91 B.C. Olympiad 172.2Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM Political rivalry between the tribune M.Drusus and Q.Caepio.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Dom_120; ~Diod_37.10'1-2; ~Vell_2.13'1-3; Plin:HN_28'148,L 33'20;L +Flor_2.5'4-5;L Ampel_26'4;L DioCass_fr.96'1-3;* {OCD_d.} |
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| 2 | << Caepio unsuccessfully prosecutes Scaurus and (?) Philippus.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Font_38,* :Scaur_fr'd, 45'f; ValMax_3.7'8;L Ascon_21'b-c;L +Flor_2.5'5;L {~OCD_s.} |
| 3 | Drusus resorts to bribery in an attempt to gain popular support.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_70'c;* +Flor_2.5'6;L [Vict]:VirIll_66'5.L |
| 4 | Drusus supports the idea of giving Roman citizenship to the rest of Italy.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Diod_37.2'2; ~[Liv]:Per_71'a; Vell_2.14'1; +Flor_2.5'6,L 6'3;L Appian:BCiv_1.35'a;* Ampel_26'4;L [Vict]:VirIll_66'4;L +Oros_5.18'2;L {CAH_9'112; OCD_d.} |
| 5 | The Marsic leader Q.Poppaedius is a guest at the home of Drusus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ValMax_3.1'2;L Plut:CatMin_2'1-5;* [Vict]:VirIll_80'1.L |
| 6 | Drusus proposes land and corn laws.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_71'a;* Ampel_19'6l;L [Vict]:VirIll_66'4,L '9;L {CAH_9'112.} |
| 7 | Drusus establishes several new Roman colonies in Italy and Sicily.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Appian:BCiv_1.35'a,* 36'a; {OCD_d.} |
| 8 | Drusus proposes to change the composition of juries to a mixture of senators and equites.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Clu_153, :RabPost_16; ~Diod_37.10'3; ~[Liv]:Per_71'a; Ascon_21'c;L +Flor_1.47'9;L Appian:BCiv_1.35'b-d;* [Vict]:VirIll_66'4;L {CAH_9'111; OCD-d.} |
| 9 | Drusus proposes to enrol 300 of the equites into the senate.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Appian:BCiv_1.35'b-d;* [Vict]:VirIll_66'4;L {CAH_9'111.} |
| 10 | The Italians plan to murder the consuls at the Latin Festival, but their plot is discovered.
@ +Flor_2.6'8.L |
| 11 | Drusus maltreats visitors from Mauretania and Numidia.
@ [Vict]:VirIll_66'6.L |
| 12 | The laws of Drusus are passed, after Philippus has been restrained by violence, and threats have been made against Caepio.
@ (?) Cic:DeOr_1'24;L +ValMax_9.5'2;L +Flor_2.5'7-9;L [Vict]:VirIll_66'8.L |
| 13 | Drusus issues silver coins which are debased with an alloy of bronze.
@ Plin:HN_33'46;L {CAH_9'633.} |
| 14 | CAP << Tigranes invades Cappadocia and drives out Ariobarzanes.
@ ~Just_38.3'1-3; {CAH_9'143; Green_720<93>.} |
| 15 | PON << Mithridates invades Bithynia, expels Nicomedes IV, and sets up Socrates as king.
* Read Appian's account @ Memn_22'5; ~Appian:Mith_10'b,* 13'a, 57'b; ~Just_38.3'4; Trog:Prol_38; {CAH_9'787; OCD_n.} |
| 16 | ROM {10 September -R} The dramatic setting of Cicero's dialogue "De Oratore".
@ ~Cic:DeOr_1'24-29,L 3'1.L |
| 17 | ?? Crassus, speaking in defence of Cn.Plancus, denounces the extravagance of M.Brutus "the accuser".
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Clu_140-141,* :DeOr_2'220-226,L :Off_2'50;L Quint_6.3'44. |
| 18 | ?? Crassus is himself criticised for having a luxurious house and furnishings.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Balb_56;* Plin:HN_33'147,L 34'14,L 36'7,L '114.L |
| 19 | ?? Crassus jokingly likens a witness in a court case to a crude picture of a Gaul.
@ Plin:HN_35'25.L |
| 20 | {13 September -R} L.Crassus, shortly before his death, strongly criticises Philippus in the senate.
* Read Quintilian's account @ #Cic:DeOr_3'2-8,L :Brut_303;L ValMax_6.2'2;L Quint_11.1'37;* {CAH_9'113; OCD_c.} |
| 21 | ++ General comments on the character of Crassus, and his pre-eminence as an orator.
@ Cic:Brut_155,L 158;L (?) Cic:ND_1'58.L |
| 22 | The senate, on the advice of the consul Philippus, declares the laws of Drusus invalid.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Dom_41,* 50, :Leg_2'14,L '31;L ~Diod_37.10'3; Ascon_68'c-69'a.L |
| 23 | The Italian allies, disappointed by the failure of Drusus, begin to plot against the Romans.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_71'a; ~Vell_2.15'1; Tac:Ann_3'27; +Flor_2.5'9;L Appian:BCiv_1.36'a-b;* [Vict]:VirIll_66'10-11;L August:DeCiv_3.26'a; +Oros_5.18'2.L |
| 24 | Poppaedius attempts to lead 10,000 supporters into Rome, but is persuaded by Domitius to return home.
@ ~Diod_37.13'1-2; {CAH_9'114.} |
| 25 | The Italians swear an oath of loyalty to Drusus.
@ ~Diod_37.11'1; {CAH_9'113.} |
| 26 | A sarcastic response by Granius when greeted by Drusus.
@ Cic:Planc_33. |
| 27 | ?? Drusus builds a new house on the Palatine.
* Read Velleius' account @ Vell_2.14'3;* Plut:Mor_800'F. |
| 28 | ++ Drusus' personal wealth amounts to over 10,000 pounds of silver.
@ Plin:HN_33'141.L |
| 29 | {? October -R} Drusus is murdered near his home.
* Read Velleius' account @ [Cic]:RhetHer_4'31; Cic:Mil_16, :ND_3'80-81;L ~[Liv]:Per_71'b; ~Vell_2.14'1-2;* Sen:Dial_6.16'4, 10.6'1; Suet:Tib_3'2; +Flor_2.5'2,L '9;L Appian:BCiv_1.36'b-37'a; Ampel_19'6,L 26'4;L [Vict]:VirIll_66'11-13;L +Oros_5.18'7;L {CAH_9'113; OCD_d.} |
| 30 | ?? Sulla and Marius quarrel over statues erected at Rome by Bocchus, king of Mauretania, and over Sulla's seal depicting Jugurtha.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Sull_6'1-2, :Mar_32'3-6,* :Mor_806'C-D; [Vict]:VirIll_75'6.L |
| 31 | ETR The Italians openly revolt against the Romans, and begin to raise armies and appoint generals.
* Read Appian's account @ +Diod_37.2'1-2; [Liv]:Per_72'a; Strab_5.241'c;(4.2) +Vell_2.15'1-2; Plut:Mor_321'F; +Flor_2.6'1-7;L Appian:BCiv_1.38'a-b,* 39'a-b; +Eutrop_5.3'1; Hieron:Chron_1928; August:DeCiv_5.22'b; +Oros_5.18'1,L '10.L |
| 32 | ROM Dire omens portend the atrocities of the Social War.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Div_1'99,L 2'59;L +Plin:HN_2'199,L 7'34,L 8'221;L Plut:Sull_6'11-13;* +Obseq_54;L August:DeCiv_3.23'a-b; +Oros_5.18'3-6.L |
| 33 | ETR The praetor Q.Servilius, his legate Fonteius, and other Romans are murdered at Asculum.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Font_41; Diod_37.12'1-3, 13'2; ~[Liv]:Per_72'a; +Vell_2.15'1; +Flor_2.6'9;L Appian:BCiv_1.38'b-d;* +Obseq_54;L ~Oros_5.18'8;L {CAH_9'114.} |
| 34 | ITA Ser.Galba is captured by the Lucanians, but escapes.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_72'a. |
| 35 | Aesernia and Alba are besieged by the Italians.
* Read Livy's account @ [Cic]:RhetHer_2'45;L ~[Liv]:Per_72'a;* {CAH_9'120.} |
| 36 | ROM The Romans receive aid from the Latin allies and from abroad.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_72'a. |
| 37 | Hortensius makes a speech calling for the restoration of Nicomedes.
@ Cic:DeOr_3'229.L |
| 38 | The praetor Q.Pompeius prevents Q.Fabius from spending his inheritance, because of his profligacy.
@ Cic:Tusc_1'81;L ValMax_3.5'2;L {OCD_p.} |
| 39 | ++ L.Lucullus receives a thorough education in Greek and Latin.
@ Plut:Luc_1'4-8. |
| 40 | ?? L.Lucullus secures the conviction of Servilius, who had prosecuted Lucullus' father.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Acad_2'1; Plut:Luc_1'1-3;* {This happened while Lucullus was still young, before the Social War.} |
| 41 | ?? Cicero shows signs of great ability while still at school.
@ Plut:Cic_2'2-3. |
| 42 | AFR == Document: CIL_707,L an inscription set up by Q Marcius Protomachus, a doctor.
@ ROL_p176. |
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