back 82 B.C. Olympiad 174.3

Consuls: C. Marius C.f., Cn. Papirius Cn.f. Carbo (III)

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1 ROM {January 14 -R} The birth of M.Antonius, the future triumvir.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ #EhrJon:Fast_Jan14; ~Plut:Ant_86'8; Appian:BCiv_5.8'b; {~OCD_a.}
2 IT+ << Sulla arranges a treaty with the Italian allies.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_86'a; {CAH_9'191.}
3 ROM The senate passes a decree to use temple ornaments to provide their soldiers' pay.
@ +ValMax_7.6'4.L 
4 CIS Sulla sends Pompeius to join Metellus in northern Italy.
@ ~Plut:Pomp_8'5-7.
5 Metellus defeats Carinas by the river Aesis.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Pomp_7'6; +Appian:BCiv_1.87'a; +Oros_5.20'5;L  {CAH_9'192.}
6 AFR C.Fabius Hadrianus, propraetor in Africa, is burnt to death in a riot at Utica.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Verr_2.1'70; ~Diod_38.11'1; ~[Liv]:Per_86'a; ValMax_9.10'2;L  ~Oros_5.20'3;L  {CAH_9'191; MRR_2'49.}
7 SPA Sertorius arrives in Spain; counted by some as the start of the war against Sertorius.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Sall:Hist_1'83; ~Plut:Sert_6'4-9; Flor_2.10'2;L  Appian:Hisp_101'a; Exsuper_49-51; ~Oros_5.23'13.L 
8 PON Heracleia refuses to take sides in the dispute between Murena and Mithridates.
@ Memn_26'2.
9 ROM {28 May -R} The birth of M.Caelius Rufus and C.Licinius Calvus, on the same day.
@ #Plin:HN_7'165;L  {OCD_calv; OCD_cael<88/7>.}
10 ETR Sulla defeats Marius at Sacriportus, and forces him to take refuge in Praeneste.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Sall:Hist_1'30-32; Diod_38.15'1; +[Liv]:Per_87'a; +Vell_2.26'1; +Plut:Sull_28'7-15; Flor_2.9'23;L  +Appian:BCiv_1.87'b-d; [Vict]:VirIll_68'3,L  75'8;L  +Eutrop_5.8'1; Exsuper_31; +Oros_5.20'6;L  {CAH_9'192; OCD_m.}
11 CIS Pompeius defeats Marcius at Senae.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1.88'a; {CAH_9'193.}
12 ROM The first public performance of the actress Galeria Copiola.
@ +Plin:HN_7'158.L 
13 ?? Scaevola avoids the expense of speaking in defence of Glabrio.
@ Cic:Att_6.1'4.
14 ++ General comments on the character of Q.Scaevola "the Pontifex", a noted expert on Roman law.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Top_29, 37, :Off_1'116,L  3'62-63,L  '70,L  :Att_8.3'6; ValMax_8.12'1;L  Plin:HN_18'32;L  Quint_12.3'9; Justin:Dig_1.2.2'41-43<q"L  Pomponius>; Gell_5.19'7.
15 Marius orders a massacre of his opponents at Rome, including C.Carbo and Scaevola.
* Read Appian's account
@ Cic:Brut_311,L  :ND_3'80,L  :Fam_9.21'3; Diod_37.29'5, 38.17'1; +[Liv]:Per_86'b; +Vell_2.26'2-3; ValMax_9.2'3;L  Lucan_2'126-129; +Flor_2.9'21;L  +Appian:BCiv_1.88'a-c; [Vict]:VirIll_68'2;L  August:DeCiv_3.28'a-b, 29'c; +Oros_5.20'4;L  {CAH_9'192; OCD_s.}
16 Marius removes a great quantity of gold from the Capitol and elsewhere in Rome, and keeps it at Praeneste.
@ +Plin:HN_33'16.L 
17 Sulla enters Rome, after handing over command at Praeneste to Q.Ofella.
* Read Dio's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_87'a; Plut:Mor_786'D-E; +Appian:BCiv_1.89'a; DioCass_fr.108'1-2; Eutrop_5.8'1; {CAH_9'193.}
18 ETR Further victories of Sulla, at the river Glanis, Saturnia, and Neapolis.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1.89'b-c.
19 PON Murena invades Pontus, ignoring instructions brought from Rome by Calidius.
* Read Appian's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_86'b; Memn_26'3; ~Appian:Mith_65'a-b.
20 SAR L.Philippus wins over Sardinia for Sulla.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_86'a; {CAH_9'191.}
21 PAL << Alexander Jannaeus attacks his neighbours on the east side of the river Jordan, and captures Dium, Essa, Gaulana, Seleuceia, and Gamala.
* Read Josephus' account
@ Joseph:BJ_1'104-105, ~:AJ_13'393-394; +Hieron:Chron_1934.
22 ETR An indecisive battle between Sulla and Carbo at Clusium.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_88'a; +Vell_2.28'1; Plin:HN_8'221;L  +Appian:BCiv_1.89'c.
23 Pompeius defeats Carinas near Spoletium, and then ambushes a detachment under Marcius.
* Read Appian's account
@ +Appian:BCiv_1.90'a-c; +Oros_5.20'7;L  {CAH_9'193.}
24 Sulla fortifies the approaches to Praeneste, and stops an attempt by the Samnites to reach Marius.
* Read Appian's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_87'a; +Appian:BCiv_1.90'c-d.
25 CIS A failed night attack on Metellus at Faventia.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_88'a; +Vell_2.28'1; +Appian:BCiv_1.91'a-b; +Oros_5.20'7.L 
26 M.Lucullus defeats Quinctius at Fidentia.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_88'a; +Vell_2.28'1; Plut:Luc_37'1, :Sull_27'14-17; +Appian:BCiv_1.92'a; +Oros_5.20'5;L  {CAH_9'194.}
27 AS1 << Murena deposes Moagetes, tyrant of Cibyra.
@ Strab_13.631'b.(4.17) 
28 PON Mithridates defeats Murena and forces him to retreat to Phrygia.
* Read Appian's account
@ Memn_26'4; ~Appian:Mith_65'b-66'a; {Green_722.}
29 CIS Albinovanus murders the officers of Norbanus, who escapes to Rhodes.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1.91'b-d; {CAH_9'194.}
30 ETR Carbo flees to Africa, and the remains of his army are crushed by Pompeius.
* Read Appian's account
@ Sall:Hist_1'33; ~[Liv]:Per_88'a; +Plut:Sull_28'17; +Appian:BCiv_1.92'a-b; [Vict]:VirIll_75'8;L  +Eutrop_5.8'2; Exsuper_52; {CAH_9'194; OCD_c.}
31 PON Mithridates offers a huge sacrifice to Zeus Stratios, to celebrate his victory.
@ ~Appian:Mith_66'a-b.
32 ROM {1 Nov. -R} Pontius Telesinus marches on Rome with the Samnite army, but is defeated and killed by Sulla at the Colline Gate.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Sall:Hist_1'34; ~[Liv]:Per_88'a, :EpOx_fr.a'230-232; Strab_5.249'c-d;(4.11)  #Vell_2.27'1-3; ValMax_1.2'3;L  Lucan_2'135-138; Frontin:Str_1.11'11; ~Plut:Sull_29'1-30'1, :Crass_6'6; Flor_2.9'22-23;L  +Appian:BCiv_1.92'c-93'c; +Eutrop_5.8'1; +Oros_5.20'9;L  {CAH_9'194-195; OCD_p.}
33 Sulla orders the massacre of at least 3,000 Samnite prisoners.
* Read Dio's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_88'a; ~Strab_5.249'd-e;(4.11)  ValMax_9.2'1;L  Sen:Ben_5.16'3; Plut:Sull_30'2-6; Flor_2.9'24-25;L  +Appian:BCiv_1.93'c; Ampel_42'3;L  ~DioCass_fr.109'1-7; (?) AnthPal_7'312<q" Quadratus>; [Vict]:VirIll_75'10;L  August:DeCiv_3.28'b; ~Oros_5.21'1;L  {CAH_9'195.}
34 ?? Sulla rewards inhabitants of Spain, Gaul and Sicily, including Ariston of Massilia and Diodorus of Lilybaeum, with Roman citizenship.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Verr_2.4'37, Balb"50, :Arch_25.
35 ETR ++ General comments on the high losses suffered by both sides during Sulla's civil war.
* Read Appian's account
@ Appian:BCiv_1.82'c, 84'a-b, 104'c; Eutrop_5.9'2; Oros_5.22'2-4,L  6.14'3.L 
36 Praeneste is captured and Marius commits suicide: the end of the civil war.
* Read Appian's account
@ Diod_37.29'4, 38.15'1; ~[Liv]:Per_88'a-b; Strab_5.239'a;(3.11)  FGrH_252'A4; +Vell_2.27'4-6; +ValMax_6.8'2;L  Lucan_2'193-195; Frontin:Str_2.9'3; Plut:Sull_32'1-2, 33'5, :Mar_46'9; +Appian:BCiv_1.94'a-c, 101'a; [Vict]:VirIll_68'4;L  ~Oros_5.21'8-10;L  {CAH_9'789; OCD_p.}
37 ROM Sulla assumes the title Felix.
* Read Appian's account
@ Diod_38.15'1; Liv_30.45'6; +Vell_2.27'5; ValMax_6.4'4,L  9.2'1;L  Sen:Dial_6.12'6; Plin:HN_7'137;L  Plut:Sull_34'3-4, :Mor_318'D, 542'F; ~Appian:BCiv_1.97'a-d; [Vict]:VirIll_75'9;L  {CAH_9'199.}
38 Sulla institutes circus games to celebrate his victory.
* Read Velleius' account
@ +Vell_2.27'6; Ascon_88'c,L  93'a.L 
39 A golden statue is put up of Sulla on horseback.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Phil_9'13; Vell_2.61'3; {CAH_9'199.}
40 L.Flaccus passes a law to appoint Sulla dictator and give him autocratic power.
* Read Appian's account
@ Cic:Verr_2.3'82, :LegAgr_3'5-6, '8, :Leg_1'42,L  :Att_9.15'2; ~[Liv]:Per_89'a; FGrH_252'A5; Vell_2.28'2; ~Plut:Sull_33'1-2; Appian:BCiv_1.3'a, ~98'a-99'b; Ampel_18'6;L  DioCass_36.31'4; ~Oros_5.21'12;L  {CAH_9'199.}
41 Q.Ofella illegally stands as candidate for the consulship, but he is killed by order of Sulla.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_89'b; Ascon_91'a;L  ~Plut:Sull_33'5-6, 40'7; ~Appian:BCiv_1.100'a, 101'a-b; DioCass_37.10'2; {CAH_9'200.}
42 Sulla persuades Pompeius to divorce Antistia and marry Aemilia.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Sull_33'4, ~:Pomp_9'1-4; {CAH_9'196.}
43 SIC M.Perperna organises resistance in Sicily, but leaves when he hears that Pompeius has been sent against him.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Diod_38.14'1; ~Plut:Pomp_10'1-2, 20'6.
44 M.Brutus commits suicide at Lilybaeum.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_89'a; ValMax_6.2'8.L 
45 ?? Valerius Soranus discloses the secret name of Rome's guardian deity.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plin:HN_3'65;L  Plut:Mor_278'F.
46 Pompeius captures and kills Carbo.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Sall:Hist_1'44; ~[Liv]:Per_89'a; ValMax_5.3'5,L  6.2'8,L  9.13'2;L  Lucan_2'547-548; ~Plut:Pomp_10'4-6; ~Appian:BCiv_1.96'c-d; Eutrop_5.8'2; ~Oros_5.21'11;L  {CAH_9'196.}
47 Pompeius puts the poet Q.Valerius Soranus to death after questioning him.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Pomp_10'7-9; Flor_2.9'26.L 
48 ITA << M.Aurius is murdered, probably at the instigation of Oppianicus.
@ Cic:Clu_21-24; {During the civil war in Italy.}
49 ROM ?? L.Catilina is involved in violence and crime while still a young man.
* Read Sallust's account
@ Sall:Cat_5'1-8, 16'1-3.
50 ?? Q.Fadius Gallus leaves his estate to P.Sextilius Rufus.
@ Cic:Fin_2'55,L  '58;L  {Cicero says this happened when he was young.}
51 ?? Cicero is taken to listen to Pupius Piso.
@ Ascon_15'b.L 
52 ?? L.Aelius teaches Cicero and Varro.
@ Cic:Brut_205-207.L 
53 == Varro learns the Greek language.
@ +Hieron:Chron_1935.
54 NAR << C.Flaccus awards Roman citizenship to Caburus, a Gallic chieftain.
@ Caes:BGall_1.47'4; {MRR_2'46.}
55 == L.Scipio goes into exile at Massilia.
@ Cic:Sest_7.
56 ETR == Document: CIL_2510,L  an inscription in honour of A.Pompeius at Interamna in Umbria.
@ ROL_p136.

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