105 B.C. Olympiad 168.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | NUM Further negotiations between Sulla and Bocchus.
* Read Sallust's account @ ~Sall:Jug_103'1-7;* Vell_2.12'1; Plut:Sull_3'2-5, :Mar_10'2-5; Flor_1.36'16;L Appian:Num_5; DioCass_fr.89'5-6. | ||||||
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| 2 | ROM An embassy from Bocchus receives a favourable response at Rome.
* Read Sallust's account @ ~Sall:Jug_104'1-5;* Diod_34.39'1; DioCass_fr.89'5. | ||||||
| 3 | GRE {11 Munychion -G = April} The Athenians pass a decree honouring Hyrcanus of Judaea.
@ Joseph:AJ_14'148-155; {Assuming that Agathocles, who is mentioned in the decree, was Athenian archon in 106/5 B.C.} | ||||||
| 4 | ROM ?? The Romans start to use pearls.
@ Plin:HN_9'123.L | ||||||
| 5 | NUM ?? Marius' soldiers hunt and kill a deadly wild beast which is called a "gorgon".
@ Athen_5.221'c-f. | ||||||
| 6 | MAU Bocchus seizes Jugurtha and hands him over to Sulla and the Romans.
* Read Sallust's account @ ~Sall:Jug_105'1-113'7;* Diod_34.39'1, 36.1'1; ~[Liv]:Per_66'a; ~Vell_2.12'1; ValMax_6.9'6,L 8.14'4;L Plin:HN_37'9;L Plut:Sull_3'6-9, :Mar_10'6-9, :Mor_806'D; Flor_1.36'17;L Eutrop_4.27'2; !Hieron:Chron_1909; Oros_5.15'18;L {CAH_9'30.} | ||||||
| 7 | ++ General comments on the war against Jugurtha.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Jug_5'1-2;* Plin:HN_33'21;L Exsuper_14, 16. | ||||||
| 8 | Marius rewards the Gaetuli for their assistance.
@ [Caes]:BAfr_56'3. | ||||||
| 9 | LUS The Lusitani defeat the Romans.
@ +Obseq_42.L | ||||||
| 10 | NAR The Cimbri capture and kill M.Aurelius Scaurus.
* Read Granius' account @ ~[Liv]:Per_67'a; Vell_2.12'2; ~GranLic_11.* | ||||||
| 11 | Disputes between Mallius and Caepio.
* Read Dio's account @ Plut:Mar_16'9, 19'3; GranLic_11-12; +DioCass_fr.91'1-4;* Oros_5.16'1-2.L | ||||||
| 12 | ?? Calventius, the maternal grandfather of L.Piso (consul, 58 B.C.), moves to Placentia.
@ Ascon_4'a-5'a.L | ||||||
| 13 | {6 October -R} The Cimbri defeat Caepio and destroy the Roman army at Arausio.
* Read Granius' account @ Cic:DeOr_2'199-200;L Sall:Jug_114'1; Diod_36.1'1; +[Liv]:Per_67'a; Vell_2.12'2; Tac:Germ_37'5; Plut:Sert_3'1, #:Luc_27'8, :Cam_19'11; Flor_1.38'4;L Appian:Gall_1'5,(Epit.2) :Ill_4'c; #GranLic_12;* +Eutrop_5.1'1; AmmMarc_24.6'7;L +Oros_5.16'2-7;L {CAH_9'93; OCD_a.} | ||||||
| 14 | ROM Omens and emergency measures following the battle of Arausio.
* Read Granius' account @ Sall:Jug_114'2; Diod_34.37'1; +GranLic_12-13;* +Eutrop_5.1'2. | ||||||
| 15 | Marius is elected consul in his absence.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:ProvCon_19; ~Sall:Jug_114'3; ~[Liv]:Per_67'b; Vell_2.12'1-2; Plut:Mar_11'1,* 12'1-2; Exsuper_14; {CAH_9'95; OCD_m.} | ||||||
| 16 | The people deprive Caepio of his command.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_67'a;* Ascon_78'b;L {CAH_9'93 17
| Rutilius improves the training of his army.
| * Read Granius' account @ +ValMax_2.3'2;L Frontin:Str_4.1'12, 2'2; GranLic_14;* {OCD_r.} 18
| ITA == Document: CIL_698,L a contract for building work at Puteoli.
| @ ROL_p274. 19
| AEG == Document: IGRR_4.1028, the renewal of the treaty between Rome and Astypalaea.
| @ Sherk1_53. |
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