's generals. 



170. Paper invented in China. Antiochus plunders the 

 temple of Jerusalem. An irruption of the Tar- 

 tars into China. 



Rome contains 212,805 citizens. 

 Perseus defeated by P. /Kmilius at Pydna. An 

 eclipse of the moon happened the preceding night, 

 foretold by G alias. A comet, or, more proba- 

 bly, a meteor, appeared. C. Sulpicius Gallus, 

 the tribune, and the 1st Roman astronomer. 



167. The first library erected at Rome, consisting of 

 books brought from Maccdon. 



166. Terence of Carthage, the comic poet, ob. 159, zt. 

 35. His first play, Andna, acted at Rome. A- 

 pollonius killed by Judas Maccabaeus. A globe 

 of fire (fiuc ) appeared. 



Judas purified the temple of Jerusalem. An erup- 

 tion of JEtna. Crates Mallotes of Pergamus, 

 called the critic. A globe of fire appeared. 

 Rome contained 327,032 citizen*. Polybius of 

 Megalopolis, the historian, ob. 124, zt. 82. 



163. The government of Judea under the Maccabees be- 

 gins, and continues 12G years. M. Pacuvius, the 

 tragic poet, ob. about 131, xt. 90. 



162. Hipparchub begins his astronomical observations at 

 Rhodes. Demetrius takes possession of Syria. 



JG1. The philosophers and rhetoricians banished from 

 Rome. 



160. Terence's last play, Adelphi, acted at the funeral 

 of P. jEmilius. Carncades of Cyre.ne, ob. 128, 

 zt. 90. 



159. Clep-ydrx invented by Scipio Nasica. 



158. An irruption of the Tartars into China. Hippar- 

 chus observed the autumnal equinox on Sunday, 

 September 27. abc.ut mid-day. 

 57. A comet appeared in China in the 9th month. 

 56. Sever <il t> mples of Pergamus plundered by Prusias, 

 km ; of Bithyoia. Aristarchus of Alexandria, 

 the great grammarian, ob. zt. 72. 



154. A comet appeared. See Heveliut and Lubiniezki. 



169. 

 168. 



165. 



164. 



B.C. 



Andriscus, personating the son of Perseus, assumes Chronolo. 

 the government of Macedon. _ r - gy ' 1 _- 



150. Demetrius, king of Syria, killed by A. Balas. ""Y"* 

 Aristobulus of Alexandria, the Jew and Peripa- 

 tetic philosopher, ob. after 124. A very lar^c 

 comet appeared, of the colour of fire. It shone 

 with intense light, and appeared as large as the 

 sun. 



149. The 3d Punic war commenced, and lasted three 

 years. Prusias put to death by Nicomedes. 



148. Jonathan Maccabaeus defeats ApolKnius in the 

 battle of A/.otus, and takes that city and Ascalon. 

 A comet appeared in the N. part of China, in the- 

 4th month. Satyrus the Peripatetic philosopher 

 and historian. 



147. Rome contained 322,000 citizens. The Romans 

 declare war against the Achxans. 



146. Carthage destroyed by P. Scipio, and Corinth by 

 L. Mummius. Hipparchus observed the vernal 

 equinox, March 24, at mid-day. A remarkable 

 comet appeared in Greece. It continued visible 

 for 23 days. 



145. The Romans desolated Greece. 



144. Tryphon murdered Jonathan and his brethren. An- 

 tipater of Tarsus, the Stoic philosopher. A very 

 bright comet appeared in Capricorn, and was seen 

 two days. 



143. A gr. at earthquake in China. 



1 1'2. Simon, the high priest, takes the castle of Jerusa- 

 lem ; repairs it, and rescues Judza from the Sy- 

 rian yoke. 



141. The Numantian war begiiu> and lasts eight years. 

 An eclipse of the moon observed at Alexandria, 

 on Tuesday, Jan. 17, two hours before midnight. 



140. Diodorus, the Peripatetic philosopher. 



139. Lucius Accius, the tragic poet flourished. 



138. Panatius of Rhodes, the Stoic philosopher. 



137. Ptolemy Pliyscon patronises the arts and sciences. 

 Nicander of Colophon, the physician and poet. 



136. Scipio Africanun, &c. made an embassy into Egypt, 

 Syria, and Greece. Ctesibius of Alexandria, the 

 mathematician and inventor of hydraulic instru- 

 ments. A globe of fire appeared. 



135. The history of the Apocrypha ends. A comet ap- 

 peared in the N.E. part of China in autumn. 

 The war of the slaves begins in Sicily. 



133. Numantia destroyed by Scipio. Attalus dies, and 

 Pergamus is added to the Roman empire. Ti- 

 berius Gracchus slain. 



132. A comet appeared in Gemini, and continued visible 

 for 83 days. 



130. Antiochus, king of Syria, defeated and killed. 

 The revival of learning in China. In 129 and 

 * 130, a vi ry large comet appeared. It was visible 

 for 70 days, and had a diurnal arc of 4 hours. 



129. The temple on Gcrizim destroyed by Hreanus. 



128. Hipparchus observes the vernal equinox to be on 

 Thursday, March 23d, about sun-set, and after- 

 wards the star Regulus was 29 50', from the 

 summer solstitial colure. Clitomachus of Car- 

 thage, philosopher of the third Academy, ob. 

 about 100. 



127. Hipparchus, on May 2d, about sun rise, observed 

 the sun in 7 35' 8 , the m-on in 21 40' x , and 

 their mean distance to be 31'2 32' hi observed 

 A'/wra I'irgini* 6 W. of the autumnal equinoctial 

 point. 



124. Apolloniub of Nysa, the Stoic philosopher. 



