97 B.C. Olympiad 170.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | ROM C.Decianus, the prosecutor of Furius, is himself condemned for his remarks about the death of Saturninus.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:RabPerd_24-25;* ValMax_8.1d'2;L {Soon after the trial of Furius.} | ||||||||
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| 2 | THR The Romans subdue the Maedi and Dardani.
@ +Obseq_48.L | ||||||||
| 3 | SIC << L.Domitius takes harsh measures to restore order in Sicily.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.5'7;* ValMax_6.3'5;L {MRR_2'7-8.} | ||||||||
| 4 | CAP << Ariarathes VIII is forced out of Cappadocia by Mithridates, and dies soon afterwards.
@ ~Just_38.2'1-2; {CAH_9'142; OCD_a.} | ||||||||
| 5 | ROM The censors, Flaccus and Antonius, remove M.Duronius from the senate because of his opposition to sumptuary laws.
@ Cic:DeOr_2'274;L +FastCap_p74; ValMax_2.9'5;L {CAH_9'786.} | ||||||||
| 6 | == A decree of the senate bans human sacrifices.
@ +Plin:HN_30'12.L | ||||||||
| 7 | == C.Marius buys a house in the centre of Rome.
@ ~Plut:Mar_32'1-2. | ||||||||
| 8 | == L.Sulla, as praetor, receives a sarcastic rebuke from C.Caesar.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Sull_5'5;* [Vict]:VirIll_75'4;L {OCD_s; Green_720 9
| == L.Sulla displays a lion hunt for the first time in games at Rome.
| @ Sen:Dial_10.13'6; Plin:HN_8'53.L 10
| == The birth of the actress Galeria Copiola, who lived to be over 100 years old.
| @ ~Plin:HN_7'158;L {She was 104 years old in 8 A.D.} 11
| ROM Document: CIL_702,L an inscription on a wine jar.
| @ ROL_p208. 12
| PAL << The birth of Joseph, the father of Jesus.
| @ ~HistJos_14-15; {According to this account, Joseph was 92 years old when Jesus was born.} |
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