86 B.C. Olympiad 173.3Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM {1 Jan -R} Marius orders the murder of Sex.Lucilius.
* Read Livy's account @ #[Liv]:Per_80'b;* ~Vell_2.24'2; +Plut:Mar_45'3; DioCass_fr.102'12; {CAH_9'179; MRR_2'33.} | ||
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| 2 | Cinna and Sertorius massacre the freed slaves, who had been responsible for many violent crimes.
* Read Appian's account @ Plut:Sert_5'7, :Mar_44'10; Appian:BCiv_1.74'b-c;* ~Oros_5.19'24;L {CAH_9'179.} | ||
| 3 | ?? An eagle provides an omen for Marius at Arpinum.
@ Cic:Leg_1'1-3,L :Div_1'106.L | ||
| 4 | ?? Marius undergoes an operation for varicose veins.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Tusc_2'35,L '53;L Plin:HN_11'252;L Plut:Mar_6'5-7,* :Mor_202'B. | ||
| 5 | ?? Marius builds a villa near Misenum, which earns the admiration of Sulla.
@ Plin:HN_18'32.L | ||
| 6 | ++ Marius always drinks from the same tankard.
@ ValMax_3.6'6;L Plin:HN_33'150;L Plut:Mor_461'E. | ||
| 7 | ++ General comments on the warlike and uncouth character of Marius.
* Read Plutarch's account @ [Liv]:Per_80'c; ValMax_2.2'3,L 6.9'14;L Plut:Luc_38'3, :Sull_30'6, :Mar_2'1-4,* :Mor_553'A; August:DeCiv_2.23'f. | ||
| 8 | {13 Jan -R} The death of C.Marius.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:ND_3'81;L Diod_37.29'3-4; #[Liv]:Per_80'c; +Vell_2.23'1; Lucan_2'74, '130-133; #Plut:Mar_45'4-46'6;* Flor_2.9'17;L +Appian:BCiv_1.75'a; [Vict]:VirIll_67'6;L +Oros_5.19'23;L {CAH_9'179; OCD_m.} | ||
| 9 | Fimbria attempts to murder Scaevola at Marius' funeral, and then prosecutes him.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:RoscAm_33;* ValMax_9.11'2;L {CAH_9'179; OCD_f.} | ||
| 10 | ETR {Jan -R} Document: CIL_713,L recording the cleaning of an aqueduct at Cales.
@ ROL_p178/ | ||
| 11 | ROM Flaccus is appointed consul in place of Marius.
* Read Appian's account @ +Vell_2.23'2; Plut:Sull_20'1; +Appian:Mith_51'b,* +:BCiv_1.75'a; {CAH_9'181; OCD_f.} | ||
| 12 | GRE << Lucullus sets sail for Egypt, to try to collect warships for Sulla.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Luc_2'3-4;* ~Appian:Mith_33'a-b, 51'a; {CAH_9'153; Holbl_p212.} | ||
| 13 | PEL << Sulla despoils the temples at Olympia, Epidaurus, and Delphi, and steals other treasures to provide funds for his army.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Diod_38.7'1; ~Plut:Sull_12'5-14;* Paus_9.33'6, 10.21'6; Aelian:Fr_53; Suda_T'556; {CAH_9'154.} | ||
| 14 | The sacred lamp at Athens loses its flame.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Sull_13'3,* :Num_9'12. | ||
| 15 | The Athenians yell out insults against Sulla and his wife Metella.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Sull_2'2,* 6'23, ~13'1, :Mor_505'B. | ||
| 16 | Aristion unsuccessfully attempts to reach terms as the Athenians start to suffer from the siege.
@ ~Plut:Sull_13'1-5. | ||
| 17 | ITA {5 Feb -R} Document: CIL_891,L a tessera from near Capua.
@ ROL_p214. | ||
| 18 | GRE Munatius defeats Neoptolemus at Chalcis.
@ ~Appian:Mith_34'a. | ||
| 19 | Inconclusive fighting between Archelaus and the Romans at Peiraeus.
* Read Appian's account @ Frontin:Str_1.11'20; ~Appian:Mith_34'b-37'c;* Gell_15.1'4-7;L +Obseq_56b.L | ||
| 20 | {1 March -R = Anthesterion -G} Sulla captures Athens.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Diod_38.6'1; ~[Liv]:Per_81'a; #Plut:Sull_14'1-10,* 43'5, :Mor_505'A-B; Flor_1.40'10;L ~Appian:Mith_38'a-c; Paus_1.20'4, '6; +Obseq_56b;L +Hieron:Chron_1931; Oros_6.2'5;L {CAH_9'154; Green_563.} | ||
| 21 | Sulla punishes the Athenians, but allows them to keep their freedom.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_81'a; Strab_9.398'c;(1.20) Memn_22'11; Plut:Luc_19'5, :Sull_43'5, :Mor_202'E; Flor_1.40'10;L ~Appian:Mith_38'c.* | ||
| 22 | ++ The cruelty of Aristion as tyrant of Athens.
* Read Velleius' account @ Vell_2.23'4-5;* Athen_5.214'b-d. | ||
| 23 | The acropolis is captured, and Aristion is killed.
* Read Appian's account @ Strab_9.398'c;(1.20) +Plut:Sull_14'11-12, 23'3; ~Appian:Mith_39'a-b;* Paus_1.20'6-7, 9.33'6; GranLic_24; {CAH_9'154.} | ||
| 24 | MAC Arcathias and Taxiles, the generals of Mithridates, overrun Macedonia.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_82'a; Memn_22'12; ~Appian:Mith_35'a-b,* 41'a; {CAH_9'153.} | ||
| 25 | << The Thracians invade Macedonia again.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_81'a,* 82'b. | ||
| 26 | GRE Sulla captures Peiraeus, but Archelaus escapes by sea.
* Read Appian's account @ Strab_9.396'a,(1.15) 14.654'c;(2.9) Vell_2.23'3; +Plut:Sull_14'13, 42'7; Flor_1.40'10;L ~Appian:Mith_40'a-41'a;* [Vict]:VirIll_75'7;L Eutrop_5.6'1. | ||
| 27 | ROM Flaccus passes a law to cancel the majority of debts.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Font_1;* Sall:Cat_33'2; +Vell_2.23'3; {CAH_9'180; OCD_f.} | ||
| 28 | GRE Archelaus joins up with Taxiles' army and faces Sulla near Elateia.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Memn_22'13; +Plut:Sull_15'1-16'15;* ~Appian:Mith_41'a-c; Paus_10.34'2, '4, '6. | ||
| 29 | Sulla defeats Archelaus and destroys his army at Chaeroneia.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_82'a; Strab_9.414'a;(2.37) Memn_22'13; Plut:Luc_3'6, 11'6, +:Sull_17'1-19'11,* 22'7; Flor_1.40'11;L ~Appian:Mith_42'a-45'b; Paus_1.20'6, 9.40'7; Eutrop_5.6'2; Oros_6.2'5;L {CAH_9'154-156; OCD_c.} | ||
| 30 | Sulla punishes the Thebans by confiscating their territory.
* Read Pausanias' account @ +Plut:Sull_19'12; Paus_9.7'5-6,* 30'1. | ||
| 31 | AS1 Mithridates murders the tetrarchs of Galatia and their families.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Mor_259'A-D; ~Appian:Mith_46'a-b,* 58'a; {CAH_9'159.} | ||
| 32 | AEG Zenobius the general of Mithridates forcibly transports the inhabitants of Chios to Pontus.
* Read Appian's account @ SIG_785'12-13<t= Sherk1_108>; Joseph:AJ_16'18; Memn_23'1-2; ~Appian:Mith_46'b-47'c;* Athen_6.266'd-f; {CAH_9'159.} | ||
| 33 | Archelaus uses his fleet to loot coastal areas and sail to Chalcis.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Appian:Mith_45'b;* GranLic_25. | ||
| 34 | AS1 The Ephesians capture and kill Zenobius, and declare war on Mithridates.
* Read Appian's account @ SIG_742<t= Sherk1_61>; ~Appian:Mith_48'a-b;* Oros_6.2'8;L {CAH_9'159.} | ||
| 35 | CYR Lucullus restores stability to Cyrene after a period of revolution.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:AJ_14'114-118<q"* Strab:FGrH_7>; ~Plut:Luc_2'4-5. | ||
| 36 | EGY Ptolemaeus cruelly suppresses a revolt by the inhabitants of Thebes.
@ ~Paus_1.9'3; {OCD_p; Green_721.} | ||
| 37 | SYR << Antiochus Dionysus is proclaimed king at Damascus.
* Read Josephus' account @ ~Joseph:AJ_13'387;* (?) Malal_208, 211; {Green_721; Bickerman_p130.} | ||
| 38 | MAC Flaccus marches through Macedonia after being appointed by the senate to take command of the war against Mithridates.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Memn_24'1; +Plut:Sull_20'1-3;* +Appian:Mith_51'b, :BCiv_1.75'a; {CAH_9'157; OCD_f.} | ||
| 39 | AS1 Mithridates savagely punishes his opponents at Smyrna, Lesbos, Pergamum, Adramyttium, and elsewhere, and plunders the cities of Asia.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Verr_2.2'51, :Flac_59; ~[Liv]:Per_82'a; Strab_13.614'b;(1.66) ~Appian:Mith_48'b-d;* Oros_6.2'8.L | ||
| 40 | GRE Mithridates sends another army to Greece under the command of Dorylaus, but it is defeated by Sulla at Orchomenus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_82'a; Frontin:Str_2.3'17, 8'12; Plut:Luc_3'6, 11'6, ~:Sull_20'3-21'6,* 22'7; Flor_1.40'11;L ~Appian:Mith_49'a-c; GranLic_24, '25; Polyaen_8.9'2; [Vict]:VirIll_75'7;L Eutrop_5.6'2; AmmMarc_16.12'41;L Oros_6.2'6;L {CAH_9'154, '158; Green_721.} | ||
| 41 | Sulla storms the camp of his opponents and slaughters most of them; Archelaus escapes by hiding in a swamp.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Plut:Sull_21'7-8, 26'7; ~Appian:Mith_50'a-c;* GranLic_25-26; Eutrop_5.6'2; Oros_6.2'7.L | ||
| 42 | GRE {Bucatius -G = August/Sept.} Document: SIG_738, a decree of Delphi in honour of Polygnota, after the Pythian games were cancelled.
@ Burstein_72. | ||
| 43 | Lucullus is greeted warmly by Ptolemaeus, but given little material help.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Arch_11, :Acad_2'4, '11-12, '61; ~Plut:Luc_2'6-3'1;* [Vict]:VirIll_74'2;L {CAH_9'317; Holbl_p212.} | ||
| 44 | THR Flaccus quarrels with his legate C.Fimbria.
* Read Appian's account @ Diod_38.8'1-2; Memn_24'2; Appian:Mith_51'c-52'a;* DioCass_fr.104'3-5. | ||
| 45 | ROM Cinna is re-elected consul for the following year.
* Read Appian's account @ Appian:BCiv_1.75'a;* [Vict]:VirIll_69'3;L {OCD_c.} | ||
| 46 | MAC Sulla takes his army to Thessaly for the winter.
@ ~Appian:Mith_51'a; {CAH_9'158.} | ||
| 47 | Sulla and Archelaus start to negotiate about peace terms.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_82'a; Memn_25'1; ~Plut:Sull_22'3-9; ~Appian:Mith_54'a-55'c;* GranLic_26-27; {CAH_9'158.} | ||
| 48 | AS1 The cities of Asia refuse to let Flaccus and his army inside their walls.
@ Cic:Flac_61. | ||
| 49 | ROM << C.Caesar is nominated to be Flamen Dialis.
* Read Velleius' account @ Vell_2.43'1;* ~Suet:Caes_1'1; {CAH_9'178; ~OCD_c.} | ||
| 50 | == Cn.Pompeius is accused of embezzlement, but acquitted, and marries the daughter of Antistius, the praetor who judged the case.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Brut_230;L Seneca:Contr_7.2'6; ~Plut:Pomp_4'1-10;* {CAH_9'181, '515.} | ||
| 51 | == The censors Philippus and Perperna review the senate.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Dom_83-84;* +FastCap_p74; ValMax_8.13'4;L {CAH_9'180; OCD_p.} | ||
| 52 | == The birth of the historian C.Sallustius Crispus.
* Read ChroniconPaschale's account @ ChronPasc_449'A;* +Hieron:Chron_1930; {OCD_s; Green_721.} | ||
| 53 | ?? The poet Accius refuses to stand in the presence of C.Caesar.
@ ValMax_3.7'11.L | ||
| 54 | ?? Accius sets up a colossal statue of himself.
@ Plin:HN_34'19.L | ||
| 55 | ?? A saying of Accius, about oratory.
@ Quint_5.13'43; {OCD_a 56
| ?? Iaia of Cyzicus is renowned as a female painter, working in Rome.
| @ Plin:HN_35'147-148;L {When M.Varro was a young man.} |
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