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| 1 | AS1 The citizens of Smyrna offer clothes to Sulla's army during the winter.
@ Tac:Ann_4'56. |
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| 2 | Ptolemy Alexander escapes from Mithridates and takes refuge with Sulla.
@ Appian:BCiv_1'102; { CAH_9'318; Hölbl_p213.} |
| 3 | ROM << Cinna and Carbo make preparations for the war against Sulla.
* Read Appian's account @ +[Liv]:Per_83; ~Appian:BCiv_1'76,* '77.(↓) |
| 4 | << The senate votes to send an embassy to Sulla.
@ +[Liv]:Per_83; { CAH_9'183.} |
| 5 | CAP << Curio restores Nicomedes and Ariobarzanes to their kingdoms.
* Read Granius' account @ FGrH_252'A3; ~Appian:Mith_60;(↓) GranLic_28;* { OCD_n; Green_721.} |
| 6 | ASI << Sulla re-organises the province of Asia, and punishes the supporters of Mithridates.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Luc_4'2-3,* ~:Sull_25'4-5; ~Appian:Mith_61-63; +Cassiod:Chr_670; { CAH_9'162.} |
| 7 | ILL Cinna transports his army to Liburnia.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1'77-78.(↓) |
| 8 | ROM << Caesar marries Cornelia, daughter of Cinna.
@ ~Suet:Caes_1'1; { CAH_9'178.} |
| 9 | ++ General remarks on Cinna's crimes during his period of power.
@ Cic:Tusc_5'54-55, :ND_3'81. |
| 10 | ETR Cinna is killed in a mutiny at Ancona.
* Read Appian's account @ +[Liv]:Per_83; +Vell_2.24'5; Plut:Sert_6'1, :Pomp_5'1-3; +Appian:BCiv_1'78;* DioCass_45.47'2, 52.13'2; [Vict]:VirIll_69'4; Exsuper_29; +Oros_5.19'24; { CAH_9'184; OCD_c.} |
| 11 | PAL Antiochus marches through Judaea, despite the opposition of Alexander.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'99-100,* ~:AJ_13'389-391. |
| 11a | GRE ?? Philodemus travels from Alexandria to Athens.
@ Phld:Acad_34; { Probably soon after the capture of Athens by Sulla.} |
| 12 | Sulla returns to Greece from Asia.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Sull_26'1;* ~Appian:Mith_63; { CAH_9'162.} |
| 13 | ARA Aretas the king of the Nabataean Arabs defeats and kills Antiochus Dionysus.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'101-102,* ~:AJ_13'391; { Green_721; O.D.Hoover, Historia(2007), p.298.} |
| 14 | PAL Alexander Jannaeus agrees peace terms with Aretas.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'103,* ~:AJ_13'392. |
| 15 | ILL Carbo withdraws his army from Liburnia.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1'78; { CAH_9'185; OCD_c.} |
| 16 | ROM Elections for a new consul are postponed because of a thunderstorm.
* Read Appian's account @ +Vell_2.24'5; +Appian:BCiv_1'78;* { CAH_9'185.} |
| 17 | LUS Crassus comes out of hiding in Spain and captures Malaca.
@ ~Plut:Crass_6'1; { Soon after Crassus heard about the death of Cinna.} |
| 18 | AS1 << Document: IAph_8.2, a letter of Q.Oppius to the city of Aphrodisias. |
| 19 | GRE << The temple at Delphi is damaged by fire during a raid by Thracians and Illyrians; L.Scipio responds by attacking the Illyrians.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Num_9'12;* ~Appian:Ill_5; +Hieron:Chron_1933; { DPRR.} |
| 20 | Sulla receives the senate's embassy and sets out his terms for a settlement with his political opponents.
* Read Appian's account @ +[Liv]:Per_84; ~Appian:BCiv_1'79;* { OCD_s.} |
| 21 | AFR C.Fabius drives a rebel army, led by Metellus Pius, out of Africa.
* Read Livy's account @ +[Liv]:Per_84;* ~Plut:Crass_6'2. |
| 22 | SYR Aretas gains control of Damascus.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'103,* ~:AJ_13'392. |
| 22a | MES ?? Tigranes of Armenia defeats the Parthians and conquers part of Mesopotamia.
@ Strab_11'532,(14.15) 16'745;(1.19) IsidChar_2;(6) { After the death of Mithridates II of Parthia, and before Tigranes' invasion of Syria.} |
| 23 | GRE Sulla visits hot springs ( ? Aedepsus ) in Euboea in an attempt to cure his gout.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Strab_10'447;(1.9) ~Plut:Sull_26'4-9.* |
| 24 | Sulla sends a painting by Zeuxis and other treasures back to Rome, but the ship carrying them sinks near Malea.
@ Lucian:Zeux_3. |
| 25 | Sulla takes Aristotle's books back to Rome, where they are later acquired by Tyrannion.
* Read Strabo's account @ Strab_13'609;* (1.54) ~Plut:Sull_26'1-2; Lucian:Ind_4; Suda_A'3009; { Green_721.} |
| 26 | GRE << Document: Sherk_62b,B a letter from Sulla confirming the privileges of the Dionysiac Artists at Cos. |
| 26b | << Document: Syll_744, an inscription in honour of an Aetolian who fought in Sulla's army. |
| 27 | ROM The senate appoints Murena to take over as Roman commander in Asia.
@ Memn_26'1. |
| 28 | The senate passes a resolution calling for the disbanding of all armies.
@ +[Liv]:Per_84; { OCD_carbo.} |
| 29 | Carbo plans to seize hostages from the Italian cities, but is stopped by the senate.
* Read Livy's account @ +[Liv]:Per_84;* ValMax_6.2'10. |
| 30 | Verres, as quaestor, deserts Carbo and goes over to Sulla with a large sum of money.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_1'2, '11, '38, 2.1'11, ~'34-40,* '77; { CAH_9'187; OCD_v.} |
| 31 | == Freedmen and new citizens are distributed amongst all 35 tribes.
@ +[Liv]:Per_84; { CAH_9'186; Green_721.} |
| 32 | == M.Fonteius' upright behaviour as quaestor.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Font_3,* 5; { DPRR.} |
| 33 | PEL << C.Antonius uses cavalry troops to plunder the province of Achaea.
@ Ascon_84,L 88;L (↓) { DPRR.} |
| 34 | CIS == The birth of the poet Catullus.
* Read St.Jerome's account @ !Hieron:Chron_1930,* 1959; { OCD_c.} |
| 35 | ITA == Document: CIL_1.683, recording the dedication of a reservoir to Jupiter at Capua. |
| 36 | LYC == Document: CIL_1.725 & 1.726, recording the dedication of a statue to Rome by the Lycians, in gratitude for having their freedom restored by Sulla. |
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