45 B.C. Olympiad 183.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM {January} Document: Cic:Fam_6.1 & 6.3-5, letters from Cicero to Torquatus and Caecina. |
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| 2 | Document: Cic:Fam_15.16-17 & 15.19, letters of Cicero to and from Cassius. |
| 3 | Document: Cic:Fam_6.18 & 6.21, letters from Cicero to Q.Lepta and C.Toranius. |
| 4 | Document: Cic:Fam_9.10 & 9.13, letters from Cicero to Dolabella. |
| 5 | Document: Cic:Fam_4.14-15 & 13.16, letters from Cicero to Plancius and Caesar. |
| 6 | BAE {19 February} Caesar captures Ategua.
* Read Caesar's account @ #[Caes]:BHisp_6'1-19'6;* ValMax_9.2'4;L Frontin:Str_3.14'1; DioCass_43.33'2-34'5.* |
| 7 | Omens foretell the defeat of Cn.Pompeius' army.
* Read Dio's account @ +DioCass_43.35'2-4;* +Obseq_66.L |
| 8 | Caesar regards the growth of a palm tree near Munda as a sign of the future greatness of Octavianus.
@ Suet:Aug_94'11. |
| 9 | ETR {February} The death of Tullia, the daughter of Cicero.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Fam_4.5'1,* :ND_1'9;L Plut:Cic_41'5; {CAH_9'460; OCD_t.} |
| 10 | BAE {5 March} Skirmishes between the armies of Caesar and Pompeius, near Soricaria.
* Read Caesar's account @ #[Caes]:BHisp_20'1-27'6;* +DioCass_43.35'1-2. |
| 11 | {17 March} Caesar destroys the army of Pompeius in a hard-fought battle at Munda.
* Read Caesar's account @ #[Caes]:BHisp_28'1-31'11;* Cic:Phil_2'75; Vell_2.55'3-4; Sen:Ben_5.24'1-3; Frontin:Str_2.8'13; +Plut:Caes_56'1-5; Suet:Caes_36'1, 62'1; Flor_2.13'78-84; +Appian:BCiv_2.104'a-c, 152'b; Polyaen_8.23'16; +DioCass_43.35'4-38'4; Eutrop_6.24'1; Oros_6.16'7-8;L {OCD_p.} |
| 12 | Caesar besieges and captures Munda.
* Read Caesar's account @ +[Caes]:BHisp_32'1-33'1,* 36'4-5, 41'1-2; ValMax_7.6'5;L Plin:HN_3'12;L Flor_2.13'85; +DioCass_43.38'4, 39'4. |
| 13 | ROM {March} Document: Cic:Att_12.12-34 & Cic:Fam_4.5, letters from Cicero to Atticus and from Sulpicius to Cicero. |
| 14 | BAE Caesar captures Corduba and other cities.
* Read Caesar's account @ +[Caes]:BHisp_33'1-36'5;* +Appian:BCiv_2.105'a-b; +DioCass_43.39'1-3; {OCD_c.} |
| 15 | {12 April} Cn.Pompeius retreats to Carteia, but is captured and killed.
* Read Caesar's account @ Cic:Att_12.37a'1, 44'3; #[Caes]:BHisp_36'1-40'1;* Strab_3.141'd;(2.2) Vell_2.55'4; +Plut:Caes_56'6; Flor_2.13'86; +Appian:BCiv_2.105'b-c; +DioCass_43.40'1-2; Oros_6.16'8-9.L |
| 16 | ROM {20 April} The news of the battle of Munda reaches Rome.
@ +DioCass_43.42'3. |
| 17 | ROM {April} Document: Cic:Fam_6.2, a letter from Cicero to Torquatus. |
| 18 | Document: Cic:Fam_4.6 & 9.11, letters from Cicero to Sulpicius and Dolabella. |
| 19 | LUS C.Didius is defeated and killed by the Lusitanians.
* Read Caesar's account @ +[Caes]:BHisp_40'1-7;* +DioCass_43.40'2. |
| 20 | BAE Sex.Pompeius escapes into the interior of Spain.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Att_12.37a'1; [Liv]:Per_115'b; Strab_3.141'e,(2.2) 161'e;(4.10) Sen:Dial_11.15'1; +Plut:Caes_56'6; Flor_2.13'87; +Appian:BCiv_2.105'd, 4.83'a, 5.143'a; DioCass_45.10'1-3;* [Vict]:VirIll_84'1;L {OCD_p.} |
| 21 | GRE {26 May} M.Marcellus is murdered at Athens.
* Read Cicero's account @ #Cic:Fam_4.12'1-3,* :Att_13.10'1-3, 22'2; [Liv]:Per_115'a; ValMax_9.11'4;L {OCD_m.} |
| 22 | ROM An impostor pretends to be the grandson of Marius.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_12.49'2,* 14.6'1; ValMax_9.15'1;L {See also: NicDam_128'28-33.} |
| 23 | BAE Caesar writes a pamphlet "Anti-Cato" in response to Cicero's encomium of Cato.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Att_12.40'1, 41'4, 44'1, 45'2; Plut:Caes_54'3-6;* Suet:Caes_56'5; {CAH_9'461.} |
| 24 | ROM {May} Document: Cic:Att_12.5a-6 & 12.35-53, letters from Cicero to Atticus. |
| 25 | Document: Cic:Att_13.1-2b & 13.26-32, letters from Cicero to Atticus. |
| 26 | Document: Cic:Fam_13.4 & 4.12, letters from Cicero to Orca and from Sulpicius to Cicero. |
| 27 | Document: Cic:Fam_5.14-15, letters of Cicero to and from Lucceius. |
| 28 | BAE Octavianus joins Caesar in Spain.
* Read Velleius' account @ ~NicDam_127'22-27; Vell_2.59'2-3;* {according to Nicolaus, Octavianus arrived seven months after the start of the war.} |
| 29 | SPA Caesar establishes colonies at Emporiae and other places in Spain.
* Read Livy's account @ CIL_594; Liv_34.9'3;* Strab_3.141'c;(2.1) {CAH_9'445; OCD_c.} |
| 30 | ROM Brutus marries Porcia.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_13.9'2,* 10'2, 22'4; Plut:Brut_13'3; {OCD_p.} |
| 31 | Document: Varro:Ling_,L Varro's grammatical treatise "De Lingua Latina".
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_12.52'3,* 13.12'3; {OCD_v<43>; the final parts of the treatise may have been published at a later date.} |
| 32 | Document: Cic:Fin_,L Cicero's philosophical treatise "De finibus bonorum et malorum".
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_13.12'3,* 19'4, 21a'1, 23'2, 32'3; {OCD_c.} |
| 33 | Document: Cic:Acad_,L Cicero's philosophical treatise "Academica".
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_13.12'3, 13'1, 14'1, 16'1, 19'3-5,* 25'3, 32'3, :Fam_9.8'1; {OCD_c.} |
| 34 | {June} Document: Cic:Att_13.3-19 & 13.33, letters from Cicero to Atticus. |
| 35 | Document: Cic:Fam_6.11 & 13.4, letters from Cicero to Trebianus and Orca. |
| 36 | BAE Caesar completes the settlement of affairs in Spain.
* Read Caesar's account @ +[Caes]:BHisp_42'1-7;* +DioCass_43.39'4-5; {CAH_9'437.} |
| 37 | ROM Caesar gives increased powers to the city prefects within the city of Rome.
* Read Dio's account @ Suet:Caes_76'2; +DioCass_43.48'1-4.* |
| 38 | Document: Cic:Tusc_,L Cicero's philosophical treatise "Tusculan Disputations". {OCD_c.} |
| 39 | {July} Document: Cic:Att_13.20-25 & 13.35-36, letters from Cicero to Atticus. |
| 40 | Document: Cic:Att_13.43-44, further letters from Cicero to Atticus. |
| 41 | Document: Cic:Fam_5.9 & 9.8, letters from Vatinius to Cicero and from Cicero to Varro. |
| 42 | NUM << Sallust extorts money from the province of Africa Nova, while acting as its governor.
@ [Cic]:InSall_19-20;(7) {MRR_2'208.} |
| 43 | ILL Caesar sends Vatinius to exact tribute and hostages from the Illyrians.
@ ~Appian:Ill_13'a-b; {OCD_v.} |
| 44 | SYR Caesar's forces, under the command of Antistius, attack Caecilius Bassus.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Att_14.9'3; Joseph:BJ_1'217, :AJ_14'268-269; DioCass_47.27'1-5;* {MRR_2'207; according to Cicero, the Parthians intervened on behalf of Bassus in December of this year.} |
| 45 | ROM Games are held in honour of Caesar's victories.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_13.44'1,* :Fam_6.19'2. |
| 46 | Cicero divorces Publilia.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Att_12.32'1; Plut:Cic_41'5;* DioCass_46.18'4; {~OCD_c.} |
| 47 | Document: Cic:ND_, Cicero's philosophical treatise "De Natura Deorum". {OCD_c.} |
| 48 | {August} Document: Cic:Att_13.34 & 13.37-51, letters from Cicero to Atticus. |
| 49 | Document: Cic:Fam_6.19-21 & 7.24-25, letters from Cicero to Lepta, Toranius and Gallus. |
| 50 | NAR M.Antonius travels out to Narbo, where C.Trebonius suggests forming a plot against Caesar.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Phil_2'34, '74-78;* Plin:HN_3'32;L ~Plut:Ant_10'7-11'2, 13'2; {CAH_9'437; Caesar established a colony of veterans from the Tenth Legion at Narbo.} |
| 51 | {September} Caesar composes his final will, which names Octavianus as his chosen heir.
* Read Suetonius' account @ NicDam_130'68; Suet:Caes_83'1-2,* :Aug_68'1; {CAH_9'466; OCD_augustus.} |
| 52 | ROM {October} Caesar arrives back in Rome.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_13.21a'3,* 45'1, 51'2; #Vell_2.56'3; {CAH_9'437.} |
| 53 | {13 October} The triumph of Q.Fabius, from Spain.
@ #FastTr_p108. |
| 54 | Further honours are awarded to Caesar, including the titles "imperator" and "pater patriae".
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Off_3'83;L +Plut:Caes_57'2-4; +Appian:BCiv_2.106'a-c; +DioCass_43.43'1-46'1;* {CAH_9'462<45 or 44>.} |
| 55 | Q.Fabius and C.Trebonius are appointed to be consuls for the rest of the year.
* Read Dio's account @ Vell_2.69'1; Suet:Caes_76'2, 80'3; +DioCass_43.46'2-3.* |
| 56 | {October} Document: Cic:Fam_7.29 & 13.7, letters from M'.Curius to Cicero and from Cicero to C.Cluvius. |
| 57 | The triumph of Caesar, for his victory in Spain.
* Read Plutarch's account @ [Liv]:Per_116'a; Vell_2.56'2; Plin:HN_14'97;L +Plut:Caes_56'7-9;* Suet:Caes_37'1, 38'2; +DioCass_43.41'1-42'2. |
| 58 | Caesar increases the number of magistrates and the size of the senate.
* Read Dio's account @ Tac:Ann_11'25; +DioCass_43.47'1-6;* Justin:Dig_1.2.2'32;L {OCD_c<46/5>; it is often difficult to date Caesar's legislation precisely within the period 46 to 44 B.C.} |
| 59 | Caesar directly appoints half of the magistrates for 44 B.C.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Phil_2'79; Plut:Brut_7'1-5,* +:Caes_57'5, 58'1; Suet:Caes_41'2; Appian:BCiv_2.107'c. |
| 60 | Document: Cic:Deiot_, Cicero's speech in defence of king Deiotarus.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Fam_9.12''2,* :Div_1'27, :Phil_11'34; {OCD_d.} |
| 61 | Document: CIL_593, the "Lex Julia Municipalis", municipal regulations for the city of Heracleia. {It is not clear whether this inscription contains one single law, or a collection of extracts from different laws. But Caesar's municipal regulations must date to about this time.} |
| 62 | ILL Octavianus is sent to Apollonia, where he continues his studies.
@ NicDam_130'38; Appian:BCiv_3.9'a-b; {According to Nicolaus, Octavianus was in Apollonia 4 months before the death of Caesar; but Appian says 6 months.} |
| 63 | ROM {13 December} The triumph of Q.Pedius, from Spain.
@ #FastTr_p108. |
| 64 | ITA {19 December} Caesar visits Cicero, near Puteoli.
@ #Cic:Att_13.52'1-2. |
| 65 | ROM Document: Cic:Sen_, Cicero's treatise "De Senectute". {OCD_c<45/4>.} |
| 66 | {December} Document: Cic:Att_13.42 & Cic:Fam_9.12, letters from Cicero to Atticus and Dolabella. |
| 67 | Document: Cic:Fam_5.10-11, letters of Cicero to and from Vatinius. |
| 68 | {31 December} C.Caninius Rebilus is appointed consul for one day, after the death of Fabius.
* Read Dio's account @ +FastCap_p78; Plin:HN_7'181;L Plut:Caes_58'2-3; Tac:Hist_3'37; Suet:Caes_76'2, :Ner_15'2; +DioCass_43.46'2-5;* SHA:Tyr_8'2; Macrob:Sat_2.3'13,L 3'6,L 7.3'10.L |
| 69 | == Document: Cic:Fam_13.5 & 13.8, letters from Cicero to Orca and Rutilius. |
| 70 | == Document: Cic:Fam_9.22 & 16.18-20, letters from Cicero to Paetus and Tiro. |
| 71 | ASI << A letter from the city of Laodiceia to the proconsul C.Rabirius.
@ Joseph:AJ_14'241-243; {MRR_2'186.} |
| 72 | << A letter from the proconsul (?) Vatia to the city of Miletus.
@ Joseph:AJ_14'244-246. |
| 73 | << The people of Parium are instructed by (?) Servilius to respect the rights of Jews.
@ Joseph:AJ_14'213-216. |
| 74 | << Servilius Vatia grants privileges to the temple of Artemis at Hierocaesareia.
@ Tac:Ann_3'62. |
| 75 | << Document: OGI_449, a decree of the city of Pergamum in honour of Servilius Vatia.
@ Sherk1_81; {Servilius was proconsul in Asia throughout 46 and 45 B.C. - see MRR_2'208.} |
| 76 | SIC << Document: Cic:Fam_13.30-39, letters from Cicero to Acilius, proconsul in Sicily. |
| 77 | ROM ?? Document: Caes:BCiv_, Caesar's commentaries on the civil war against Pompeius. {The commentaries cover events down to 48 B.C.; it is uncertain how soon they were written after that.} |
| 78 | ?? The Aquilian stipulation, a legal formula, is devised by C.Aquilius Gallus.
@ Justin:Dig_2.15'2,L '4,L '5,L '15;L {~OCD_a.} |
| 79 | ++ The grammarian Curtius Nicias is a close friend of Cicero.
@ Suet:Gram_14; {Nicias is mentioned in Cic:Att_12.26 and several other letters.} |
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