back 73 B.C. Olympiad 176.4

Consuls: M. Terentius M.f. Varro Lucullus, C. Cassius L.f. Longinus

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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; {MRR_2'73.}
2 SPA << Some mountains near Corduba suddenly collapse.
@ Sall:Hist_3'32; {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'c;L  {MRR_2'77.}
4 AS1 << Mithridates' generals defeat the Romans under Cotta near Chalcedon.
* Read Appian's account
@ Cic:Mur_33; Sall:Hist_3'12-13, _4.67'13; ~[Liv]:Per_93'a; Memn_27'7-8, 29'1; Plut:Luc_8'1-2; ~Appian:Mith_71'a-c;*  ~Eutrop_6.6'2; ~Oros_6.2'13;L  {CAH_9'235; OCD_c.}
5 << Lucullus assembles his army and imposes strict discipline.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Sall:Hist_3'9; ~Plut:Luc_7'1-3;*  ~Appian:Mith_72'a; {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;L  ~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'a; ~Plut:Sert_25'1-6; ~Appian:BCiv_1.112'a-c,*  113'a-b; {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; ~[Liv]:Per_95'a; Vell_2.30'5; Tac:Ann_15'46; ~Plut:Crass_8'1-3;*  Flor_2.8'3;L  ~Appian:BCiv_1.116'a-b; Eutrop_6.7'2; August:DeCiv_3.26'b, 5.22'a; +Oros_5.24'1;L  {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.
11 AS1 << Lucullus rescues Cotta by raising the siege of Chalcedon.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Luc_8'3-8;*  [Vict]:VirIll_74'4.L 
12 ITA Spartacus brings his followers down from Vesuvius and defeats the praetor Glaber.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_95'a; Frontin:Str_1.5'21, 7'6; ~Plut:Crass_9'1-3;*  Flor_2.8'4;L  ~Appian:BCiv_1.116'b; +Oros_5.24'1;L  {CAH_9'221.}
13 Spartacus holds funeral games for a woman killed in the fighting.
@ Flor_2.8'9;L  ~Oros_5.24'3.L 
14 SPA The Romans win over many Spanish towns.
* Read Livy's account
@ [Liv]:Per_94'a;*  ~Appian:BCiv_1.113'a; {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.
16 MOE {August -R} Curio defeats the Dardani.
* Read Livy's account
@ Sall:Hist_3'91-92; ~[Liv]:Per_95'a;*  AmmMarc_29.5'22;L  {MRR_2'77; 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; Strab_12.575'e-576'a;* (8.11)  ~Plut:Luc_9'1; Flor_1.40'15;L  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; Frontin:Str_3.13'6, 4.5'21; Memn_28'1; ~Plut:Luc_9'2-8; Flor_1.40'16;L  ~Appian:Mith_72'a-73'b;*  ~Oros_6.2'14.L 
20 << Deiotarus defeats the army of Mithridates in Phrygia.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_94'a;*  ~Appian:Mith_75'c; ~Oros_6.2'18;L  {CAH_9'236.}
21 << Lucullus quells unrest in his army over his policy of avoiding battle.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_94'a.
22 ITA Spartacus defeats two more Roman commanders, Furius and Cossinius.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Sall:Hist_3'63; ~Plut:Crass_9'4-5.* 
23 Spartacus slips away safely when another praetor, P.Varinius, confronts him with a larger army.
* Read Frontinus' account
@ Sall:Hist_3'64A-64C; Frontin:Str_1.5'22.* 
24 ITA Spartacus decisively defeats Varinius.
* Read Appian's account
@ Sall:Hist_3'64D-67; ~[Liv]:Per_95'a; ~Plut:Crass_9'5; Flor_2.8'5;L  ~Appian:BCiv_1.116'b-c;*  {CAH_9'221.}
25 ROM {16 Oct -R} Document: SIG_747, a decree of the senate exempting the sanctuary of Amphiaraus at Oropus from paying tax.
@ Sherk1_70.
26 EGY {15 Phaophi -E = 24 Oct} Document: POxy_1628, a lease of land to Apollonius, near Sepho.
@ PLoeb_1.40.
27 ITA Spartacus gathers a large army of about 70,000 slaves.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Crass_9'5-6;*  Flor_2.8'6-8;L  ~Appian:BCiv_1.116'c; ~Oros_5.24'2;L  {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; Quint_5.10'69, 13'17, '20; DioCass_36.40'3;*  {MRR_2'77.}
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'a-75'b; ~Obseq_60a.L 
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; ~[Liv]:Per_94'a; Memn_28'1; ~Plut:Luc_11'3-6;*  ~Appian:Mith_75'b; AmmMarc_23.6'56;L  ~Oros_6.2'15;L  {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
@ Ascon_91'b-c;L  Plut:CatMin_19'5-6;*  Oros_6.3'1;L  {MRR_2'79.}
40 ?? Catilina is reputed to have committed adultery with his future mother-in-law.
@ Ascon_91'c-92'a.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;L  Appian:BCiv_2.2'a.
42 ?? P.Servilius Rullus is regarded as extravagant because he serves a whole boar for a banquet.
@ Plin:HN_8'210;L  {Rullus' son was tribune of the plebs in 63 B.C.}
43 AEG Document: Sherk1_71d-f, inscriptions put up by Milesian and Smyrnaean sailors in honour of C.Valerius Triarius.
44 ETR Document: OGI_445, an inscription put up by the Mysians in honour of C.Salluvius Naso.
@ Sherk1_69.

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