83 B.C. Olympiad 174.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | GRE Atticus meets Sulla at Athens, but refuses to follow him back to Italy.
@ Nepos:Att_4'1-2, 16'1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | ROM {20 Feb. -R} Sex.Naevius lays claim to the legal possession of the property of P.Quinctius.
@ +Cic:Quinct_15-28, 57-58, 60-66, #79-85. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ITA Sulla crosses over from Greece and arrives at Brundisium.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Hist_1'28; +[Liv]:Per_85'a; Vell_2.24'3; ~Plut:Sull_27'1-6; Flor_2.9'18;L ~Appian:BCiv_1.79'b-c,* 84'a; Ampel_42'3; +Obseq_57;L [Vict]:VirIll_75'8;L +Eutrop_5.7'4; {CAH_9'187; Green_721.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Omens at the outset of the civil war.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Plut:Sull_27'6-9, '12; +Appian:BCiv_1.83'a-b;* +Obseq_57;L August:DeCiv_2.24'd, 25'a-c. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | M.Brutus founds a colony at Capua.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:LegAgr_2'89, '92-94;* {CAH_9'189; OCD_c.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Metellus joins Sulla.
* Read Appian's account @ +Appian:BCiv_1.80'a;* DioCass_fr.106'1; {CAH_9'187.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sulla advances against his opponents, who make further preparations to resist him by force.
* Read Appian's account @ [Liv]:Per_84'b; ~Vell_2.25'1; +Appian:BCiv_1.81'a-82'b;* Exsuper_43-44. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | ETR Cn.Pompeius raises an army in Picenum.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:LegMan_61; [Caes]:BAfr_22'2-4; Cic:Phil_5'43-44; Diod_38.9'1; +[Liv]:Per_85'a; Vell_2.29'1-2; ~Plut:Pomp_5'4-6'6,* :Mor_203'B-C; +Appian:BCiv_1.80'b; DioCass_fr.107'1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Pompeius defeats L.Junius Brutus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Diod_38.9'1; ~Plut:Pomp_7'1-5;* {CAH_9'191; OCD_p.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | ITA Pompeius joins Sulla, who honours him with the title of "imperator".
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_5'16; Diod_38.10'1; ValMax_5.2'9;L ~Plut:Pomp_8'1-4,* :Crass_6'4, :Mor_806'E; +Appian:BCiv_1.80'a-b; {CAH_9'187.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Cethegus, Philippus and other senators join Sulla.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:ProvCon_21;* +[Liv]:Per_85'b; +Appian:BCiv_1.80'c. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Sulla defeats Norbanus at Canusium.
* Read Appian's account @ +[Liv]:Per_85'a; FGrH_252'A4; +Vell_2.25'2, '4;L +Plut:Sull_27'10; Flor_2.9'19;L +Appian:BCiv_1.84'b;* +Eutrop_5.7'4; +Oros_5.20'2;L {CAH_9'189; OCD_n.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Sulla makes a dedication of land and water to Diana on Mount Tifata.
@ +Vell_2.25'4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | PON Mithridates puts his son to death on suspicion of treason, and prepares to fight against the rebels in Bosporus.
* Read Appian's account @ Memn_25'3; ~Appian:Mith_64'a-b;* {Green_653.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | ROM {6 July -R} A fire destroys many of the buildings on the Capitol at Rome.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Cat_47'2; Liv_6.4'3, 25.39'17; [Liv]:Per_98'a; Plin:HN_13'88;L +Tac:Hist_3'72; #Plut:Sull_27'13; Tac:Ann_6'12; Plut:Publ_15'1, :Mor_379'C; +Appian:BCiv_1.86'b;* +Obseq_57;L +Hieron:Chron_1933; August:DeCiv_2.24'e; {CAH_9'189; OCD_c.} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | ?? Cicero is a pupil of Philon, an Academic philosopher, who encourages him to study philosophy and rhetoric.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Tusc_2'9,L '26,L :ND_1'6,L :Off_2'4;L Tac:Dial_32'6; Plut:Cic_3'1-2.* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | ++ General remarks on the life and teaching of the philosopher Philon.
@ Cic:Acad_2'17, '69; {OCD_p 18
| SYR Tigranes invades and conquers Syria.
| * Read Justin's account @ Strab_11.532'b,(14.15) 14.669'b;(5.2) Joseph:AJ_13'419; Appian:Syr_48'b, 69'c, :Mith_106'b; ~Just_40.1'1-4,* 2'3; Trog:Prol_40; Eutrop_6.14'2; Malal_211; {Green_553.} 19
| Antiochus Eusebes is either killed or expelled: the end of Seleucid rule in Syria.
| * Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:AJ_13'371;* Appian:Syr_70'a; [Euseb]:Chron_261'c; {Bickerman_p130.} 20
| ITA M.Piso refuses to serve as quaestor under L.Scipio.
| @ +Cic:Verr_2.1'37. 21
| Sertorius captures Suessa.
| * Read Appian's account @ +Appian:BCiv_1.85'b,* 108'a; {CAH_9'190.} 22
| Scipio is deserted by his army, after entering into negotiations with Sulla.
| * Read Appian's account @ Cic:Phil_12'27, 13'1; Sall:Hist_1'29, '81; Diod_38.16'1; +[Liv]:Per_85'a; +Vell_2.25'2-3; Plut:Sert_6'1-3, +:Sull_28'1-6; +Appian:BCiv_1.85'a-86'a;* DioCass_fr.107'2-3; +Eutrop_5.7'4; Exsuper_45; {CAH_9'189-190.} 23
| ETR Crassus collects new recruits for Sulla from amongst the Marsi.
| @ ~Plut:Crass_6'2-3. 24
| CAP Archelaus escapes from Mithridates, and goes to join Murena.
| * Read Appian's account @ ~Appian:Mith_64'c;* DioCass_39.57'2; Oros_6.2'12.L 25
| Murena attacks Comana, and rejects an embassy from Mithridates: the start of the "second Mithridatic war".
| * Read Appian's account @ ~Appian:Mith_64'c-d,* 66'c; {CAH_9'789; OCD_mith.} 26
| ROM {13 Sept. -R} P.Quinctius returns to Rome, in response to a court summons.
| @ #Cic:Quinct_28-30, 40-41. 27
| ITA Sulla advances against Norbanus at Capua, but Norbanus avoids him.
| * Read Plutarch's account @ +Plut:Sull_27'11;* +Appian:BCiv_1.86'a. 28
| ETR Crassus captures the town of Tuder.
| @ ~Plut:Crass_6'5. 29
| ITA Sertorius abandons the war in Italy; he recruits more supporters in Etruria and then leaves for his province in Spain.
| * Read Appian's account @ +Vell_2.25'3; Flor_2.10'1-2;L +Appian:BCiv_1.86'b-c,* 108'a; Ampel_18'17; Exsuper_46-48; {CAH_9'191; OCD_s.} 30
| ROM The young C.Marius is elected consul, despite being far below the legal age.
| * Read Livy's account @ Sall:Hist_1'30; ~[Liv]:Per_86'a;* [Vict]:VirIll_68'1;L (?) Exsuper_30; {CAH_9'191; OCD_m.} 31
| Marius and the consuls recruit more troops, to carry on the fighting in the next year.
| * Read Appian's account @ ~Diod_38.12'1-13'1; +Appian:BCiv_1.86'c.* 32
| ITA Document: CIL_720,L an inscription in honour of Sulla at Suessa.
| @ ROL_p136. 33
| ROM ?? Document: [Cic]:RhetHer_,L the "Rhetorica ad Herennium" ascribed to Cicero.
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| ?? The grammarian Staberius Eros, the poet Publilius Syrus and the astronomer Manilius all arrive on the same ship, as slaves from (?) Antioch.
| @ Plin:HN_35'199;L Suet:Gram_13; {Staberius Eros established himself as a teacher at Rome in the lifetime of Sulla.} 35
| ++ The luxurious lifestyle of Carvilius Pollio, who is the first person at Rome to have silver fittings on his dinner-couches.
| @ Plin:HN_33'144,L '146;L {Before Sulla's victory in the civil war.} |
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