107. It was purchased, A.D. 44, in the year 92 of the era of
Antioch (Noris. Epoch. Syro-Maced. p. 139-174) for the term
of ninety Olympiads. But the Olympic games of Antioch were
not regularly celebrated till the reign of Commodus. See the
curious details in the Chronicle of John Malala (tom. i. p.
291, 320, 372-381 [ed. Oxon.; p. 225, 248, and 283 sqq., ed.
Bonn.]), a writer whose merit and authority are confined
within the limits of his native city.