76 B.C. Olympiad 176.1Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ALP << Pompeius crosses the Alps.
* Read Lucan's account @ Sall:Hist_2.82'4; Lucan_8'808;* ~Appian:BCiv_1.109'a. |
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| 2 | SPA Perperna's soldiers insist on joining together with Sertorius' army.
@ ~Plut:Sert_15'3-5. |
| 3 | ROM C.Antonius is accused by Caesar of extortion in the province of Achaea, but escapes punishment by appealing to the tribunes.
* Read Plutarch's account @ QCic:Pet_8; Ascon_84'b;L ~Plut:Caes_4'2-4;* {CAH_9'210.} |
| 4 | SPA Sertorius attacks the Berones.
@ ~Liv_fr'18. |
| 5 | NAR Pompeius suppresses unrest in Gaul during his march to Spain.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:LegMan_28,* 30; Caes:BCiv_1.35'4; Sall:Hist_2'22; {CAH_9'217.} |
| 6 | SPA Sertorius persuades his Spanish allies not to risk a pitched battle by showing them two ways of plucking horses' tails.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ValMax_7.3'6;L Frontin:Str_1.10'1-2, 4.7'6; ~Plut:Sert_16'1-11;* Plinius:Ep_3.9'11. |
| 7 | Saguntum and other cities welcome Pompeius on his arrival in Spain.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_2'26; ~Plut:Pomp_18'1-3;* {CAH_9'217.} |
| 8 | Sertorius forces the Characitani to surrender by filling their caves with dust.
@ ~Plut:Sert_17'1-13. |
| 9 | CIL << Servilius subdues Cilicia, and captures the cities of Attalis, Corycus, Olympus, and Phaselis.
* Read Eutropius' account @ Cic:Verr_2.1'56-57, 4'21, :LegAgr_1'5, 2'50; Sall:Hist_1'117-119, 2'63-64; Strab_14.671'd;(5.7) Flor_1.41'5;L Eutrop_6.3'1;* Oros_5.23'22;L {MRR_2'63; McGushin_1'182.} |
| 10 | MAC Appius Claudius falls ill and dies while fighting in Macedonia.
* Read Eutropius' account @ Eutrop_6.2'1;* ~Oros_5.23'19;L {OCD_c.} |
| 11 | SPA Sertorius ambushes and destroys a legion from Pompeius' army, along with its leader D.Laelius.
* Read Frontinus' account @ Sall:Hist_2'28-30; Frontin:Str_2.5'31;* ~Appian:BCiv_1.109'a; Obseq_58;L {McGushin_1'200-201.} |
| 12 | Metellus defeats L.Hirtuleius at Italica.
* Read Frontinus' account @ Frontin:Str_2.1'2;* ~Oros_5.23'10;L {CAH_9'218.} |
| 13 | Sertorius outmanoeuvres Pompeius and captures Lauro.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Sert_18'2-11,* ~:Pomp_18'4; Flor_2.10'7;L ~Appian:BCiv_1.109'b; ~Oros_5.23'6-9;L {CAH_9'218.} |
| 14 | ROM Elections at Rome: Cicero, Cotta, and Hortensius are elected to various offices.
@ ~Cic:Brut_318.L |
| 15 | ARM << Tigranes founds the city of Tigranocerta; many of the inhabitants are forcibly transported from Cappadocia.
* Read Appian's account @ Strab_11.532'c,(14.15) 12.539'd;(2.9) Appian:Mith_67'b-c;* Quadratus_18; {After Tigranes' invasion of Cappadocia.} |
| 15a | SYR ?? Tigranes settles Arabs in the region of Commagene and Cilicia.
@ Plin:HN_6'142.L |
| 16 | PAL ?? Antipater, the father of Herodes, is seized by Idumaean bandits while still a young boy.
@ Euseb:HistEc_1.6'3, 7'11. |
| 17 | ?? Antipas, the grandfather of Herodes, is appointed by Alexander Jannaeus to be governor of Idumaea.
@ Joseph:AJ_14'10. |
| 18 | ?? Alexander Jannaeus builds a fortress at Machaerus.
@ Joseph:BJ_7'171. |
| 19 | The death of Alexander Jannaeus; his widow Alexandra takes over as queen of Judaea.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'106-107, '119, :AJ_13'398-404,* '430, 20'242; ~[Euseb]:Chron_129'b; ChronPasc_452'B, 464'C, 509'C; +Hieron:Chron_1941; Sulpit_2.26'a; August:DeCiv_18.45'g; ExcBarb_47B; {CAH_9'291; OCD_hasmoneans.} |
| 20 | Alexandra appoints her elder son Hyrcanus to be high priest.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'109,* ~:AJ_13'405-409, 15'179, 20'242. |
| 21 | AEG == Document: Sherk1_27c, recording the admission into the mysteries at Samothrace of Q.Minucius, P.Magulnius and others. |
| 22 | ROM == The tribune Sicinius jokes about the wild gesticulations of the consul Curio, while the other consul, Octavius, suffers from a debilitating illness.
* Read Quintilian's account @ +Cic:Brut_216-217;L Sall:Hist_2'23; ValMax_9.14'5;L Quint_11.3'129.* |
| 23 | == Curio stops Sicinius from introducing political reforms.
@ Sall:Hist_3.34'8, '10; {CAH_9'211; OCD_s.} |
| 24 | == The close friendship of M.Cato and his brother Caepio.
@ ~Plut:CatMin_3'8-10. |
| 25 | == The birth of the writer C.Asinius Pollio.
@ ~Hieron:Chron_2020; {OCD_p.} |
| 26 | ?? Document: Cic:QRosc_, Cicero's speech in defence of Q.Roscius Comoedus. {The date of this speech is very uncertain; it may have been ten years later.} |
| 27 | ETR == Omens, including an earthquake at Reate; the proconsul Silanus and his entourage see a "spark" falling off a star, which lights up the night sky.
@ +Plin:HN_2'100;L +Obseq_59.L |
| 28 | ITA == Staienus accepts a bribe to fix the decision in a court case at Atella concerning the estate of Safinius.
* Read Cicero's account @ ~Cic:Clu_68,* 99; {Two years before the prosecution of Oppianicus.} |
| 29 | SIC == During Sex.Peducaeus' first year as governor of Sicily, there is a plentiful supply of cheap corn.
@ ~Cic:Verr_2.3'216; {MRR_2'66.} |
| 30 | A local census is conducted in Sicily.
@ Cic:Verr_2.2'139; {MRR_2'66.} |
| 31 | SPA == Metellus receives pay and provisions from Gaul.
@ Sall:Hist_2.82'9; {In the year before Pompeius' letter to the senate.} |
| 32 | AS1 ?? Rutilius carefully obeys the regulations of the Lex Fannia, by keeping to a frugal lifestyle.
@ Athen_6.274'c-d; {Rutilius is last mentioned in 78 B.C., when he must have been quite old.} |
| 33 | CYR ?? Aretaphila frees Cyrene from the tyrants Nicocrates and Laander.
* Read Polyaenus' account @ Plut:Mor_255'E-257'E; Polyaen_8.38'1;* {This tale is dated to the time of Mithridates, before Cyrene became a Roman province.} |
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