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| 1 | NAR << Pompeius spends the winter in Gaul, where supplies are provided to him by the governor Fonteius.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Font_16;* Sall:Hist_3'33;L { DPRR.} | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 | SPA << Some mountains near Corduba suddenly collapse.
@ Sall:Hist_3'32;L { McGushin_2'85.} | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | ROM C.Cotta dies before he is able to celebrate a triumph.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Pis_62;* Ascon_14;L (↓) { DPRR.} | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | AS1 << Mithridates' generals defeat the Romans under Cotta near Chalcedon.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Mur_33; Sall:Hist_3'12-13,L _4.67'13; ~[Liv]:Per_93; CIL_11.1832; Memn_27'7-8, 29'1; Plut:Luc_8'1-2; ~Appian:Mith_71;* ~Eutrop_6.6'2; ~Oros_6.2'13; { CAH_9'235; OCD_c.} | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | << Lucullus assembles his army and imposes strict discipline.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_3'9;L ~Plut:Luc_7'1-3;* ~Appian:Mith_72; { CAH_9'234; Green_654.} | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | << Lucullus attempts to stifle rebellion in the cities of Asia, which Mithridates is encouraging.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Sert_24'4-5, ~:Luc_7'6-7;* Flor_1.40'13-14; ~Eutrop_6.6'2. | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | SPA Sertorius takes harsh measures to stop his allies from deserting.
* Read Appian's account @ Diod_38.22'2, [37].22a'1; ~[Liv]:Per_92; ~Plut:Sert_25'1-6; ~Appian:BCiv_1'112,* '113; { CAH_9'219; McGushin_2'127.} | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | ITA Spartacus leads a band of 74 gladiators who escape from a training school at Capua; the start of Spartacus' revolt.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Att_6.2'8; Sall:Hist_3'60-61;L ~[Liv]:Per_95; Vell_2.30'5; Tac:Ann_15'46; ~Plut:Crass_8'1-3;* Flor_2.8'3; ~Appian:BCiv_1'116; Eutrop_6.7'2; August:DeCiv_3'26, 5'22; +Oros_5.24'1; { CAH_9'221; OCD_s.} | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | SIC Verres arrives as governor of Sicily, and immediately makes clear his intention to exploit the province.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:DivCaec_11, 29, :Verr_1'13, '40, _2.1'117, ~2'17-18,* 3'97; { CAH_9'791; OCD_v.} | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Verres stops Dion of Halaesa from receiving an inheritance.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.1'27-28,* ~2'19-24. | ||||||||||||||
| 10a | EGY {9? Epeiph = July} Document: AET_9.1'M, the epitaph of Anemhor at Memphis. | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | AS1 << Lucullus rescues Cotta by raising the siege of Chalcedon.
* Read Plutarch's account @ CIL_11.1832; ~Plut:Luc_8'3-8;* [Vict]:VirIll_74'4. | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | ITA Spartacus brings his followers down from Vesuvius and defeats the praetor Glaber.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_95; Frontin:Str_1.5'21, 7'6; ~Plut:Crass_9'1-3;* Flor_2.8'4; ~Appian:BCiv_1'116; +Oros_5.24'1; { CAH_9'221.} | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Spartacus holds funeral games for a woman killed in the fighting.
* Read Florus' account @ Flor_2.8'9;* ~Oros_5.24'3. | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | SPA The Romans win over many Spanish towns.
* Read Livy's account @ [Liv]:Per_94;* ~Appian:BCiv_1'113; { C9;219.} | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | SIC Pirates attack the coast of Sicily, and defeat Cleomenes of Syracuse, who has been put in command of some ships by Verres.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.2'8, 3'213, 4'21-26,* 5'42-125, '133-135, '138; Sall:Hist_4'54.L | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | MOE {August -R} Curio defeats the Dardani.
* Read Livy's account @ Sall:Hist_3'91-92;L ~[Liv]:Per_95;* AmmMarc_29.5'22; { DPRR; McGushin_2'136; Sallust mentions some fighting at the time of the Volcanalia.} | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | AS1 << An omen at Cyzicus: a fig-tree grows out of a laurel.
@ Plin:HN_17'244.L | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | << Mithridates advances to Cyzicus and starts to besiege it.
* Read Strabo's account @ Sall:Hist_3'14;L Strab_12'575-576;* (8.11) ~Plut:Luc_9'1; Flor_1.40'15; Eutrop_6.6'3; { OCD_c.} | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | << Lucullus arrives at Cyzicus, and occupies a strong position blocking Mithridates' only route out.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Hist_3'15-23;L Frontin:Str_3.13'6, 4.5'21; Memn_28'1; ~Plut:Luc_9'2-8; Flor_1.40'16; ~Appian:Mith_72-73;* ~Oros_6.2'14. | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | << Deiotarus defeats the army of Mithridates in Phrygia.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_94;* ~Appian:Mith_75;(↓) ~Oros_6.2'18; { CAH_9'236.} | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | << Lucullus quells unrest in his army over his policy of avoiding battle.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_94. | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | ITA Spartacus defeats two more Roman commanders, Furius and Cossinius.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_3'63;L ~Plut:Crass_9'4-5.* | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Spartacus slips away safely when another praetor, P.Varinius, confronts him with a larger army.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Hist_3'64A-64C;* Frontin:Str_1.5'22. | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | ITA Spartacus decisively defeats Varinius.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Hist_3'64D-67;* ~[Liv]:Per_95; ~Plut:Crass_9'5; Flor_2.8'5; ~Appian:BCiv_1'116; { CAH_9'221.} | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | ROM {16 Oct -R} Document: Syll_747, a decree of the senate exempting the sanctuary of Amphiaraus at Oropus from paying tax. | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | EGY {15 Phaophi -E = 24 Oct} Document: SelPap_1.40 (POxy_1628), a lease of land to Apollonius, near Sepho. | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | ITA Spartacus gathers a large army of about 70,000 slaves.
* Read Florus' account @ ~Plut:Crass_9'5-6; Flor_2.8'6-8;* ~Appian:BCiv_1'116;(↓) ~Oros_5.24'2; { CAH_9'221; OCD_s.} | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | ROM == The consuls pass the Lex Terentia Cassia, a corn law.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.3'163,* 5'52; Sall:Hist_3.34'19; { CAH_9'214; OCD_t.} | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | == The tribune Macer makes a speech encouraging the Roman people to recover their rights which were taken away by Sulla.
@ Sall:Hist_3.34'1-28; { CAH_9'214; OCD_m.} | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | ?? C.Caesar spends freely and runs up large debts in order to increase his popularity.
@ Plut:Caes_5'8. | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | Caesar returns to Rome after being appointed pontifex in place of C.Cotta.
@ Vell_2.43'1-2; { OCD_c.} | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | Caesar establishes a reputation as a good speaker, after returning to Rome.
@ ~Plut:Caes_4'4-9. | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | SIC Two Syrian princes are robbed by Verres on their way back from Rome.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.4'60-71,* 5'184; { ~CAH_9'318; the princes had stayed at Rome for two years.} | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | == Diodorus of Melita escapes from Sicily after Verres attempts to seize his possessions.
@ ~Cic:Verr_2.4'38-41. | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | PON Cotta dismisses Oppius from his post as pro-quaestor.
* Read Dio's account @ Sall:Hist_3'41-42;L Quint_5.10'69, 13'17, '20; DioCass_36.40'3;* { DPRR.} | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | AS1 << A black ox miraculously appears at Cyzicus for a sacrifice to the goddess Persephone, who sends a storm to destroy Mithridates' siege engines.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Luc_10'1-4;* ~Appian:Mith_74-75; ~Obseq_60a. | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | << Lucullus defeats Mithridates' cavalry as they withdraw by the river Rhyndacus, where the Romans see the king's camels for the first time.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_3'28-29;L ~[Liv]:Per_94; Memn_28'1; ~Plut:Luc_11'3-6;* ~Appian:Mith_75; AmmMarc_23.6'56; ~Oros_6.2'15; { CAH_9'235 38
| ROM ?? M.Cato takes Antipater of Tyre as his companion, makes his first public speech to protect the Basilica Porcia, and marries Atilia.
| @ Plut:CatMin_4'1-7'3. 39
| == L.Catilina is accused of defiling a Vestal called Fabia, but he is acquitted through the influence of Catulus.
| * Read Plutarch's account @ ~Cic:Cat_3.9; Ascon_91;L Plut:CatMin_19'5-6;* Oros_6.3'1; { DPRR.} 40
| ?? Catilina is reputed to have committed adultery with his future mother-in-law.
| @ Ascon_91-92.L (↓) 41
| ?? L.Catilina marries Orestilla, allegedly after murdering his own son to please her.
| * Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Cat_15'1-5;* ValMax_9.1'9; Appian:BCiv_2'2. 42
| ?? P.Servilius Rullus is regarded as extravagant because he serves a whole boar for a banquet.
| @ Plin:HN_8'210; { Rullus' son was tribune of the plebs in 63 B.C.} 43
| AEG Document: Sherk_71d-f,B inscriptions put up by Milesian and Smyrnaean sailors in honour of C.Valerius Triarius.
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| ETR Document: Sherk_69B (OGIS_445), an inscription put up by the Mysians in honour of C.Salluvius Naso.
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