back 90 B.C. Olympiad 172.3

Consuls: L. Julius L.f. Caesar, P. Rutilius L.f. Lupus

< previous year   |   next year >

    Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event

1 ROM Q.Varius passes the lex Varia, which sets up a commission to punish those found guilty of aiding the Italians.
* Read Appian's account
@ ValMax_8.6'4;L  Ascon_22'a;L  ~Appian:BCiv_1.37'a-b;*  {CAH_9'114; OCD_v.}
2 Bestia, Cotta, and Memmius are found guilty under the lex Varia, and go into exile.
* Read Appian's account
@ Cic:DeOr_3'11,L  ~:Brut_304-305;L  Sen:Dial_12.16'7; ~Appian:BCiv_1.37'b-c.* 
3 Other trials under the lex Varia, including the acquittal of M.Antonius and M.Scaurus.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Sest_101,*  :Scaur_fr'e, :Tusc_2'57;L  Ascon_22'a-b,L  73'c;L  Quint_5.12'10; [Vict]:VirIll_72'11;L  {OCD_caepio.}
4 CIS Q.Sertorius, as quaestor in Cisalpine Gaul, collects supplies for the Romans.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Sall:Hist_1'77; Plut:Sert_4'1-5;*  {MRR_2'20.}
5 ETR << The Italians adopt a new constitution, and set their capital at Corfinium, which they rename Italica.
* Read Strabo's account
@ ~Diod_37.2'4-7; Strab_5.241'd;* (4.2)  Vell_2.16'4; {OCD_c.}
6 ROM The Romans send both consuls to fight against the Italians, and assign legates to each of them.
* Read Appian's account
@ Cic:Font_43; +Appian:BCiv_1.40'a-c.* 
7 ETR Cn.Pompeius is defeated by the Italians near Mount Falernus.
* Read Appian's account
@ +Appian:BCiv_1.47'a;*  ~Oros_5.18'10;L  {CAH_9'120.}
8 ITA The Samnites under Vettius Scato defeat L.Caesar.
* Read Livy's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_73'a;*  +Appian:BCiv_1.41'a; +Oros_5.18'11.L 
9 Marius Egnatius captures Venafrum.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1.41'a; {CAH_9'120.}
10 ETR C.Perperna is stripped of his command after being defeated by P.Presentaeus.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1.41'a-b.
11 ITA M.Lamponius defeats the Romans under Crassus and drives them back to Grumentum.
* Read Frontinus' account
@ ~Diod_37.23'1; Frontin:Str_2.4'16;*  +Appian:BCiv_1.41'b; {CAH_9'120.}
12 The Samnites under C.Papius capture Nola, along with Stabiae, Surrentum, Salernum, and other towns.
* Read Appian's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_73'a; +Appian:BCiv_1.42'a-b;*  {CAH_9'120.}
13 ITA L.Caesar is forced to withdraw from Acerrae, which is being besieged by C.Papius.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1.42'b-d; {CAH_9'121.}
14 ETR {June 11 -R} Vettius Scato defeats and kills P.Rutilius by the river Tolenus, but a counter-attack by C.Marius stops him advancing further.
* Read Appian's account
@ Macrob:Sat_6.4'15<q"L  Sisenna>; +[Liv]:Per_73'a; #Ovid:Fast_6'563-566;L  Vell_2.16'4; Flor_2.6'11-12;L  +Appian:BCiv_1.43'a-c;*  DioCass_fr.98'1-2; +Obseq_55;L  Eutrop_5.3'2; +Oros_5.18'11-13;L  {CAH_9'121; OCD_v.}
15 Sulpicius defeats the Paeligni.
* Read Livy's account
@ Cic:Brut_304;L  +[Liv]:Per_73'a.* 
16 Q.Caepio is appointed to share the command against the Marsi with C.Marius.
* Read Livy's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_73'a;*  +Appian:BCiv_1.44'a.
17 Caepio is defeated and killed by Poppaedius.
* Read Appian's account
@ CIL_708<t=L  ROL_p16>; +[Liv]:Per_73'b; Flor_2.6'11;L  +Appian:BCiv_1.44'a-b;*  Eutrop_5.3'2; +Oros_5.18'14;L  {CAH_9'121; OCD_c.}
18 CHE ?? Mithridates fights against the Sarmatae and Bastarnae.
@ ~Plut:Mor_324'C; {This is dated, explicitly but probably incorrectly, to the time of the Marsic War.}
19 PON A Roman commission led by M'.Aquillius restores Nicomedes to the throne of Bithynia, and Ariobarzanes to the throne of Cappadocia.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_74'a; Memn_22'5; ~Appian:Mith_11'a-b,*  56'c; ~Just_38.3'4; {CAH_9'143; OCD_n.}
20 Mithridates orders the murder of Socrates, the brother of Nicomedes.
@ Just_38.5'8; {CAH_9'143.}
21 ITA L.Caesar is defeated by Marius Egnatius near Teanum.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1.45'a.
22 A Cretan makes an offer of betrayal to L.Caesar.
@ ~Diod_37.18'1.
23 L.Caesar defeats the Samnites; the news of this victory is received with relief at Rome.
* Read Livy's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_73'b;*  +Oros_5.18'14-15;L  {OCD_c.}
24 The Italians besiege Pinna, which remains loyal to Rome.
@ [Cic]:RhetHer_2'45;L  ~Diod_37.19'3-20'1.
25 The Samnites capture Aesernia.
* Read Livy's account
@ Diod_37.19'1-2; +[Liv]:Per_73'b;*  Strab_5.238'b;(3.10)  +Appian:BCiv_1.41'a; +Oros_5.18'14;L  {CAH_9'121; OCD_vettius.}
26 ETR C.Marius defeats the Marsi and kills over 6,000 of them.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_73'b; Plut:Mar_33'3; +Appian:BCiv_1.45'b-46'b;*  +Oros_5.18'15;L  {CAH_9'121.}
27 The Picentes raid Roman territory, and put their prisoners to death.
* Read Dio's account
@ ~Diod_37.16'1; DioCass_fr.98'3;*  +Obseq_55.L 
28 NAR C.Caecilius defeats the Salluvii.
@ +[Liv]:Per_73'b.
29 ETR Pompeius defeats the Italians near Firmum.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_74'a; +Appian:BCiv_1.47'a-b;*  +Oros_5.18'17;L  {CAH_9'122; OCD_p.}
30 Further indecisive fighting between C.Marius and the Marsi under Poppaedius; Marius refuses to be drawn into a full-scale battle.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Diod_37.15'1-3; ~[Liv]:Per_74'a; Plut:Mar_33'3-6.* 
31 A.Plotius defeats the Umbrians.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_74'a;*  +Oros_5.18'17.L 
32 L.Porcius defeats the Etruscans.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_74'a;*  Flor_2.6'13;L  +Oros_5.18'17;L  {CAH_9'122.}
33 ROM The lex Julia grants Roman citizenship to those Italians who have not joined in the revolt.
* Read Appian's account
@ CIL_709<t=L  ROL_p272; Cic:Balb_21; [Liv]:Per_80'a; Strab_5.241'd;(4.2)  Vell_2.16'4; ~Appian:BCiv_1.49'b-c;*  Gell_4.4'3; {CAH_9'123; OCD_caesar.}
34 Metellus Pius is elected praetor in preference to more senior candidates.
@ [Vict]:VirIll_63'3;L  {MRR_2'24.}
35 == The tribune C.Carbo speaks out against the policies of M.Drusus.
@ Cic:Orat_213-214; {MRR_2'20.}
36 == L.Caesar restores the temple of Juno Sospita, in response to a dream reported by Caecilia.
@ +Cic:Div_1'4,L  '99,L  2'136;L  +Obseq_55.L 
37 == Cicero finds many orators to listen to at Rome, even after the outbreak of war, and learns about law from Q.Scaevola.
* Read Cicero's account
@ ~Cic:Brut_305,L  :Amic_1,L  :Phil_8'31;*  Plut:Cic_3'1.
38 ?? Scaurus pays an enormous sum to buy an eminent grammarian called Daphnis.
@ Plin:HN_7'128.L 
39 ?? A saying of Scaurus, about the philosopher Ariston.
@ Sen:Ep_29'6.
40 ++ The character of M.Aemilius Scaurus, who by his own efforts became one of the most powerful men in Roman politics.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Cic:Scaur_fr'f; Ascon_22'c-23'a;L  Plin:HN_36'116;L  Plut:Mor_318'C;*  {~OCD_s.}
41 ++ The historian Cn.Aufidius and the lawyer C.Drusus overcome blindness to achieve distinction in their fields.
@ Cic:Tusc_5'112;L  ValMax_8.7'4;L  {Aufidius was quaestor in 119 B.C. and praetor in 107 B.C.; Drusus was probably the brother of M.Drusus, consul in 112 B.C.}
42 ++ Laelia the daughter of C.Laelius is as eloquent as her father.
@ Quint_1.1'6; {According to Cicero, DeOr_3'45, Laelia was still alive in 91 B.C..}
43 ?? The scholar L.Aelius Stilo is given the surname Praeconinus, because his father was a herald.
@ Plin:HN_33'29;L  {He was born about 150 B.C. - OCD.}
44 ++ Aristodemus of Nysa is one of the teachers of Cn.Pompeius Magnus.
@ Strab_14.650'e.(1.48) 
45 ROM Document: CIL_708,L  the epitaph of C.Sergius, killed in battle with Q.Caepio.
@ ROL_p16.
46 GRE ?? T.Albucius studies philosophy in exile, at Athens.

< previous year   |   next year >

Background
  information:     		How to use this site   |   Sources and abbreviations   |   Geographical labels
Symbols used to describe events   |   Symbols used to describe references

This page © Andrew Smith, 2008
Attalus' home page   |   07.09.08   |   Any comments?