85 B.C. Olympiad 173.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | AS1 << Fimbria murders Flaccus and takes over command of his army.
* Read Dio's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_82'a; Strab_13.594'b;(1.27) Vell_2.23'2, 24'1; Memn_24'3, 28'2; Plut:Luc_7'2, 34'3, :Sull_23'11; ~Appian:Mith_52'a-b; DioCass_fr.104'1-5;* [Vict]:VirIll_70'1;L Oros_6.2'9;L {CAH_9'788; OCD_f.} |
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| 2 | AEG << Lucullus assembles a naval force with the help of Rhodes and other states.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Luc_3'2-4;* ~Appian:Mith_55'b; {CAH_9'147, '160.} |
| 3 | AS1 Fimbria defeats Mithridates' son and forces Mithridates out of Pergamum.
* Read Memnon's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_83'a; FGrH_252'A3; Vell_2.24'1; Frontin:Str_3.17'5; Memn_24'4-5;* Plut:Sert_23'6; ~Appian:Mith_52'b-c; [Vict]:VirIll_70'2;L Oros_6.2'10.L |
| 4 | Mithridates escapes by sea from Pitane, after Lucullus refuses to cooperate with Fimbria in capturing him.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_83'a; ~Plut:Luc_3'4-8;* ~Appian:Mith_52'c; {OCD_f.} |
| 5 | THR Mithridates' garrison abandons Abdera.
@ GranLic_26. |
| 6 | MAC Sulla treats Archelaus with honour, and gives him a large estate in Euboea.
@ ~Plut:Sull_23'1-5; {CAH_9'32.} |
| 7 | THR Sulla leads a punitive expedition against the Dardani and other Thracian tribes.
* Read Granius' account @ ~[Liv]:Per_83'a; ~Appian:Mith_55'c; GranLic_27-28;* [Vict]:VirIll_75'7.L |
| 8 | AS1 Fimbria captures and sacks Ilium.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_83'a; FGrH_252'A3; Strab_13.594'b-c;(1.27) ~Appian:Mith_53'a-c;* DioCass_fr.104'7; ~Obseq_56b;L [Vict]:VirIll_70'3;L August:DeCiv_3.7'a-d; Oros_6.2'11.L |
| 9 | Fimbria's cruel treatment of Nicomedeia, Cyzicus, and other cities in Asia.
* Read Dio's account @ Diod_38.8'2-4; DioCass_fr.104'6;* {CAH_9'788.} |
| 10 | AEG Lucullus defeats Neoptolemus, the admiral of Mithridates.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Luc_3'8-10;* ~Appian:Mith_55'b. |
| 11 | AS1 ?? The sons of Cratippus rule as tyrants at Tralles.
@ Strab_14.649'c.(1.42) |
| 12 | ?? Mithridates takes away Mithridates of Pergamum as his companion.
* Read Caesar's account @ [Caes]:BAlex_78'2;* Strab_13.625'a.(4.3) |
| 13 | PON << Dorylaus the son of Philetaerus is convicted of attempting to start a revolt in Pontus.
* Read Strabo's account @ Strab_10.478'b,(4.10) 12.557'd-e;* (3.33) {This must have been during Mithridates' first war against Rome; Strabo says it was long before Lucullus invaded Pontus.} |
| 14 | SYR ?? An earthquake at Apameia in Phrygia.
@ Athen_8.332'f-333'a<q" NicDam_74>. |
| 15 | AS1 ++ General remarks on the first war against Mithridates.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:LegAgr_2'83;* Plut:Luc_7'4; Appian:BCiv_1.76'a. |
| 16 | Sulla and Mithridates agree peace terms at Dardanus.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Hist_1'27; ~[Liv]:Per_83'b; FGrH_252'A3; Strab_13.594'c,(1.27) 595'c;(1.28) Vell_2.23'6; Memn_25'2; ~Plut:Luc_4'1, ~:Sull_23'6-24'7, 43'3-4; Flor_1.40'11-12;L ~Appian:Mith_56'a-58'd;* GranLic_27; {CAH_9'161; OCD_s.} |
| 17 | Opponents of Cinna sail from Italy to join Sulla.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Vell_2.23'3, 24'2; ~Plut:Sull_22'1-3;* ~Appian:BCiv_1.77'a-b; Oros_5.20'1.L |
| 18 | Lucullus and L.Murena seize Mithridates' fleet.
@ [Vict]:VirIll_74'2.L |
| 19 | MOE L.Scipio attacks and destroys the Scordisci.
@ Appian:Ill_5'a-b; {MRR_2'41.} |
| 20 | SYR << Milesius, the governor of Damascus, repels an attack by Philippus.
@ ~Joseph:AJ_13'387-389. |
| 21 | AS1 ++ The determined character and unsophisticated oratory of C.Fimbria.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.5'181,* :Brut_233,L :Off_3'77.L |
| 22 | Fimbria commits suicide.
* Read Appian's account @ Diod_38.8'4; ~[Liv]:Per_83'b; FGrH_252'A3; Vell_2.24'1; ~Plut:Sull_25'1-3; ~Appian:Mith_59'a-60'b;* [Vict]:VirIll_70'4;L Oros_6.2'11;L {CAH_9'161-162.} |
| 23 | Fannius and Magius escape from Fimbria's army, and join Mithridates.
@ Sall:Hist_2'90; Oros_6.2'12.L |
| 24 | ROM Sulla writes a letter to the senate, threatening revenge against his opponents.
@ ~Appian:BCiv_1.77'a-c; {CAH_9'183.} |
| 25 | ROM {5 Oct. -R} Document: CIL_892,L a tessera of Cocero.
@ ROL_p214. |
| 26 | ASI Sulla imposes a tribute on the cities of Asia.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Flac_32,* :QFr_1.1'33; GranLic_28. |
| 27 | ROM Cinna and Carbo appoint themselves consuls for the following year, without a proper election.
* Read Livy's account @ +[Liv]:Per_83'a;* ~Appian:BCiv_1.77'c; [Vict]:VirIll_69'3;L {CAH_9'184.} |
| 28 | LUS Crassus hides in a cave in Spain, near the estate of Vibius Paciacus.
@ ~Plut:Crass_4'1-6'1; {Crassus hid in the cave for eight months.} |
| 29 | CIL << The inhabitants of Asia and the Aegean suffer from increasing attacks by pirates, during and after the war against Mithridates.
* Read Appian's account @ Plut:Pomp_24'1; Flor_1.41'1-3;L ~Appian:Mith_63'a-b,* 92'a-93'b; {Mithridates started encouraging pirate attacks while Sulla was still in Greece.} |
| 30 | ROM == Marius Gratidianus as praetor prematurely publishes details of a decision about the currency.
@ Cic:Leg_3'36,L :Off_3'80-81;L Plin:HN_33'132,L 34'27;L {CAH_9'180; OCD_m.} |
| 31 | == The census is completed at Rome, counting a total of 463,000 citizens.
@ +Hieron:Chron_1932; {CAH_9'180.} |
| 32 | == The birth of M.Brutus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Brut_324;L [Liv]:Per_124'a; Plut:Brut_24'5;* Appian:BCiv_2.112'b; {OCD_b.} |
| 33 | == The death of C.Julius Caesar, the father of the dictator.
* Read Suetonius' account @ Plin:HN_7'181;L ~Suet:Caes_1'1;* {In Caesar's sixteenth year.} |
| 34 | GRE == T.Pomponius Atticus moves to Athens.
@ Nepos:Att_2'2-3; {OCD_atticus.} |
| 35 | NAR == C.Quinctius, the father of P.Quinctius, dies while in Gaul with his associate Sex.Naevius.
@ Cic:Quinct_11-15, 38; {Naevius laid claim to Quinctius' property in 83 BC., a year or so later.} |
| 36 | ROM ++ The dissolute youth of C.Verres.
@ Cic:Verr_2.1'32-33. |
| 37 | ++ P.Antistius is the leading orator at Rome, during the absence of Sulla in the East.
@ Cic:Brut_227.L |
| 38 | ++ M.Cicero completes his education with the Stoic philosopher Diodotus.
@ Cic:Brut_308-310.L |
| 39 | ?? The adultery of Melinus and Sassia, the mother of Cluentius.
@ Cic:Clu_11-13. |
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