The history of the Apocrypha ends. The Servile war in Sicily begins, and continues for three years 135 Numantia taken. Pergamus annexed to the Roman empire 133 Antiochus Sidetes killed by Phraates. Aristonicus defeated by Perpenna 130 Demetrius Nicator defeated at Damascus by Alexander Zebina 127 The Romans make war against the pirates of the Beleares. Carthage is rebuilt by order of the Roman senate 123 Caius Gracchus killed 121 Dalmatia conquered by Metellus 118 Cleopatra assumes the government of Egypt. The age of Erymnæus, Athenion, Artemidorus, Clitomachus, Apollonius, Herodicus, Lucius Cælius, Castor, Menecrates, Lucilius, &c. 116 The Jugurthine war begins, and continues for five years 111 The famous sumptuary law at Rome, which limited the expenses of eating every day 110 The Teutones and Cimbri begin their war against Rome, and continue it for eight years 109 The Teutones defeat 80,000 Romans on the banks of the Rhone 105 The Teutones defeated by Caius Marius at Aquæ Sextiæ 102 The Cimbri defeated by Marius and Catulus 101 Dolabella conquers Lusitania 99 Cyrene left by Ptolemy Apion to the Romans 97 The Social war begins, and continues three years, till finished by Sylla 91 The Mithridatic war begins, and continues 26 years 89 The civil wars of Marius and Sylla begin, and continue six years 88 Sylla conquers Athens, and sends its valuable libraries to Rome 86 Young Marius is defeated by Sylla, who is made dictator 82 The death of Sylla. About this time flourished Philo, Charmidas, Asclepiades, Apellicon, Lucius Sisenna, Alexander Polyhistor, Plotius Gallus, Diotimus, Zeno, Hortensius, Archias, Posidonius, Geminus, &c. 78 Bithynia left by Nicomedes to the Romans 75 The Servile war, under Spartacus, begins, and, two years after, the rebel general is defeated and killed by Pompey and Crassus 73 Mithridates and Tigranes defeated by Lucullus 69 Mithridates conquered by Pompey in a night battle. Crete is subdued by Metellus, after a war of two years 66 The reign of the Seleucidæ ends in Syria, on the conquest of the country by Pompey 65