87 B.C. Olympiad 173.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ITA Sulla leaves Italy to take charge of the war against Mithridates.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Diod_37.2'13; FGrH_252'A1; Plut:Sull_4'7, ~10'8;* +Appian:BCiv_1.64'a; DioCass_fr.102'1; Eutrop_5.4'2. |
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| 2 | AS+ Omens appear to Mithridates in Asia, and other omens occur at Rome and Athens.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Cic:ND_2'14;L ~Plut:Sull_11'1-4;* Paus_9.6'6. |
| 3 | GRE << Q.Bruttius Sura(?) holds off Archelaus' attack near Chaeronea.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Sull_11'5-7;* ~Appian:Mith_29'a-c; {CAH_9'151; MRR_2'35.} |
| 4 | ROM Cinna attempts to pass a law to redistribute the new Italian citizens amongst all the Roman tribes, but is expelled from Rome by Octavius.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Cat_3'24, :Sest_77, :Phil_8'7; +FastCap_p74<x>; +[Liv]:Per_79'a; +Vell_2.20'2-3; +Plut:Sert_4'7-9, +:Mar_41'1-2; +Flor_2.9'9-10;L +Appian:BCiv_1.64'a-65'a;* GranLic_15; Obseq_70<x>;L [Vict]:VirIll_69'2;L Exsuper_23-26; {CAH_9'174; OCD_c.} |
| 5 | GRE Sulla arrives in Greece and forces the Boeotians to abandon their support for Mithridates.
* Read Memnon's account @ Memn_22'11;* +Appian:Mith_30'a; Paus_9.7'4; {CAH_9'153; OCD_m.} |
| 6 | Lucullus order Bruttius to return to Macedonia, leaving Sulla to fight against Mithridates' army.
@ ~Plut:Sull_11'8. |
| 7 | ROM << The birth of Faustus and Fausta, twin children of Sulla and Metella.
@ Plut:Sull_34'5; {The twins were born before Sulla's enemies gained control of Italy (Plut:Sull_22'1).} |
| 8 | Culleolus utters prophecies about the civil war at Rome.
@ ~Cic:Div_1'4.L |
| 9 | AS1 Magnesia holds out against Mithridates.
* Read Livy's account @ [Liv]:Per_81'a;* Plut:Mor_809'B-D. |
| 10 | Stratoniceia remains loyal to the Romans.
@ OGI_441'6-14, '46-51, '83-86<t= Sherk1_63>. |
| 11 | LYC << Ptolemaeus Alexander allegedly draws up a will bequeathing Egypt to the Romans.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:LegAgr_1'11,* 2'41; {CAH_9'237; ~Holbl_p213.} |
| 12 | CYP << Ptolemaeus Alexander is killed in an attack on Cyprus.
@ [Euseb]:Chron_165'a; ChronPasc_449'A; {Holbl_p211.} |
| 13 | ITA Norbanus, the governor of Sicily, saves Rhegium from an attack by the Italians.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.2'5,* 5'8; ~Diod_37.2'13-14; {MRR_2'29.} |
| 14 | Cinna raises an army of supporters from the Italian towns.
* Read Appian's account @ +[Liv]:Per_79'a; +Vell_2.20'4; +Plut:Mar_41'2; +Appian:BCiv_1.65'a-66'c;* Exsuper_27; {CAH_9'174.} |
| 15 | ETR Marius returns from exile, and advances through Etruria, where he is joined by Brutus and other exiles.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Diod_37.29'3; +[Liv]:Per_79'a; +Vell_2.20'5; Plut:Sert_5'1-4, +:Mar_41'3-6,* :Pomp_11'1; +Flor_2.9'10-11;L +Appian:BCiv_1.67'a-b; GranLic_16-17; [Vict]:VirIll_67'6;L +Oros_5.19'8;L {CAH_9'175.} |
| 16 | PON << Some Athenians, forced into exile by the tyranny of Aristion, escape to Amisus.
@ Plut:Luc_19'7. |
| 17 | GRE Sulla besieges Archelaus at Athens.
* Read Appian's account @ [Liv]:Per_81'a; FGrH_252'A2; ~Plut:Sull_12'1-4; +Appian:Mith_30'b-32'b;* Paus_1.20'5; Eutrop_5.6'1; {CAH_9'153; Green_721.} |
| 18 | EPI The Thracians invade Epirus and plunder the temple at Dodona.
@ ~DioCass_fr.101'2. |
| 19 | ROM Cinna, Carbo, Sertorius, and Marius surround Rome with their forces.
* Read Appian's account @ +[Liv]:Per_79'b; Plut:Sert_5'5; +Flor_2.9'13;L +Appian:BCiv_1.67'b;* GranLic_17; Oros_5.19'9.L |
| 20 | Cn.Pompeius is summoned to defend Rome, but avoids engaging in battle with the rebel forces.
* Read Velleius' account @ +[Liv]:Per_79'b; +Vell_2.21'2;* GranLic_18; +Obseq_56a;L +Oros_5.19'10;L {CAH_9'175; OCD_p.} |
| 21 | ETR Marius captures and sacks Ostia.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +[Liv]:Per_79'b; FGrH_252'A2; +Plut:Mar_42'1-3;* +Flor_2.9'12;L +Appian:BCiv_1.67'c; GranLic_18; +Oros_5.19'17;L {CAH_9'176.} |
| 22 | CIS Cinna captures Ariminum and Placentia.
* Read Granius' account @ +ValMax_4.7'5;L Plin:HN_8'144;L +Appian:BCiv_1.67'c; GranLic_20.* |
| 23 | ITA Metellus fails to agree peace terms with the Samnites.
* Read Dio's account @ Sall:Hist_1'23; +[Liv]:Per_80'a; +Appian:BCiv_1.68'a; GranLic_20-21; DioCass_fr.102'6-7;* {CAH_9'176.} |
| 24 | ROM The young Cn.Pompeius stops a mutiny in his father's army.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:LegMan_28; Plut:Pomp_3'1-5.* |
| 25 | AEG Document: CIL_717L and 2252, inscriptions set up by Romans called Orbius on Delos.
@ ROL_p98. |
| 26 | Document: CIL_712,L an inscription in honour of Sulla on Delos.
@ ROL_p136. |
| 27 | Lucullus coins money for Sulla's army.
@ ~Plut:Luc_2'2; {MRR_2'34.} |
| 28 | CIL Mithridates encourages pirates to carry out raids in the Mediterranean Sea.
@ Appian:Mith_92'a. |
| 29 | ROM Marius and Cinna launch an attack on Rome, but are repelled; a soldier in Pompeius' army discovers that he has killed his own brother.
* Read Granius' account @ [Liv]:Per_79'a; Vell_2.21'3; ValMax_5.5'4;L Tac:Hist_3'51, '83; Plut:Mar_42'4-7; GranLic_18-20;* Oros_5.19'11-14.L |
| 30 | CIS ?? Pompeius establishes a Roman colony at Comum.
@ Strab_5.213'b.(1.6) |
| 31 | ROM ++ The greed and unpopularity of Cn.Pompeius Strabo.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ValMax_9.14'2;L Plin:HN_7'54;L Plut:Pomp_1'2,* '4, 37'4, :Mor_203'B. |
| 32 | Pompeius is killed, either by a bolt of lightning or by the plague which is afflicting his army.
* Read Granius' account @ +[Liv]:Per_80'a; +Vell_2.21'4; +Plut:Pomp_1'2, :Mor_553'B; Appian:BCiv_1.68'b; GranLic_21-23;* +Obseq_56a;L +Oros_5.19'18;L {CAH_9'177; OCD_p.} |
| 33 | ITA Plautius is defeated and killed by the Samnites.
@ +[Liv]:Per_80'a. |
| 34 | ROM Fimbria defeats P.Crassus.
@ GranLic_23-24<+v>. |
| 35 | The senate sends envoys to Cinna and Marius, and agrees to allow them to enter Rome.
* Read Appian's account @ Diod_38.1'1-3'1; +[Liv]:Per_80'a; FGrH_252'A2; +Vell_2.21'6; +Plut:Mar_43'1-4; +Flor_2.9'13;L +Appian:BCiv_1.69'a-70'c;* GranLic_23; Ampel_42'2; [Vict]:VirIll_69'2;L +Oros_5.19'19;L {CAH_9'178; OCD_c.} |
| 36 | ++ An assessment of Octavius' ability as an orator.
@ Cic:Brut_176.L |
| 37 | Octavius is murdered by Censorinus, an associate of Cinna.
* Read Appian's account @ +Cic:Tusc_5'55;L +FastCap_p74; +[Liv]:Per_80'b; FGrH_252'A2; +Vell_2.22'1; +ValMax_1.6'10;L Ascon_23'c;L Plut:Sull_12'13, +:Mar_42'8; +Flor_2.9'13;L +Appian:BCiv_1.71'a-c;* [Vict]:VirIll_69'2;L August:DeCiv_3.27'c; {CAH_9'178; OCD_o.} |
| 38 | ++ The speeches of C.Caesar are famous for their wit.
@ Cic:Off_1'108;L Plin:HN_17'32.L |
| 39 | The brothers C. and L.Caesar are killed.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:DeOr_3'10,L +:Brut_307,L :Tusc_5'55;L +[Liv]:Per_80'b;* ValMax_5.3'3,L 9.2'2;L Ascon_25'b;L Suet:Calig_60'1; Flor_2.9'14;L +Appian:BCiv_1.72'a; August:DeCiv_3.27'c; {CAH_9'178; OCD_c.} |
| 40 | ++ The early family life of M.Crassus, the future triumvir.
@ Plut:Crass_1'1. |
| 41 | P.Crassus and his elder son commit suicide, to avoid capture by the followers of Cinna.
* Read Livy's account @ Cic:Sest_48, :DeOr_3'10,L :Tusc_5'55;L Diod_37.29'5; +[Liv]:Per_80'b;* Ascon_23'c,L 25'b;L Lucan_2'124; Plut:Crass_4'1, 6'3; Flor_2.9'14;L +Appian:BCiv_1.72'a; August:DeCiv_3.27'c; {CAH_9'178; OCD_c.} |
| 42 | ?? Sayings of M.Antonius.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Clu_140;* ValMax_7.3'5;L Quint_8.pr'13, 12.1'21, 9'5. |
| 43 | ++ General comments on the character of Antonius.
@ Cic:Phil_1'34. |
| 44 | Antonius is hunted down and killed by Marius' soldiers.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:DeOr_3'10,L +:Brut_307,L :Tusc_5'55,L :Fam_6.2'2; +[Liv]:Per_80'b; +Vell_2.22'3; ValMax_8.9'2,L 9.2'2;L Ascon_25'b;L Lucan_2'121-124; +Plut:Mar_44'1-7,* :Ant_1'1; Flor_2.9'14;L +Appian:BCiv_1.72'a-c; {CAH_9'178; OCD_a.} |
| 45 | Q.Ancharius is put to death because Marius fails to return his greeting.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Plut:Mar_43'5-6;* Flor_2.9'16;L +Appian:BCiv_1.73'a-b; August:DeCiv_3.27'c. |
| 46 | Merula is forced to commit suicide, despite abdicating from the consulship.
* Read Appian's account @ +FastCap_p74<x>; +Vell_2.22'2; ValMax_9.12'5;L Tac:Ann_3'58; Flor_2.9'16;L +Appian:BCiv_1.74'a-b;* August:DeCiv_3.27'c; {CAH_9'178.} |
| 47 | ?? The grammarian Lutatius Daphnis is bought and then set free by Q.Catulus.
@ Suet:Gram_3. |
| 48 | ++ General remarks on the character of Catulus, and the purity of his Latin diction.
@ Cic:Brut_132-134,L :Acad_2'148, :Off_1'133.L |
| 49 | Catulus commits suicide by suffocating himself.
* Read Velleius' account @ Cic:DeOr_3'9,L +:Brut_307,L :Tusc_5'56,L :ND_3'80;L ~Diod_38.4'2-3; Vell_2.22'3-4;* ValMax_9.12'4;L Lucan_2'173-174; +Plut:Mar_44'8; Flor_2.9'15;L +Appian:BCiv_1.74'a-b; August:DeCiv_3.27'c; {CAH_9'178; OCD_c.} |
| 50 | Cornutus is hidden by his slaves, and so escapes death.
* Read Plutarch's account @ +Plut:Mar_43'10;* +Appian:BCiv_1.73'a. |
| 51 | Atilius Serranus, P.Lentulus, C.Numitorius, M.Baebius and other prominent Romans are killed by Marius and Cinna; and Sulla is declared a public enemy.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Cat_3'24, :RedSen_38, :Tusc_5'55;L ~Diod_38.4'1; +[Liv]:Per_80'a-b; +Vell_2.22'1; Lucan_2'99-121; Plut:Sert_5'6, :Sull_22'2, +:Mar_43'6-9, 44'9, :Pomp_4'3; Flor_2.9'13-14;L Appian:Mith_51'a, 60'b, +:BCiv_1.71'c-72'a, 73'b-c; DioCass_fr.102'8-11a;* Eutrop_5.7'3; Exsuper_28; +Oros_5.19'19-23;L {CAH_9'179.} |
| 52 | Ordinary Romans refuse to plunder the property of the victims of Marius and Cinna.
* Read Velleius' account @ +Vell_2.22'5;* ValMax_4.3'14b;L AmmMarc_30.8'9.L |
| 53 | AFR Metellus stays away from Rome and goes into voluntary exile.
@ Appian:BCiv_1.80'a; {OCD_m.} |
| 54 | GRE Lucullus protects the city of Chaeronea from reprisals, after the murder of the commander of the Roman garrison by Damon.
@ Plut:Cim_1'2-2'2. |
| 55 | Sulla retires to Eleusis for the winter.
@ ~Appian:Mith_33'a. |
| 56 | ASI << Mithridates grants additional rights of asylum to the temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
@ Strab_14.641'c.(1.23) |
| 57 | ROM Rumours about the return of Sulla bring a halt to the killing at Rome.
@ ~Plut:Mar_45'1-2. |
| 58 | Cinna and Marius declare themselves consuls for the following year without any elections.
* Read Livy's account @ +[Liv]:Per_80'b;* ~Appian:BCiv_1.75'a; Ampel_42'2; {OCD_m.} |
| 59 | ?? C.Fimbria refuses to make a judgement on the character of M.Lutatius Pinthia.
@ Cic:Off_3'77;L ValMax_7.2'4.L |
| 60 | ++ C.Fimbria is a competent, though rather harsh, orator.
@ Cic:Brut_129;L {Fimbria was consul in 104 B.C.} |
| 61 | GRE == L.Titius reports a message from Jupiter, promising Sulla victory in the war against Mithridates.
@ August:DeCiv_2.24'b-c. |
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