jan 1, 178 BC - Olympiodoros Stele
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Appointment of Olympiodoros as tax-overseer over the sanctuaries in Coele-Syria and Phoenicia [see Heliodoros/Olympiodoros inscription]: part of Seleucus IV’s recension of tax exemptions promulgated by Antiochus III in 198 [Josephus, Ant. 12.138-44; see Heliodorus incident + Onias III resistance of temple funds seizure in 2 Macc 3]
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