51 B.C. Olympiad 182.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM Document: Cic:Fam_7.2 & 13.75, letters from Cicero to M.Marius and T.Titius. |
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| 2 | T.Munatius Plancus and Q.Pompeius Rufus, the tribunes of the previous year, are convicted on a charge of violence, and expelled from Rome.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Fam_7.2'2, 8.1'4; ValMax_4.2'7,L 6.2'5;L Plut:CatMin_48'8-10, :Pomp_55'8-9; DioCass_40.55'1-4;* {CAH_9'414; OCD_p.} |
| 3 | M.Marcellus unsuccessfully attempts to persuade the senate to send a new governor to replace Caesar in Gaul.
* Read Suetonius' account @ Cic:Fam_8.1'2; +Caes:BGall_8.53'1-2; [Liv]:Per_108'a; Plut:Caes_29'1; Suet:Caes_28'2-29'1;* +Appian:BCiv_2.25'c, 26'b; +DioCass_40.59'1; {CAH_9'415.} |
| 4 | GAL {Jan./Feb. -R} Caesar attacks the Bituriges, despite the harsh winter weather.
@ #Caes:BGall_8.2'2-4'1. |
| 5 | ROM Document: Cic:Fam_3.2, a letter from Cicero to Appius Claudius. |
| 6 | GAL {March/April -R} Caesar attacks the Carnutes.
@ #Caes:BGall_8.4'2-5'4; {Caesar set out on this expedition on about 10th March.} |
| 7 | ROM << Document: Cic:Rep, Cicero's dialogue about the Republic.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_5.12'2,* :Fam_8.1'4; {~CAH_9'717; the book is mentioned by Caelius in a letter written this year (Fam_8.1'4).} |
| 8 | Marcellus flogs a magistrate from Novum Comum, and refuses to accept his claim to be a Roman citizen.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_5.11'2;* Plut:Caes_20'2; Suet:Caes_28'3; +Appian:BCiv_2.26'a; {CAH_9'415; OCD_m.} |
| 9 | EGY ?? Demetrius, an Academic philosopher, is punished by Ptolemaeus for refusing to copy the king's dissolute behaviour.
@ Lucian:Cal_16. |
| 10 | Ptolemaeus Auletes names Ptolemaeus XIII and Cleopatra as his joint heirs.
* Read Caesar's account @ Caes:BCiv_3.108'4-6;* [Caes]:BAlex_33'1; Lucan_10'92-94; {Holbl_p230.} |
| 11 | {May -R = March} The death of Ptolemaeus XII Auletes.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Fam_8.4'5;* POxy_1453'22<t= PLoeb_2.327>; Strab_17.796'd;(1.11) Plut:Ant_86'8; +AstrCan_3; ClemAl:Strom_1.21'w; [Euseb]:Chron_167'a, 'c-d, 169'b; Hieron:Chron_1967; Malal_197; ChronPasc_456'B; {CAH_9'320-321; Holbl_p230-231; ChrisBennett.} |
| 12 | ++ General comments on the character of Ptolemaeus Auletes, a keen flute-player.
* Read Lucan's account @ Strab_17.796'a;(1.11) Lucan_8'481;* Plut:Mor_56'E. |
| 13 | ITA {May -R} Document: Cic:Att_5.1-7, letters from Cicero to Atticus, written during Cicero's journey down to Tarentum. |
| 14 | {May -R} Document: Cic:Fam_8.1, a letter from Caelius to Cicero. |
| 15 | {May/June -R} Document: Cic:Fam_3'3-4, two letters from Cicero to Appius Claudius, written at Brundisium. |
| 16 | GAL << Document: Caes:BGall_, Caesar's commentaries on the war in Gaul. {Some scholars suppose that commentaries were written during the war, and published at the end of each year (CAH_9'386,n.65).} |
| 17 | ROM Hortensius defends his nephew M.Valerius Messala against a charge of bribery.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Fam_8.2'1,* 4'1, :Att_5.12'2, :Brut_328;L ValMax_5.9'2.L |
| 18 | {June -R} Document: Cic:Fam_8.2 & 8.3, two letters from Caelius to Cicero. |
| 19 | ETR Pompeius leaves Rome, but stays in Italy (including a visit to Ariminum), instead of going to his Spanish provinces.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Att_5.7'1, 11'3, :Fam_8.4'4; +DioCass_40.59'2-3;* {CAH_9'415.} |
| 20 | {June -R} %ITA Document: Cic:Att_5.8-10, letters from Cicero to Atticus, written during Cicero's journey from Brundisium to Athens. |
| 21 | GAL Caesar marches against the Bellovaci, who gather their forces to resist him, under the leadership of Correus and Commius.
* Read Caesar's account @ Cic:Fam_8.1'4; +Caes:BGall_8.6'1-14'5;* DioCass_40.42'1; Oros_6.11'12;L {CAH_9'414.} |
| 22 | GRE {July -R} Document: Cic:Fam_2.8 & 13.1, letters from Cicero, at Athens, to Caelius and Memmius. |
| 23 | Document: Cic:Att_5.11-13, letters from Cicero to Atticus, written during Cicero's journey from Athens to Ephesus. |
| 24 | ROM Consuls and tribunes are elected for the following year.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Fam_8.4'1-3,* 9'5, 15.7'1, 8'1, 9'1, 12'1; +Appian:BCiv_2.26'c; +DioCass_40.59'4. |
| 25 | GAL The Bellovaci successfully retreat from their camp.
* Read Caesar's account @ +Caes:BGall_8.15'1-16'4;* DioCass_40.42'2-3. |
| 26 | The Romans defeat and kill Correus, and force the Bellovaci into submission.
* Read Caesar's account @ +Caes:BGall_8.17'1-23'2;* [Liv]:Per_108'a; Oros_6.11'13-14.L |
| 27 | ASI >> Cicero is amused by a large portrait of his brother Quintus, made when Quintus was governor of Asia.
@ Macrob:Sat_2.3'4;L {Macrobius does not say whether this was on Cicero's way out, or on his return from Cilicia.} |
| 28 | {27 July -R} Document: Cic:Fam_3.5, a letter from Cicero to Appius Claudius, written at Tralles. |
| 29 | CIL {31 July -R} Cicero arrives in the province of Cilicia, at Laodiceia.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_5.20'1,* 21'9, :Fam_3.5'4, 6'6; {OCD_cic.} |
| 30 | ROM {1 August -R} Document: Cic:Fam_8.4, a letter from Caelius to Cicero. |
| 31 | BRI Commius sails to Britain, to escape from Caesar.
@ Frontin:Str_2.13'11; {Not dated by Frontinus; but it was apparently before Commius agreed to a truce with the Romans (Caes:BGBall_8.48).} |
| 32 | GAL Caesar ravages the territory of the Eburones.
* Read Caesar's account @ +Caes:BGall_8.24'1-25'2;* Oros_6.11'15;L {CAH_9'415.} |
| 33 | ILL << The Dalmatians capture Promona, a city of the Liburnians, and defeat an army sent by Caesar.
@ Appian:Ill_12'a; {While Caesar was in Gaul, shortly before the start of the civil war.} |
| 34 | ROM C.Marcellus, the consul designate, is prosecuted for bribery, probably by Calidius, who is himself brought to trial by the sons of Q.Gallius.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Fam_8.4'1,* 9'2, '5. |
| 35 | CIL Appius Claudius and his son-in-law M.Brutus remain for some time in Cilicia, but fail to meet Cicero.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_5.16'4,* 17'6, 6.1'2, :Fam_3.6'3, 7'4, 8'6. |
| 36 | {August -R} Document: Cic:Att_5.15-17 & Cic:Fam_3.6, letters from Cicero to Atticus and Appius Claudius. |
| 37 | ROM << Octavianus delivers a funeral oration in honour of his grandmother Julia, the sister of Caesar.
* Read Suetonius' account @ (?) NicDam_127'4; Suet:Aug_8'1;* Quint_12.6'1; {OCD_augustus; according to Suetonius, Octavianus was twelve years old at the time.} |
| 38 | GAL Fabius and Caninius defeat Dumnacus, a chieftain of the Andes.
* Read Caesar's account @ +Caes:BGall_8.26'1-31'5;* Oros_6.11'16-19.L |
| 39 | ROM {Sept. -R} Document: Cic:Fam_8.5 & 8.9, two letters from Caelius to Cicero. |
| 40 | SYR A Parthian army, led by Pacorus, invades Syria.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_5.18'1, 20'2, :Fam_3.8'10, 8.10'1-2,* 15.1'1-2, 3'1, 4'2; {CAH_9'417.} |
| 41 | CIL Document: Cic:Fam_15.3 & 15.7-9 & 15.12, letters from Cicero to M.Cato, C.Marcellus, M.Marcellus and L.Paulus. |
| 42 | {Sept. -R} Document: Cic:Att_5.18-19, two letters from Cicero to Atticus, written near Cybistra. |
| 43 | {Sept. -R} Document: Cic:Fam_15.1-2, two dispatches from Cicero to the senate. |
| 44 | ROM Q.Pilius and Appius Claudius both prosecute M.Servilius on separate charges of extortion.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Fam_8.8'2-3,* :Att_6.3'9. |
| 45 | {29 Sept. -R} M.Marcellus summons the senate to discuss several resolutions about the allocation of provinces.
@ #Cic:Fam_8.8'4-8; {CAH_9'416; OCD_m.} |
| 46 | {Oct. -R} Document: Cic:Fam_8.8, a letter from Caelius to Cicero. |
| 47 | CIL {Oct. -R} Document: Cic:Fam_2.9 & 3.8, letters from Cicero to Caelius and Appius Claudius, written near Mopsuhestia. |
| 48 | GAL Caesar captures Uxellodunum.
* Read Caesar's account @ +Caes:BGall_8.32'1-44'6;* Frontin:Str_3.7'2; Oros_6.11'16-19.L |
| 49 | {Oct. -R} Document: Cic:Fam_15.14, a letter from Cicero to C.Cassius. |
| 50 | GAL Commius continues to attack the Romans, but eventually agrees to a truce with M.Antonius.
* Read Caesar's account @ +Caes:BGall_8.47'1-48'9;* DioCass_40.43'2. |
| 51 | Caesar completes the pacification of Gaul, and sends his army into winter quarters.
* Read Caesar's account @ +Caes:BGall_8.45'1-46'7,* 49'1-3; DioCass_40.43'3; Oros_6.11'15;L {CAH_9'416.} |
| 52 | General comments on Caesar's conquest of Gaul.
* Read Dio's account @ Caes:BCiv_3.87'1-4; Sall:Hist_1'9; Strab_4.196'b;(4.2) Vell_2.39'1, 47'1; Joseph:BJ_2'373; Plut:Caes_15'5; Gell_15.4'3;L DioCass_44.42'1-43'2;* Julian:Caes_321'A; Eutrop_6.17'3; Oros_6.12'1-8.L |
| 53 | SYR C.Cassius defeats the Parthians as they retreat from Antioch, and kills Osaces, one of their generals.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Att_5.20'3, 21'2, :Fam_2.10'2, 15.4'7; :Phil_11'35; Vell_2.46'4; Frontin:Str_2.5'35; DioCass_40.28'3-29'3,* 30'3; Just_42.4'5; Festus:Brev_17'b; [Vict]:VirIll_83'2;L Eutrop_6.18'2; Oros_6.13'5;L {CAH_9'417; OCD_c.} |
| 54 | CIL {14 Nov. -R} Document: Cic:Fam_2.10, a letter from Cicero to Caelius, written near Pindenissum. |
| 55 | ROM Caesar wins the support of L.Paulus and C.Curio for the coming year, by giving them large bribes.
* Read Velleius' account @ Cic:Att_6.3'4; Vell_2.48'3-4;* Lucan_4'819-820; Plut:Caes_29'3, :Pomp_58'1-2; Suet:Caes_29'1; Appian:BCiv_2.26'c; DioCass_40.60'1-4; {CAH_9'415; OCD_cur.} |
| 56 | {5 Dec. -R} Dispatches from Cicero and C.Cassius, about the Parthian invasion of Syria, are read out at a meeting of the senate.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_5.21'2,* 6.1'14. |
| 57 | Lentulus Spinther celebrates a triumph, for victories won while he was governor of Cilicia.
@ Cic:Att_5.21'4; {CAH_9'796; OCD_l.} |
| 58 | SYR After some delay, Bibulus arrives to be the new Roman governor of Syria.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Att_5.21'2;* Appian:BCiv_5.10'b; DioCass_40.30'1; {MRR_2'165.} |
| 59 | CIL {17 Dec. -R} Cicero captures the stronghold of the Cilician rebels at Pindenissum.
* Read Cicero's account @ #Cic:Att_5.20'1-5,* 6.1'9, :Fam_2.10'3, 15.4'10; Plut:Cic_36'4. |
| 60 | {Dec -R} Document: Cic:Fam_2.7 & 15.4, letters from Cicero to C.Curio and M.Cato. |
| 61 | AEG == The Rhodians renew their treaty of alliance with the Romans.
@ +Cic:Fam_12.15'2. |
| 62 | ROM == The philosopher Poseidonius visits Rome.
@ +Suda_P'2107. |
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