79 B.C. Olympiad 175.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | SPA Fufidius summons Domitius, governor of Nearer Spain, to come to his aid.
@ Sall:Hist_1'96-98.L |
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| 2 | ROM << Mithridates and Ariobarzanes send embassies to Rome: the senate orders Mithridates to withdraw from Cappadocia.
@ ~Appian:Mith_67'a-b; {While Sulla was still in power.} |
| 3 | ++ General comments on Sulla's absolute power and ruthlessness as dictator.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.3'81,* :Fin_3'75;L ValMax_3.6'3,L 7.5'5;L Ascon_73'b;L Plut:Cic_10'1; Exsuper_34. |
| 4 | << Sulla abdicates from his position as dictator, and retires to private life.
* Read Appian's account @ Lucan_1'334-335; Mart_9.43'10, 11.5'9-10; Quint_3.8'53; Silius_13'858-860;L Plut:Sull_34'6; Juvenal_1'16-17;L Appian:BCiv_1.3'a-b, +103'b-105'a,* 2.138'a; Ampel_18'16;L [Vict]:VirIll_75'12;L +Oros_5.22'1;L {CAH_9'205; OCD_s.} |
| 5 | Sulla is allocated the province of Cisalpine Gaul.
@ GranLic_32. |
| 6 | SPA Hirtuleius, a subordinate of Sertorius, defeats and kills Domitius Calvinus by the river Anas.
* Read Florus' account @ Sall:Hist_1'99-100;L ~[Liv]:Per_90'a; ~Plut:Sert_12'4; Flor_2.10'6-7;* Eutrop_6.1'2; Oros_5.23'3;L {CAH_9'215.} |
| 7 | ROM << Cicero asserts the rights of the inhabitants of Arretium to Roman citizenship, during the defence of an Arretine woman.
@ Cic:Caecin_97; {While Sulla was still alive.} |
| 8 | Cicero goes away to Greece, ostensibly to improve his health.
@ ~Plut:Cic_3'5; {OCD_c.} |
| 9 | PAL Alexander Jannaeus suffers from quartan fever, but continues to fight against neighbouring states.
@ ~Joseph:AJ_13'398; {Three years before his death.} |
| 10 | SPA Metellus takes over as Roman commander in Spain, but his general L.Thorius Balbus is defeated and killed by Sertorius.
* Read Florus' account @ Sall:Hist_1'101-103;L ~Plut:Sert_12'4; Flor_2.10'6-7;* Appian:Hisp_101'b, :BCiv_1.97'a, 108'b; Eutrop_6.1'2; Exsuper_54; Oros_5.23'3;L {CAH_9'217.} |
| 11 | ROM {? September -R} The brothers L. and M.Lucullus stage magnificent games while they both hold the office of aedile.
* Read Granius' account @ Cic:Off_2'57;L ValMax_2.4'6;L Plin:HN_8'19;L GranLic_32;* [Vict]:VirIll_74'1;L {OCD_l.} |
| 12 | ?? Mam.Lepidus Livianus fails in his first attempt to be elected consul.
@ Cic:Off_2'58;L {Mam.Lepidus eventually became consul in 77 B.C.} |
| 13 | M.Lepidus is elected consul, despite being an opponent of Sulla.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Sull_34'7-8,* ~:Pomp_15'1-2; {CAH_9'206-207; OCD_l.} |
| 14 | Lucullus is elected praetor, having been given special dispensation to stand for office when younger than the normal age.
@ Cic:Acad_2'1; {MRR_2'60.} |
| 15 | ?? The sudden death of L.Tuccius, Sulla's doctor.
@ Plin:HN_7'183.L |
| 16 | LYC == Verres, as proquaestor of Cn.Dolabella, continues to extort money from various parts of Asia, including Lycia, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Phrygia, and Milyas.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.1'41, '95-102,* 3'177-178; {MRR_2'59.} |
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