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| 1 | ETR The senate sends both consuls to face Spartacus, who is heading towards the Alps.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_3'86;L +Plut:Crass_9'5-6;* ~Appian:BCiv_1'117; { CAH_9'222.} |
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| 2 | The triumph of C.Curio, over the Thracians.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Pis_44,* 58; Eutrop_6.5'2; { CAH_9'791; OCD_c=73.} |
| 3 | AS1 << Fannius and Metrophanes escape with difficulty to Mithridates, after being defeated by Mamercus.
@ ~Oros_6.2'16-18. |
| 4 | << Mithridates escapes an attempt on his life during mining operations at Cyzicus.
* Read Strabo's account @ Diod_38.22b'1; ~Strab_12'576.* (8.11) |
| 5 | << Archelaus is captured while attempting to win over soldiers from Fimbria's army, who are still serving with Lucullus.
@ Memn_28'2. |
| 6 | << Mithridates' army suffers terribly from starvation and plague while encamped by Cyzicus.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Hist_3'24-27;L ~[Liv]:Per_95; Strab_12'576;(8.11) Memn_28'3; ~Plut:Luc_11'1-2; Flor_1.40'17; ~Appian:Mith_76;* [Vict]:VirIll_75'5; Eutrop_6.6'3; ~Oros_6.2'19. |
| 7 | << General comments on the siege of Cyzicus, and Lucullus' successful strategy of cutting off Mithridates' supplies.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:LegMan_20,* :Mur_33, :Arch_21; Sall:Hist_4.67'14; Eutrop_6.8'2. |
| 8 | << Mithridates secretly slips away from Cyzicus and goes to Parium.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Memn_28'3; ~Plut:Luc_11'7-8;* ~Appian:Mith_76' |
| 9 | << Lucullus destroys the remnants of Mithridates' retreating army by the rivers Aesepus and Granicus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_95; Memn_28'4; ~Plut:Luc_11'8;* Flor_1.40'17; ~Appian:Mith_76; ~Oros_6.2'20; { CAH_9'236.} |
| 10 | << The inhabitants of Cyzicus are rewarded with freedom by the Romans for their courage during the siege, and they start a festival in honour of Lucullus.
* Read Strabo's account @ Strab_12'576;* (8.11) Tac:Ann_4'36; Suet:Tib_37'3; ~Appian:Mith_76' |
| 11 | LUS ?? The city of Gades furnishes Pompeius with supplies.
@ Cic:Balb_40. |
| 12 | SPA ?? Stratagems employed by Sertorius during the war in Spain.
* Read Frontinus' account @ Frontin:Str_1.5'1,* 2.12'2. |
| 13 | Sertorius is murdered by a group of his own officers.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_3'77-79; Diod_38.22a'1; ~[Liv]:Per_96; Strab_3'161;(4.10) Vell_2.30'1; Plut:Sert_26'1-11,* :Eum_21'6-7, ~:Pomp_20'3; Flor_2.10'9; Appian:Hisp_101, :Mith_68, :BCiv_1'113; Eutrop_6.1'3; Oros_5.23'13, '15; { CAH_9'791; OCD_s.} |
| 14 | ++ General comments on the war in Spain: Sertorius was a great general, but Pompeius eventually gained the upper hand.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Font_fr'6,L :LegMan_10, 30; Caes:BGall_3.23'5, :BCiv_1.61'3; [Liv]:Per_96; Strab_3'159;(4.6) Vell_2.29'5, 90'3; Plut:Sert_1'8-12, 10'2-7, :Eum_20'1-21'5,* :Pomp_31'12, 38'5, :Mor_324'A; Flor_2.10'7-8; Ampel_18'17; Exsuper_54-55; Suda_S'255. |
| 15 | THR << Mithridates unsuccessfully attacks Perinthus and Byzantium.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:ProvCon_6;* Memn_28'4; ~Appian:Mith_76;(↓) Eutrop_6.6'3. |
| 16 | AEG << Marius is put in charge of part of Mithridates' fleet, but he is defeated and killed in sea battles off Tenedos and Lemnos.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:LegMan_21, :Mur_33, :Arch_21; Memn_29'2, 33'1-2; ~Plut:Luc_12'1-5;* ~Appian:Mith_77; Eutrop_6.6'3, 8'2; ~Oros_6.2'21-22; { CAH_9'236-237.} |
| 17 | ETR Gellius defeats and kills Crixus, the leader of the German slaves.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_96; +Plut:Crass_9'7; ~Appian:BCiv_1'116-117;* (↓) Oros_5.24'4; { CAH_9'222; OCD_spartacus.} |
| 18 | Spartacus defeats the other consul, Lentulus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_3'90; +[Liv]:Per_96; +Plut:Crass_9'7;* Flor_2.8'10; ~Appian:BCiv_1'117; +Oros_5.24'4. |
| 19 | SPA Perperna establishes himself as leader of the remaining rebels in Spain.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_96;* Plut:Sert_27'1, ~:Pomp_20'3; Appian:Hisp_101, :BCiv_1'114; Oros_5.23'13. |
| 19a | PAL << The birth of Herodes, the future king of Judaea.
@ Joseph:AJ_14'158, 17'148; { OCD_h.} |
| 19b | PEL Document: THI_99.R, a decree of Gytheium, honouring the generosity of a doctor during a financial crisis. |
| 20 | {July ?} A list of winners at the Olympic games, including Hecatomnos in three different races.
@ +Phlegon:Fr_12'1-2.(97) |
| 21 | CIS Spartacus defeats C.Cassius, the governor of Cisalpine Gaul, near Mutina.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_96;* +Plut:Crass_9'7; Flor_2.8'10; { CAH_9'222; OCD_s.} |
| 22 | SIC Verres sends Apollonius of Panormus to prison on a fictitious charge.
@ ~Cic:Verr_2.5'16-24. |
| 23 | THR M.Lucullus defeats the Bessi.
* Read Eutropius' account @ Sall:Hist_4'11;L ~[Liv]:Per_97; Festus:Brev_9'2; Eutrop_6.7'1, 10'1;* Hieron:Chron_1946; AmmMarc_27.4'11; ~Oros_6.3'4; { DPRR.} |
| 24 | PON << A Roman force led by Triarius captures Apameia, Prusa, Prusias-Cierus, and Nicaea.
* Read Memnon's account @ Memn_28'5-11;* ~Appian:Mith_77; ~Oros_6.2'23; { CAH_9'236.} |
| 25 | << The poet Parthenius of Nicaea is captured by (?) Cinna, and brought to Rome.
@ Suda_P'664; { OCD_p.} |
| 26 | << Mithridates is forced to retreat by sea from Nicomedeia to Pontus, but many of his ships are destroyed in a storm.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_3'37-38,L _4.67'14; ~[Liv]:Per_95; Memn_29'1-2; ~Plut:Luc_13'1-5;* Flor_1.40'18-19; ~Appian:Mith_78; ~Oros_6.2'24. |
| 27 | << Mithridates enters Heracleia, and leaves a garrison in the city.
@ Memn_29'3-5; { CAH_9'236.} |
| 27a | << Document: IG_4.1.66, a decree of Epidaurus mentioning soldiers sent by Antonius. |
| 28 | CRE M.Antonius leads an attack on the Cretans, whom he accuses of aiding the pirates, after they rebuff an embassy.
* Read Florus' account @ Flor_1.42'1-2;* Appian:Sic_6'1-2.(8) |
| 29 | PON << Mithridates retreats to Amisus and Sinope, and appeals to his son Machares and to Tigranes for help.
* Read Appian's account @ Memn_29'4, '6; Plut:Luc_22'3; ~Appian:Mith_78;* ~Oros_6.2'24. |
| 30 | ETR Spartacus defeats the combined forces of the consuls in Picenum.
* Read Appian's account @ +[Liv]:Per_96; ~Appian:BCiv_1'117;* Eutrop_6.7'2; +Oros_5.24'4. |
| 31 | Spartacus decides not to march on Rome.
* Read Florus' account @ Flor_2.8'11;* ~Appian:BCiv_1'117;(↓) Ampel_45'3. |
| 32 | SPA Pompeius defeats and kills Perperna; he destroys the privates papers of Sertorius to stop them being used as blackmail.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_3'80-81;L ~[Liv]:Per_96; Vell_2.30'1; ValMax_6.2'8; Frontin:Str_2.5'32; Plut:Sert_27'2-7,* ~:Pomp_20'4-8, :Mor_204'A; Flor_2.10'9; Appian:BCiv_1'115; AmmMarc_26.9'9; Oros_5.23'13; { CAH_9'791.} |
| 33 | MOE M.Lucullus advances as far as the river Danube.
* Read Eutropius' account @ Sall:Hist_4'12-13;L Flor_1.39'6-7; Appian:Ill_30; Festus:Brev_9'3; Eutrop_6.10'1;* Hieron:Chron_1946; AmmMarc_27.4'11; { OCD_l.} |
| 34 | ETR Gellius commends M.Cato for his bravery while serving in the war against Spartacus.
@ ~Plut:CatMin_8'1-3. |
| 35 | ITA Spartacus captures Thurii and provides new weapons for his army.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Hist_4'14-16;L ~Appian:BCiv_1'117;* (↓) { CAH_9'222.} |
| 36 | ROM The command of the war against Spartacus is transferred to M.Crassus, who recruits a new army.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_4'17;L ~[Liv]:Per_96; +Plut:Crass_10'1,* 36'6; Flor_2.8'12; ~Appian:BCiv_1'118; +Oros_5.24'5; { CAH_9'222; OCD_c.} |
| 37 | SPA ?? Metellus rewards Q.Fabius of Saguntum with Roman citizenship.
@ Cic:Balb_50. |
| 38 | Pompeius gives Roman citizenship to L.Balbus of Gades.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Balb_6-10,* 13-15, 38, 51; Plin:HN_5'36; Tac:Ann_11'24; SHA:MaxBalb_7'3; { ~CAH_9'215.} |
| 39 | Pompeius gives Roman citizenship to Trogus, the grandfather of the historian Pompeius Trogus.
@ Just_43.5'11. |
| 40 | Pompeius treats the survivors of Perperna's army humanely.
@ Cic:Verr_2.5'153. |
| 41 | << C.Cornelius serves as quaestor under Pompeius.
@ Ascon_57,L 61.L |
| 42 | Metellus imposes taxes on the Spanish towns.
@ [Caes]:BHisp_42'2. |
| 43 | SIC Verres extorts contributions of corn from the inhabitants of Herbita and Tissa.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.3'76,* '86. |
| 44 | The quaestor Q.Caecilius sends corn supplies from Sicily to Rome.
* Read Cicero's account @ ~Cic:DivCaec_4, 32-33;* { DPRR.} |
| 45 | Q.Caecilius obstructs Agonis of Lilybaeum, when she claims to have been wronged by an officer of M.Antonius.
@ ~Cic:DivCaec_55-56. |
| 46 | PON Document: Sherk_73,B a decree of Mesambria in honour of C.Cornelius, an officer of M.Lucullus. |
| 47 | M.Lucullus removes a colossal statue from Apollonia and takes it back to Rome.
* Read Strabo's account @ Strab_7'319;* (6.1) Plin:HN_4'92, 34'39; Appian:Ill_30' |
| 48 | ITA Crassus decimates a detachment of his army, after his subordinate Mummius is defeated by Spartacus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_4'18;L +Plut:Crass_10'1-3;* ~Appian:BCiv_1'118; { CAH_9'222.} |
| 49 | SIC Verres illegally punishes Roman citizens, accusing some of having escaped from Sertorius' army.
@ Cic:Verr_2.5'140-170. |
| 50 | ROM The consuls confirm Pompeius' grants of Roman citizenship in Spain.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Balb_19, +32-33;* { CAH_9'214; OCD_gellius.} |
| 51 | ITA Crassus defeats Spartacus and forces him to retreat.
* Read Florus' account @ Flor_2.8'12;* ~Appian:BCiv_1'118; ~Oros_5.24'6; { CAH_9'222.} |
| 52 | Spartacus attempts to cross to Sicily, but is surrounded by Crassus on a peninsula near Rhegium.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Verr_2.5'5; Sall:Hist_4'26-28;L +Plut:Crass_10'3-5;* Flor_2.8'13; ~Appian:BCiv_1'118; { OCD_s.} |
| 53 | PON << Lucullus invades Pontus.
* Read Memnon's account @ Cic:LegMan_21, :Arch_21; Memn_29'5,* '7; ~Plut:Luc_14'1; ~Appian:Mith_78; { CAH_9'237.} |
| 54 | << Cotta advances to Heracleia and starts to besiege the city.
* Read Memnon's account @ Memn_32'1-2,* 35'9; { CAH_9'237.} |
| 55 | NAR ++ Fonteius impoverishes the province of Gaul by his exactions.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Font_8-21,* 32, 45-46; { OCD_f; DPRR.} |
| 56 | ROM {November} The senate rules that the sentence passed by Verres on Sthenius of Thermae is null and void.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.2'83-85,* +'88-117, '147, 3'41; { CAH_9'214.} |
| 57 | == Cn.Lentulus proposes a law to reclaim the money which Sulla remitted to purchasers of property.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.3'81-82;* Gell_18.4'4<q" Sall:Hist_4'1>; { McGushin_2'139.} |
| 58 | == Staienus, Bulbus, and Septimius Scaevola, who were involved in the trial of Oppianicus, are all convicted of corruption.
* Read Cicero's account @ ~Cic:Verr_1'38-39,* :Clu_97-103, 115-116; { When Q.Hortensius was praetor; see DPRR.} |
| 59 | == An earthquake causes damage to buildings at Rome.
@ +Phlegon:Fr_12'4.(97) |
| 60 | == The senate sends out men to search for Metrophanes, one of Mithridates' generals.
@ Sall:Hist_4'2,L incert'18;L { McGushin_2'139-140.} |
| 61 | == The consuls enact further regulations about the taxation of Asia.
@ THI_235'84-87. |
| 62 | ?? C.Cassius, as a young boy, punches Faustus to stop him boasting about his father Sulla.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ValMax_3.1'3; Plut:Brut_9'1-4;* { Faustus was born in about 88 B.C; Cassius may have been slightly younger.} |
| 63 | SIC == Verres extorts money from Sosippus and Philocrates, brothers from Agyrium.
@ ~Cic:Verr_2.2'25. |
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