77 B.C. Olympiad 175.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM Lepidus is declared a public enemy, after a speech in the senate by Philippus.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ Sall:Hist_1.65-67; Flor_2.11'7;L +Hieron:Chron_1940;* {CAH_9'209.} |
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| 2 | The senate summons Lepidus back to Rome, and he marches towards the city.
* Read Livy's account @ Sall:Hist_1'60-63; ~[Liv]:Per_90'a;* ~Plut:Pomp_16'4; Flor_2.11'5;L ~Appian:BCiv_1.107'b; Oros_5.24'16;L {OCD_l.} |
| 3 | C.Caesar decides not to join Lepidus.
@ ~Suet:Caes_3'1. |
| 4 | << Cn.Dolabella celebrates a triumph, for his victories in Macedonia.
@ Cic:Pis_44; {C9;790; OCD_d.} |
| 5 | SPA Sertorius sets up a rival "senate" of his supporters in Spain.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Sert_22'5-8;* Appian:Hisp_101'a, :Mith_68'a, ~:BCiv_1.108'b; {~OCD_s.} |
| 6 | << Sertorius wins the support of the Spanish leaders by his generosity, and sets up a school for their children at Osca.
@ ~Plut:Sert_14'1-5. |
| 7 | Sertorius is rescued and carried to safety by his bodyguards after an unsuccessful attack on a city.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_1'112, 2'70; ~Plut:Sert_14'6.* |
| 8 | AEG << Cicero studies rhetoric under Apollonius Molon in Rhodes.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Planc_84, :Brut_151,L ~'316; ValMax_2.2'3;L Quint_12.6'7; Plut:Cic_4'4-5,* :Caes_3'1; Aelian:VH_12'25; [Vict]:VirIll_81'2.L |
| 9 | ROM Catulus defeats Lepidus in a battle near the Campus Martius, and forces him to retreat back to Etruria.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Hist_1.68, _3.34'9-10; ValMax_6.9'5;L Flor_2.11'6-7;L ~Appian:BCiv_1.107'b;* Ampel_19'7; Eutrop_6.5'1; ~Oros_5.22'16;L {CAH_9'209; OCD_l.} |
| 10 | Catulus provides a peaceful return to normal life at Rome after Lepidus' defeat, and new consuls are finally elected.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_1'75; ValMax_2.8'7;L ~Plut:Pomp_16'1-2;* Flor_2.11'8;L Ampel_19'7; ~Oros_5.22'18.L |
| 11 | CIS Cn.Pompeius is appointed to lead the government forces against Lepidus' supporters in Cisalpine Gaul.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Sull_34'9,* ~:Pomp_16'3; {CAH_9'209.} |
| 12 | M.Brutus surrenders to Pompeius, and is killed near Mutina.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_1'70; ~[Liv]:Per_90'a; Plut:Brut_4'1, '3, ~:Pomp_16'4-8,* 64'5; Appian:BCiv_2.111'b; ~Oros_5.22'17;L {CAH_9'209; OCD_b.} |
| 13 | Pompeius' soldiers slaughter the senators of Mediolanum.
@ Frontin:Str_1.9'3; {Frontinus does not indicate the date, but this seems a likely context.} |
| 14 | ETR Lepidus is defeated again, at Cosa.
* Read Lucan's account @ Sall:Hist_1'71; Lucan_2'547,* 8'808; Plut:Pomp_31'12; Exsuper_39; ~Oros_5.22'16.L |
| 15 | Scipio is killed when the government forces capture Alba.
@ ~Oros_5.22'17,L 24'16;L {CAH_9'209.} |
| 16 | SAR Lepidus escapes to Sardinia.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_1'72-73; ~[Liv]:Per_90'a; Plut:Pomp_16'9;* [Vict]:VirIll_77'3;L Exsuper_39. |
| 17 | ROM Cicero returns to Rome.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ ~Cic:Brut_316,L '318;L !Hieron:Chron_1938;* {~OCD_c.} |
| 18 | GAL << The proconsul L.Manlius and his legate L.Valerius are defeated in Aquitania.
@ Caes:BGall_3.20'1; {MRR_2'61.} |
| 19 | SPA << Sertorius wears down Metellus by using guerrilla tactics.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Sert_12'5-13'6,* 18'1; ~Oros_5.23'5.L |
| 20 | CAP << Tigranes invades Cappadocia with an overwhelming force.
@ Appian:Mith_67'b; {~CAH_9'232; after the death of Sulla.} |
| 21 | MAC Appius Claudius and his legate Fonteius defend Macedonia against raids from the Thracian tribes living near Mt.Rhodope.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:Font_44; Sall:Hist_1'120-121; ~[Liv]:Per_91'a;* Flor_1.39'6;L Obseq_59;L Festus:Brev_9'2; ~Eutrop_6.2'1; AmmMarc_27.4'10;L ~Oros_5.23'17-19;L {~OCD_c; MRR_2'63-64.} |
| 22 | ILL Cosconius defeats the Illyrians and captures Salonae.
* Read Eutropius' account @ Cic:Clu_97; Sall:Hist_2'38; Eutrop_6.4'1;* ~Oros_5.23'1,L '23;L {MRR_2'61; Cosconius captured Salonae after two years of fighting.} |
| 23 | Bulbus attempts to stir up unrest in Cosconius' army.
@ Cic:Clu_97. |
| 24 | SAR Triarius fights against Lepidus in Sardinia.
* Read Exsuperantius' account @ Ascon_19'a;L Exsuper_40;* {MRR_2'63-64.} |
| 25 | ROM ?? Lepidus decorates his house at Rome in magnificent style.
@ Plin:HN_35'12,L 36'49,L '109.L |
| 26 | SAR Lepidus commits suicide, according to some because of the distress caused by his separation from his wife Appuleia.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Cat_3'24; ~[Liv]:Per_90'a; Plin:HN_7'122,L '186;L ~Plut:Pomp_16'9;* Flor_2.11'7;L ~Appian:BCiv_1.107'b; Exsuper_41. |
| 27 | CIL Servilius captures the stronghold at Olympus of the pirate Zenicetes, who commits suicide.
* Read Strabo's account @ Cic:Verr_2.5'79; Sall:Hist_1'116; Strab_14.671'd;* (5.7) Oros_5.23'22;L {CAH_9'232; MRR_2'63.} |
| 28 | SPA Perperna takes the remainder of Lepidus' army to Spain, to fight alongside Sertorius.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Hist_2'15; ~Plut:Sert_15'1-2; Suet:Caes_5'1; Appian:BCiv_1.107'c,* 108'b; Exsuper_42; Oros_5.24'16;L {CAH_9'217; OCD_p.} |
| 29 | Sertorius captures Contrebia and other towns.
* Read Livy's account @ Liv_fr'18; ~[Liv]:Per_91'a;* {McGushin_1'180-181.} |
| 30 | SPA Sertorius retires to his winter camp at Castra Aelia.
@ Liv_fr'18. |
| 31 | ROM Pompeius is appointed to share the command with Metellus in the war against Sertorius; L.Philippus says he is being sent "instead of the consuls".
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:LegMan_62, :Phil_11'18; Sall:Hist_2'16-20, _2.82'4; ~[Liv]:Per_91'a; ValMax_8.15'8;L Plut:Pomp_13'9, ~17'1'4;* Appian:Hisp_101'b, :BCiv_1.80'c, ~108'c; DioCass_36.25'3, 27'4; [Vict]:VirIll_77'4;L Eutrop_6.1'2; ~Oros_5.23'8;L {CAH_9'210; OCD_p.} |
| 32 | An omen for the wife of D.Laelius - two snakes appear in her bed.
@ +Obseq_58.L |
| 33 | == M.Terpilius is regarded as contemptible for his behaviour while tribune of the plebs.
@ +Ascon_81'a.L |
| 34 | == The death of T.Quinticius Atta, a writer of Roman dramas.
@ +Hieron:Chron_1940. |
| 35 | == Cn.Dolabella is prosecuted by C.Caesar on a charge of extortion in Macedonia; he is defended by Hortensius, and is acquitted.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Cic:Brut_317;L Vell_2.43'3; ValMax_8.9'3;L Ascon_26'b,L 74'b;L Quint_12.6'1; Plut:Caes_4'1-2;* Suet:Caes_4'1, 55'1; [Vict]:VirIll_78'2;L {CAH_9'210.} |
| 36 | == Hortensius speaks in defence of Canuleius.
@ ~Cic:Brut_317;L {Soon after Cicero's return to Rome.} |
| 37 | == Q.Calidius is brought to trial and convicted, despite his friendship with Metellus.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_1'38, :Planc_69-70;* {MRR_2'60.} |
| 38 | == Mamercus overrules the praetor Cn.Orestes to deprive Genucius, a "gallus", of his inheritance.
@ +ValMax_7.7'6.L |
| 39 | Cicero quickly establishes a reputation as an orator, after his return to Rome.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Cic:Brut_316;L Plut:Cic_5'1-4.* |
| 40 | PER << The accession of Sinatroces, as king of Parthia.
@ ~Lucian:Macr_15<q" IsidChar_3>; {Bickerman_p131.} |
| 41 | CIS == The birth of M.Minucius Felix of Veleiatium, who is said to have lived to be at least 150 years old.
@ ~Plin:HN_7'163;L {He was recorded as 150 years old in the census of 74 A.D.} |
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