| 1
| ROM << Octavianus attempts to repair the damage to his fleet.
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Appian:BCiv_5'91-92.
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| 1a
| << Asinius Pollio builds the first public library in Rome, in the Atrium Libertatis.
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Ovid:Fast_4'623-624,
:Tr_3.1'71-72;
Plin:HN_7'115,
35'10;
Suet:Aug_29'5;
{ OCD³; dedicated on 13th April, probably soon after his triumph.}
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| 2
| PER << Phraates kills Orodes and succeeds him as king of Parthia.
* Read Justin's account
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Plut:Ant_37'1;
DioCass_49.23'2-3;
Trog:Prol_42;
Just_42.4'14-5'2;*
{ CAH_10'28; OCD³.}
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| 2a
| EGY {21 Mecheir -E = February} Document: AET_9.17, a grattito written by two priests at Medinet Habu.
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| 3
| PAL Herodes defeats the army of Antigonus at Jericho.
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~Joseph:BJ_1'328-342,
:AJ_14'451-464.
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| 4
| ROM The common people of Rome donate money to M.Oppius, to enable him to stay in office as aedile.
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Appian:BCiv_4'41;
DioCass_48.53'4;
{ DPRR.}
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| 5
| PAL Herodes marries Mariamme.
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Joseph:BJ_1'343-344,
'432,
:AJ_14'465-467;
{ OCD³.}
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| 6
| {? May} Herodes and Sosius start to besiege Jerusalem.
* Read Josephus' account
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Joseph:BJ_1'345-348,
'351,
:AJ_14'468-475,*
15'261-263;
{ The length of the siege is reported as either 2 months or 5 months.}
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| 7
| ITA The poets Horatius, Vergilius and Varius accompany Maecenas on a journey to Brundisium.
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Hor:Sat_1.5'1-104;
Liv_fr'51-53;L
{ OCD³; Syme_p225.}
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| 8
| Antonius and Octavianus meet at Tarentum, and agree the terms for the renewal of the triumvirate.
* Read Appian's account
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Tac:Ann_1'10;
Plut:Ant_35'2-8;
Appian:BCiv_5'93-95;*
+DioCass_48.54'1-6,
49.23'1;
{ CAH_10'25; OCD³.}
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| 9
| PAL {? July} Herodes and Sosius capture Jerusalem.
* Read Josephus' account
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[Liv]:Per_128;
Seneca:Suas_2'21;
Joseph:BJ_1'349-356,
:AJ_14'476-488,*
15'264-265;
Tac:Hist_5'9;
DioCass_49.22'3-6;
Oros_6.18'24;
{ CAH_10'28; OCD³.}
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| 10
| The start of Herodes' reign as king of Judaea.
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Joseph:BJ_1'370,
'401,
:AJ_15'121,
'354,
16'136;
Hieron:Chron_1983,
1984;
Sulpit_2'27.
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| 11
| ROM Messala leaves Antonius and joins Octavianus.
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Appian:BCiv_4'38;
{ See Syme_p237.}
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| 12
| SIC Menas changes allegiance again, and joins Sextus Pompeius.
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Appian:BCiv_5'96;
+DioCass_48.54'7;
{ OCD³?36.}
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| 13
| SYR Antigonus is executed, by order of Antonius.
* Read Josephus' account
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Joseph:BJ_1'357,
'665,
:AJ_14'489-491,*
15'8-10,
20'246;
DioCass_49.22'6;
!Hieron:Chron_1978.
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| 14
| PAL Herodes rewards his friends and punishes his enemies.
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Joseph:BJ_1'358,
:AJ_15'1-7,
'254,
'260.
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| 15
| Hyrcanus returns to Judaea.
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Joseph:AJ_15'16-21,
'181.
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| 16
| ITA Agrippa trains a new fleet in a specially constructed harbour on the Lucrine Lake.
* Read Dio's account
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Verg:Georg_2'161-164;
[Liv]:Per_128;
Suet:Aug_16'1;
Flor_2.18'5-6;
+DioCass_48.49'2-51'5;*
+Cassiod:Chr_717;
{ CAH_10'27; OCD³.}
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| 17
| EXT Canidius defeats the Iberians and Albanians.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Strab_11'501;(3.5)
Plut:Ant_34'10;*
DioCass_49.24'1;
{ CAH_10'31=37/36.}
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| 18
| PAL Herodes appoints Ananel to be high priest of the Jews.
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Joseph:AJ_15'22-24,
20'247;
Euseb:HistEc_1.6'8-9;
Hieron:Chron_1983;
ChronPasc_468'B,
469'B.
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| 19
| ARM == Phraates kills Antiochus of Commagene.
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DioCass_49.23'4;
{ OCD³?36.}
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| 20
| ROM == Agrippa marries Caecilia Attica, the daughter of Atticus.
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Nepos:Att_12'1-2;
{ OCD³.}
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| 21
| == C.Furnius and his son are in their prime as orators.
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+Hieron:Chron_1980.
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| 22
| == Vergilius starts to write the Georgics.
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[Suet]:Verg_20,
25;
{ OCD³; according to the Life, the poem took 7 years to write, and was completed in about 30 B.C.}
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| 23
| == Document: Varro:Rust_, the book on agriculture written by Varro.
{ Varro says that he wrote the book in his 80th year.}
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