109 B.C. Olympiad 167.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | NUM {January -R} Jugurtha defeats A.Albinus and forces him to agree to a humiliating treaty.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_37'3-38'10;* ~[Liv]:Per_64'b; Flor_1.36'9; (?) Fronto:Ep_2'p20; Eutrop_4.26'2; AmmMarc_25.9'11; ~Oros_5.15'6;L {CAH_9'29.} |
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| 2 | ROM The senate rejects the treaty with Jugurtha, and Sp.Albinus returns to Africa.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_39'1-5;* ~[Liv]:Per_64'b. |
| 3 | The tribune C.Mamilius sets up a commission to enquire into corruption in the war against Jugurtha; Bestia, Galba, and others are found guilty.
* Read Sallust's account @ Cic:DeOr_2'283;L +Sall:Jug_40'1-41'1;* Cic:Brut_127-128;L {CAH_9'89, '519.} |
| 4 | Metellus recruits extra soldiers, and laws which hinder the preparations for war are repealed.
* Read Sallust's account @ Cic:DeOr_2'275;L +Sall:Jug_43'1-5;* ~Ascon_68'b;L {CAH_9'30, '37.} |
| 5 | << Metellus restores the temple of Magna Mater.
@ Ovid:Fast_4'348,L '351-352.L |
| 6 | NUM Metellus arrives in Africa, and restores discipline in the Roman army.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_44'1-46'4;* +ValMax_2.7'2,L 9.1'5;L Frontin:Str_4.1'2; SHA:Hadr_10'2; +Eutrop_4.27'1; +Oros_5.15'7;L {CAH_9'784.} |
| 7 | NAR The Cimbri ask to settle on Roman land, but the senate refuses.
* Read Florus' account @ ~[Liv]:Per_65'a; Flor_1.38'1-3.* |
| 8 | GRE ++ The Academic philosopher Cleitomachus expounds the doctrines of his teacher Carneades.
@ DiogLaert_4'67.(Cl.2-3) |
| 9 | << The death of Cleitomachus.
@ ~Apollod:Fr_56; {OCD_c.} |
| 10 | CHE << The birth of Asander, king of Bosporus.
@ ~Lucian:Macr_17; {He was 93 years old when he died, in 17.B.C. - see Bickerman_p133.} |
| 11 | MOE << M.Minucius defeats the Scordisci.
* Read Frontinus' account @ CIL_692<t=L ROL_p132>; ~[Liv]:Per_65'a; Frontin:Str_2.4'3;* Flor_1.39'5; Festus:Brev_9'2; Eutrop_4.27'3; AmmMarc_27.4'10. |
| 12 | NUM Metellus defeats Jugurtha near the river Muthul.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_46'5-54'10;* +[Liv]:Per_65'a; +Eutrop_4.27'1; +Oros_5.15'7.L |
| 13 | NAR The Cimbri defeat Silanus.
* Read Livy's account @ Diod_34.37'1; +[Liv]:Per_65'a;* Vell_2.12'2; +Ascon_68'b,L 80'b-c;L Flor_1.38'4; {CAH_9'24; OCD_c.} |
| 14 | SYR {29 Gorpiaeus = September} Document: OGI_257, a letter from Antiochus VIII to Ptolemaeus IX concerning Seleuceia.
* Read Bagnall's account @ Austin_222; Bagnall_47.* |
| 15 | NUM Metellus unsuccessfully besieges Zama.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_55'1-60'7;* Flor_1.36'11. |
| 16 | Marius makes himself popular in the Roman army.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Diod_34.38'1-2; +Plut:Mar_7'1-5;* Exsuper_1-2. |
| 17 | Metellus returns to winter quarters.
* Read Sallust's account @ +Sall:Jug_61'1-3;* Appian:Num_2. |
| 18 | == The censor Scaurus organises building works, including temples of Fides and Mens, but is forced to resign after his colleague Drusus dies.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:ND_2'61;L +FastCap_p72; Strab_5.217'd;(1.11) Plut:Mor_276'F,* 318'E, 322'C; [Vict]:VirIll_72'8;L AmmMarc_27.3'9; {CAH_9'784; OCD_s.} |
| 19 | GRE == Document: CIL_692,L an inscription commemorating Minucius' victory over the Scordisci.
@ ROL_p132. |
| 20 | GRE ?? Panaetius decides not to apply for citizenship at Athens.
@ Plut:Fr_86. |
| 21 | ?? Poseidonius is a pupil of Panaetius.
@ Suda_P'2107. |
| 22 | == The death of the philosopher Panaetius.
* Read Suda's account @ Cic:Off_3'8;L Suda_P'184;* {OCD_p; Green_639.} |
| 23 | << L.Crassus travels to Athens as quaestor, and meets some of the eminent philosophers there.
@ Cic:DeOr_1'45-46,L '57,L 2'365,L 3'75;L {MRR_1'546.} |
| 24 | ROM ?? Egilius replies in sort when insulted by L.Opimius.
@ Cic:DeOr_2'277.L |
| 25 | == Opimius is condemned by Mamilius' commision.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Sest_140, :Pis_95, :Planc_69-70, :Rep_1'6,L :Brut_128;L Vell_2.7'3; Ascon_17'c;L Plut:CGrac_18'2-3.* |
| 26 | == The Lex Mamilia, a law about arbiters, is passed.
@ Cic:Leg_1'55;L {MRR_1'546.} |
| 27 | << The birth of C.Marius, son of Marius.
* Read Velleius' account @ ~Vell_2.26'1;* Appian:BCiv_1.87'a; [Vict]:VirIll_68'1;L {OCD_m.} |
| 28 | MES ?? Hyspausines restores and strengthens the city of Charax.
@ Plin:HN_6'139.L |
| 29 | ?? The death of Hyspausines, king of Charax, aged 85 years.
@ Lucian:Macr_16; {Hyspausines was the first king of Charax after the Seleucids lost control of it.} |
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