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| 1 | ROM {1 January -R} The senate revokes Manilius' law on freedmen's voting rights.
* Read Dio's account @ Ascon_45,L 65;L #DioCass_36.42'3;* { CAH_9'338; OCD³.} |
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| 2 | L.Lucullus (or Lucceius) turns down an opportunity to govern the province of Sardinia, as propraetor.
@ ~DioCass_36.41'1; { He was praetor in 67 B.C.; see DPRR.} |
| 3 | Manilius passes a law to transfer the command of the war against Mithridates to Pompeius; Cicero speaks in support of the law.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:LegMan_1-71,* :Mur_34, :Dom_19; ~[Liv]:Per_100; ~Vell_2.33'1; Ascon_65;L Quint_2.4'40; Plut:Luc_35'9, ~:Pomp_30'1-5; Appian:Mith_91, 97; +DioCass_36.42'4-43'5; Eutrop_6.12'2; { CAH_9'250-251; OCD³.} |
| 3a | CRE << Metellus organises Crete as a Roman province.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_100; { DPRR.} |
| 3b | CYR << Document: Syll_750, an inscription in honour of Lentulus Marcellinus at Cyrene. |
| 3c | EGY {Pharmouthi -E = ? April} << Document: THI_85.12, recording the repair of a watering-place in the Egyptian desert. |
| 4 | SYR Philippus, relying on support from Azizus the Arab, sets himself up as a rival king of Syria in opposition to Antiochus.
@ Diod_40.1a'1; { CAH_9'259.} |
| 4a | << Q.Marcius Rex visits Antioch, where he negotiates with Philippus and pays for the restoration of the hippodrome.
@ Malal_225; { DPRR.} |
| 5 | PAL << Aristobulus deposes Hyrcanus, and sets himself up as king of Judaea.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'120-122, :AJ_14'4-7,* '97, 15'41, '177, ~'180; +Hieron:Chron_1950; { Hyrcanus reigned for only three months, before he was ousted by Aristobulus.} |
| 6 | ROM Licinius Macer commits suicide after being found guilty in a trial conducted by Cicero.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Att_1.4'2; ValMax_9.12'7; ~Plut:Cic_9'1-3;* { CAH_9'340.} |
| 7 | Document: Cic:Att_1.4, a letter from Cicero to Atticus. |
| 8 | CIL Pompeius receives news of his new command, and starts to prepare for the war against Mithridates.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Pomp_30'6-31'1;* +DioCass_36.45'1-2; { CAH_9'251.} |
| 9 | Pompeius enters into negotiations with Mithridates, and makes a pact with Phraates the king of Parthia.
* Read Dio's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_100; +DioCass_36.45'2-5;* Just_32.4'6; Festus:Brev_16'3; Oros_6.13'2; { CAH_9'252.} |
| 10 | Pompeius re-enrols the Valerian legion, despite its mutinous behaviour in the past.
* Read Dio's account @ DioCass_36.16'3,* +46'1; Suda_A'2424. |
| 11 | GLT ++ General remarks on the eastern campaigns of Lucullus, who despite many successes failed to finish off the war against Mithridates.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Arch_21, :Flac_85, :Acad_2'1, '3; Plut:Luc_36'5-7, 46'1-6,* :Sull_27'17, :Pomp_33'5, 38'1; Appian:BCiv_2'9; DioCass_37.7'1; [Vict]:VirIll_76'6. |
| 12 | Pompeius meets Lucullus in Galatia, and takes charge of the rest of his army.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Strab_12'558,(3.33) '567;(5.2) Vell_2.33'2; ~Plut:Pomp_31'2-32'3;* +DioCass_36.46'1-2, 37.49'4. |
| 13 | CAP Pompeius invades Armenia Minor, and forces Mithridates to retreat.
* Read Dio's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_100; Strab_12'555;(3.28) ~Plut:Pomp_32'1-3; Flor_1.40'22; ~Appian:Mith_97-98; +DioCass_36.47'1-4.* |
| 14 | ROM Lucullus returns to Rome; he brings back a new fruit - cherries from the town of Cerisus.
* Read Athenaeus' account @ Plin:HN_14'96, 15'102,L 34'36; Plut:Luc_37'1, :Pomp_46'5; Tert:Apol_11'8; Athen_2.50'f-51'a;* AmmMarc_22.8'16; { CAH_9'341.} |
| 14a | The grammarian Tyrannion of Amisus is brought to Rome by Lucullus.
@ Suda_T'1184. |
| 15 | Lucullus divorces his wife Clodia, accusing her of incest with her brother Clodius.
@ Cic:Mil_73; Plut:Luc_38'1; Schol:Bob_91. |
| 16 | PAL Antipater persuades Hyrcanus to take refuge with Aretas, the king of the Arabs.
* Read Josephus' account @ Joseph:BJ_1'123-125,* '274, '276, :AJ_14'8-16, '372. |
| 17 | CAP Pompeius inflicts a severe defeat on Mithridates, in a battle fought at night time.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Mur_34; Vell_2.37'1-2; ValMax_4.6e'2; Frontin:Str_1.1'7, 2.1'12, 2'2; ~Plut:Pomp_32'4-17; Flor_1.40'22-24; ~Appian:Mith_99-101; +DioCass_36.48'1-49'8;* Festus:Brev_16'1; Eutrop_6.12'2; Oros_6.4'3-6; { CAH_9'252.} |
| 18 | ARM Tigranes refuses to offer refuge to Mithridates.
* Read Velleius' account @ Vell_2.37'2;* ~Plut:Pomp_32'18; +DioCass_36.50'1. |
| 19 | ROM Memmius accuses M.Lucullus of misconduct as quaestor.
@ ~Plut:Luc_37'1; { CAH_9'341.} |
| 20 | CAP Mithridates escapes from Pompeius and sets off towards the kingdom of Bosporus.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Mur_34; ~[Liv]:Per_101; Plut:Luc_46'2; Flor_1.40'25; ~Appian:Mith_101;* +DioCass_36.50'2; Festus:Brev_16'1; { CAH_9'253; Mithridates did not arrive in Bosporus until the summer of the next year.} |
| 21 | Pompeius founds the city of Nicopolis on the site of his victory over Mithridates.
* Read Dio's account @ Strab_12'555;(3.28) Appian:Mith_105, 115; +DioCass_36.50'3,* 49.39'3; Oros_6.4'7; { OCD³.} |
| 22 | ARM Tigranes faces a revolt by his son, who receives assistance from Phraates of Parthia.
* Read Dio's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_100; +DioCass_36.51'1-2,* !37.6'4; { CAH_9'252, '263.} |
| 23 | ROM Q.Cicero is elected aedile for the following year.
@ Cic:QFr_1.3'8; { DPRR.} |
| 23a | Q.Gallius, a candidate to be praetor, presents public games, with the open support of C.Antonius.
@ Cic:Mur_40.* Ascon_88.L |
| 24 | Servius and Murena are rival candidates in the election of praetors.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Mur_35,* 37. |
| 25 | Sulla and Paetus, the consuls elected for the following year, are convicted of bribery, and disqualified.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Sull_73-74, 90-91;* +Sall:Cat_18'2; Cic:Fin_2'62; (?) Cic:Fam_15.19'3; ~[Liv]:Per_101; Ascon_88;L Suet:Caes_9'1; +DioCass_36.44'3, 37.25'3; Schol:Bob_83;L { CAH_9'340; OCD³.} |
| 26 | Q.Gallius is accused of bribery by Calidius, and is defended by Cicero.
* Read Cicero's account @ QCic:Pet_19;(5) Cic:Brut_277-279;* Ascon_88.L |
| 27 | Memmius prevents L.Lucullus from celebrating a triumph.
@ Plut:Luc_37'2-3; { CAH_9'341-342; OCD³.} |
| 28 | ARM Tigranes' son deserts to the Romans.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Vell_2.37'3; (?) ValMax_9.11e'3; Joseph:AJ_14'29; ~Plut:Pomp_33'1;* +DioCass_36.51'3; { OCD³.} |
| 29 | Pompeius meets Tigranes near Artaxata, and reinstates him as king of Armenia, without any other territories; Tigranes' son is kept as a prisoner.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Sest_58; ~[Liv]:Per_101; Strab_11'530,(14.10) 16'747;(1.24) Vell_2.37'4-5; ValMax_5.1'9, '10; Plut:Luc_46'2-3, ~:Pomp_33'2-7, 83'3, :Mor_336'D-E; Flor_1.40'27; Appian:Mith_104-105; +DioCass_36.52'1-53'5;* Festus:Brev_16'2; [Vict]:VirIll_77'5; Eutrop_6.13'1; Malal_211; { CAH_9'253; OCD³.} |
| 30 | PON Menophilus kills Drypetina, the daughter of Mithridates, to prevent her being captured by the Romans.
* Read Ammianus' account @ ValMax_1.8e'13; AmmMarc_16.7'9-10.* |
| 31 | ROM Clodius accuses Catilina of extortion while governor of Africa, and prevents him from standing as a candidate for consul.
* Read Sallust's account @ Sall:Cat_18'3;* Ascon_66,L 89;L { CAH_9'340; OCD³.} |
| 32 | {about 5 December -R} Catilina and others allegedly form an abortive plot against Cotta and Torquatus, the newly elected consuls for the following year.
* Read Sallust's account @ #Cic:Cat_1'14-15, :Mur_81, +:Sull_11-14, 67-68; #Sall:Cat_18'1-5;* [Liv]:Per_101; Ascon_83,L (↓) 92;L Suet:Caes_9'1-2; +DioCass_36.44'3-5; Schol:Bob_77-78;L { CAH_9'342; OCD³.} |
| 33 | {December -R} Cicero puts off the prosecution of Manilius until after the end of the year.
* Read Plutarch's account @ #Plut:Cic_9'4-6;* +DioCass_36.44'1-2; { CAH_9'342.} |
| 34 | ARM Pompeius places his army in winter quarters, near the river Cyrnus in the district of Anaitis.
@ +DioCass_36.53'5-6. |
| 35 | {December} Oroeses, the king of the Albanians, makes an unsuccessful attack on Pompeius' winter quarters.
* Read Dio's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_101; ~Plut:Pomp_34'1-6; #DioCass_36.54'1-5,* 37.4'4; Festus:Brev_16'3; Oros_6.4'8; { CAH_9'256; at the time of the Saturnalia.} |
| 36 | AS1 == T.Aufidius is a good governor of Asia, despite his humble background.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Flac_45;* ValMax_6.9'7; { DPRR.} |
| 37 | SYR == M.Cato visits Antioch and other places in the eastern provinces.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:CatMin_12'1-15'4,* ~:Pomp_40'1-7; Julian:Mis_358'A-359'A; { Cato probably went to Syria after he was military tribune and before he was quaestor.} |
| 37a | ?? Ariston of Alexandria moves from the Academic to the Peripatetic school of philosophy.
@ Phld:Acad_35;B { Probably soon after the death of Antiochus of Ascalon.} |
| 38 | ROM == Document: Cic:Clu_, Cicero's speech defending A.Cluentius against a charge of murder.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Brut_271;* Quint_2.17'21; { OCD³.} |
| 39 | == Cicero takes part in regular practice sessions in oratory throughout his year as praetor.
* Read Suetonius' account @ Cic:Cael_9-10; Quint_12.11'6; Suet:Gram_7, :Rhet_1;* Macrob:Sat_3.12'8.L |
| 40 | == Cicero trades insults with Vatinius during a legal case.
@ ~Plut:Cic_9'3. |
| 41 | == Legal definitions made by C.Aquillius Gallus, Cicero's colleague as praetor.
@ Cic:ND_3'74, :Top_32, :Off_3'60-61; { OCD³.} |
| 42 | == C.Aquillius prevents Otacilia from reclaiming a pretended loan.
@ ValMax_8.2'2. |
| 43 | == The Cominii brothers accuse C.Cornelius before the praetor P.Cassius, but they abandon the trial after a riot by Cornelius' supporters.
@ +Ascon_59-60;L { CAH_9'339.} |
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