100 B.C. - events and references

100 B.C. Olympiad 170.1

Consuls: C. Marius C.f. (VI), L. Valerius L.f. Flaccus
Olympic victor in the stadion race: Simmias of Seleuceia-on-Tigris.

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1	PAL << Alexander Jannaeus captures Gadara. * Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'86,* ~:AJ_13'356; {The siege started soon after his treaty with Cleopatra, and lasted for 10 months.}
2	IT+ Saturninus establishes Roman colonies at Eporedia and in Corsica, and plans other colonies. * Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Balb_48;* Strab_4.205'e;^(6.7) +Vell_1.15'5; Sen:Dial_12.7'9; Plin:HN_3'80,^L '123;^L +[Vict]:VirIll_73'5;^L {CAH_9'99.}
3	ROM {July 12 -R} The birth of C.Julius Caesar. * Read Velleius' account @ Vell_2.41'2;* Plut:Caes_69'1; Suet:Caes_88'1; Appian:BCiv_2.149'b; #LewRein_2.p568(July); #Macrob:Sat_1.12'34;^L Malal_214; Suda_K'1199; {OCD_c.}
4	Saturninus proposes an agrarian law, which provides allotments for Marius' veterans. * Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Leg_2'14;^L ~[Liv]:Per_69'a; +Plut:Mar_29'2-8,* :Crass_2'8; +Appian:BCiv_1.29'a-30'b; +[Vict]:VirIll_73'5-7;^L {CAH_9'99; OCD_s.}
5	MOE << T.Didius defeats the Scordisci and forces them to retreat. * Read Cicero's account @ Sherk1_55a'28-29, 55b'(4)9-10; Cic:Pis_61;* Flor_1.39'5;^L Festus:Brev_9'2; +Hieron:Chron_1917; AmmMarc_27.4'10;^L {CAH_9'32<102/1>; MRR_1'571.}
6	PAL Alexander Jannaeus captures Raphia and Anthedon, and attacks Gaza. * Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'86, ~:AJ_13'357-360,* '364.
7	ROM Metellus Numidicus refuses to take an oath to abide by Saturninus' agrarian law, and goes into exile. * Read Appian's account @ Cic:Dom_87, :Sest_37, 101, :Pis_20, :Planc_89; +[Liv]:Per_69'a; Vell_2.15'4; ValMax_3.8'4;^L Plut:CatMin_32'6, :Sull_39'4; Suet:Gram_3; +Plut:Mar_29'9-12; Flor_2.4'2-3,^L 5'3;^L Appian:BCiv_1.29'a, +30'c-32'a;* Ampel_18'14; DioCass_38.7'1; [Vict]:VirIll_62'2,^L +73'8;^L +Oros_5.17'4;^L {CAH_9'100; OCD_m.}
8	ROM Marius puts L.Equitius into prison, but he is rescued by a mob. @ !ValMax_9.7'1.^L
9	Saturninus is elected tribune for a third term. * Read Appian's account @ Flor_2.4'3;^L +Appian:BCiv_1.32'a;* {CAH_9'101; OCD_s.}
10	Caepio is brought to trial for obstructing the passing of Saturninus' corn law. @ [Cic]:RhetHer_1'21,^L 2'17;^L Cic:Brut_169;^L {CAH_9'98; OCD_s.}
11	{December -R} The followers of Saturninus murder C.Memmius, an opponent of Glaucia in the consular elections. * Read Appian's account @ Cic:Cat_4'4, +:Brut_224;^L [Liv]:Per_69'b; +Vell_2.12'6; Flor_2.4'3-4;^L Appian:BCiv_1.32'a-b;* +[Vict]:VirIll_73'9;^L +Oros_5.17'5;^L {CAH_9'101; OCD_s.}
12	++ Saturninus and Glaucia are both competent orators. * Read Cicero's account @ Cic:HarResp_41,* :RabPost_14, :Brut_224,^L :Acad_2'75.
13	{December -R} The senate declares Saturninus and Glaucia public enemies, and they are killed by a mob after being captured by Marius. * Read Cicero's account @ Cic:RabPerd_9-10, +18-31,* 35, :Cat_1'4, 3'15, +:Brut_224,^L :Phil_8'15; [Liv]:Per_69'b; +ValMax_3.2'18,^L 6.3'1c,^L 8.6'2;^L +Ascon_5'b;^L +Plut:Mar_30'1-6; Suet:Caes_12'1; Flor_2.4'5-6;^L Appian:BCiv_1.32'b-33'a; Ampel_26'3; DioCass_37.26'1-3; [Vict]:VirIll_67'3,^L +73'10-12;^L +Oros_5.17'6-10;^L {CAH_9'786; OCD_s.}
14	== Marius orders the return of Fannia's dowry, after she is divorced by Titinius. * Read Plutarch's account @ ValMax_8.2'3;^L +Plut:Mar_38'4-5.*
15	++ Livius Drusus remains active in his old age. @ ValMax_8.7'4;^L {It appears that Cicero never met this Drusus.}
16	AS1 ?? The death of the bucolic poet Bion. @ [Mosch]_3'1-126; {~OCD_b.}
17	EXT ?? Bogus, king of Mauretania, goes on an expedition to the Western Ethiopians. @ Strab_17.827'c;^(3.5) {Probably the same Bogus who appears in the account of Eudoxus' third voyage.}
18	?? Eudoxus' third voyage, in which he attempts to circumnavigate Africa. * Read Strabo's account @ Strab_2.99'b-100'd,* ^(3.4-5) 101'c-102'a;^(3.5) Mela_3'90,^L ^(3.9) '92;^L ^(3.9) Plin:HN_2'169;^L {After the death of Cleopatra, queen of Egypt.}
19	GRE << Document: Sherk1_55, copies from Delphi and Cnidus of a Roman decree which imposes measures to combat piracy. {CAH_9'17, '97-98.}
20	AEG Document: CIL_1688,^L an inscription from a statue of C.Ofellius Ferus, at Delos. @ LewRein_1.p455'v.

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