| 1
| ETR The senate sends both consuls to face Spartacus, who is heading towards the Alps.
* Read Plutarch's account
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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
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Cic:Pis_44,*
58;
Eutrop_6.5'2;
{ CAH_9'791; DPRR=73.}
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| 3
| AS1 << Fannius and Metrophanes escape with difficulty to Mithridates, after being defeated by Mamercus.
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~Oros_6.2'16-18.
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| 4
| << Mithridates escapes an attempt on his life during mining operations at Cyzicus.
* Read Strabo's account
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Diod_38.22b'1;
~Strab_12'576.* (8.11)
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| 5
| << Archelaus is captured while attempting to win over soldiers from Fimbria's army, who are still serving with Lucullus.
@
Memn_28'2.
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| 6
| << Mithridates' army suffers terribly from starvation and plague while encamped by Cyzicus.
* Read Appian's account
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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.
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| 7
| << General comments on the siege of Cyzicus, and Lucullus' successful strategy of cutting off Mithridates' supplies.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:LegMan_20,*
:Mur_33,
:Arch_21;
Sall:Hist_4.67'14;
Eutrop_6.8'2.
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| 8
| << Mithridates secretly slips away from Cyzicus and goes to Parium.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Memn_28'3;
~Plut:Luc_11'7-8;*
~Appian:Mith_76'
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| 9
| << Lucullus destroys the remnants of Mithridates' retreating army by the rivers Aesepus and Granicus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~[Liv]:Per_95;
Memn_28'4;
~Plut:Luc_11'8;*
Flor_1.40'17;
~Appian:Mith_76;
~Oros_6.2'20;
{ CAH_9'236.}
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| 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
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Strab_12'576;* (8.11)
Tac:Ann_4'36;
Suet:Tib_37'3;
~Appian:Mith_76'
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| 11
| LUS ?? The city of Gades furnishes Pompeius with supplies.
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Cic:Balb_40.
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| 12
| SPA ?? Stratagems employed by Sertorius during the war in Spain.
* Read Frontinus' account
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Frontin:Str_1.5'1,*
2.12'2.
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| 13
| Sertorius is murdered by a group of his own officers.
* Read Plutarch's account
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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; OCD³.}
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| 14
| ++ General comments on the war in Spain: Sertorius was a great general, but Pompeius eventually gained the upper hand.
* Read Plutarch's account
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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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.}
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| 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; OCD³.}
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| 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.
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| 19
| SPA Perperna establishes himself as leader of the remaining rebels in Spain.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_96;*
Plut:Sert_27'1,
~:Pomp_20'3;
Appian:Hisp_101,
:BCiv_1'114;
Oros_5.23'13.
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| 19a
| PAL << The birth of Herodes, the future king of Judaea.
@
Joseph:AJ_14'158,
17'148;
{ OCD³.}
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| 19b
| PEL Document: THI_99.R, a decree of Gytheium, honouring the generosity of a doctor during a financial crisis.
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| 20
| {July ?} A list of winners at the Olympic games, including Hecatomnos in three different races.
@
+Phlegon:Fr_12'1-2.(97)
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| 21
| CIS Spartacus defeats C.Cassius, the governor of Cisalpine Gaul, near Mutina.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_96;*
+Plut:Crass_9'7;
Flor_2.8'10;
{ CAH_9'222; DPRR.}
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| 22
| SIC Verres sends Apollonius of Panormus to prison on a fictitious charge.
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~Cic:Verr_2.5'16-24.
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| 23
| THR M.Lucullus defeats the Bessi.
* Read Eutropius' account
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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.}
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| 24
| PON << A Roman force led by Triarius captures Apameia, Prusa, Prusias-Cierus, and Nicaea.
* Read Memnon's account
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Memn_28'5-11;*
~Appian:Mith_77;
~Oros_6.2'23;
{ CAH_9'236.}
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| 25
| << The poet Parthenius of Nicaea is captured by (?) Cinna, and brought to Rome.
@
Suda_P'664;
{ OCD³.}
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| 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
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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.
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| 27
| << Mithridates enters Heracleia, and leaves a garrison in the city.
@
Memn_29'3-5;
{ CAH_9'236.}
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| 27a
| << Document: IG_4.1.66, a decree of Epidaurus mentioning soldiers sent by Antonius.
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| 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
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Flor_1.42'1-2;*
Appian:Sic_6'1-2.(8)
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| 29
| PON << Mithridates retreats to Amisus and Sinope, and appeals to his son Machares and to Tigranes for help.
* Read Appian's account
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Memn_29'4,
'6;
Plut:Luc_22'3;
~Appian:Mith_78;*
~Oros_6.2'24.
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| 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.
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| 31
| Spartacus decides not to march on Rome.
* Read Florus' account
@
Flor_2.8'11;*
~Appian:BCiv_1'117;(↓)
Ampel_45'3.
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| 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.}
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| 33
| MOE M.Lucullus advances as far as the river Danube.
* Read Eutropius' account
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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;
{ OCD³.}
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| 34
| ETR Gellius commends M.Cato for his bravery while serving in the war against Spartacus.
@
~Plut:CatMin_8'1-3.
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| 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.}
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| 36
| ROM The command of the war against Spartacus is transferred to M.Crassus, who recruits a new army.
* Read Plutarch's account
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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; OCD³.}
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| 37
| SPA ?? Metellus rewards Q.Fabius of Saguntum with Roman citizenship.
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Cic:Balb_50.
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| 38
| Pompeius gives Roman citizenship to L.Balbus of Gades.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Balb_6-10,*
13-15,
38,
51;
Plin:HN_5'36;
Tac:Ann_11'24;
SHA:MaxBalb_7'3;
{ ~CAH_9'215.}
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| 39
| Pompeius gives Roman citizenship to Trogus, the grandfather of the historian Pompeius Trogus.
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Just_43.5'11.
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| 40
| Pompeius treats the survivors of Perperna's army humanely.
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Cic:Verr_2.5'153.
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| 41
| << C.Cornelius serves as quaestor under Pompeius.
@
Ascon_57,L
61.L
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| 42
| Metellus imposes taxes on the Spanish towns.
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[Caes]:BHisp_42'2.
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| 43
| SIC Verres extorts contributions of corn from the inhabitants of Herbita and Tissa.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.3'76,*
'86.
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| 44
| The quaestor Q.Caecilius sends corn supplies from Sicily to Rome.
* Read Cicero's account
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~Cic:DivCaec_4,
32-33;*
{ DPRR.}
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| 45
| Q.Caecilius obstructs Agonis of Lilybaeum, when she claims to have been wronged by an officer of M.Antonius.
@
~Cic:DivCaec_55-56.
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| 46
| PON Document: Sherk_73,B a decree of Mesambria in honour of C.Cornelius, an officer of M.Lucullus.
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| 47
| M.Lucullus removes a colossal statue from Apollonia and takes it back to Rome.
* Read Strabo's account
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Strab_7'319;* (6.1)
Plin:HN_4'92,
34'39;
Appian:Ill_30'
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| 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.}
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| 49
| SIC Verres illegally punishes Roman citizens, accusing some of having escaped from Sertorius' army.
@
Cic:Verr_2.5'140-170.
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| 50
| ROM The consuls confirm Pompeius' grants of Roman citizenship in Spain.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Balb_19,
+32-33;*
{ CAH_9'214; OCD³.}
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| 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.}
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| 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;
{ OCD³.}
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| 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.}
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| 54
| << Cotta advances to Heracleia and starts to besiege the city.
* Read Memnon's account
@
Memn_32'1-2,*
35'9;
{ CAH_9'237.}
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| 55
| NAR ++ Fonteius impoverishes the province of Gaul by his exactions.
* Read Cicero's account
@
Cic:Font_8-21,*
32,
45-46;
{ OCD³; DPRR.}
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| 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.}
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| 57
| == Cn.Lentulus proposes a law to reclaim the money which Sulla remitted to purchasers of property.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.3'81-82;*
Gell_18.4'4<q"
Sall:Hist_4'1>;
{ McGushin_2'139.}
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| 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.}
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| 59
| == An earthquake causes damage to buildings at Rome.
@
+Phlegon:Fr_12'4.(97)
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| 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.}
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| 61
| == The consuls enact further regulations about the taxation of Asia.
@
THI_235'84-87.
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| 62
| ?? C.Cassius, as a young boy, punches Faustus to stop him boasting about his father Sulla.
* Read Plutarch's account
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ValMax_3.1'3;
Plut:Brut_9'1-4;*
{ Faustus was born in about 88 B.C; Cassius may have been slightly younger.}
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| 63
| SIC == Verres extorts money from Sosippus and Philocrates, brothers from Agyrium.
@
~Cic:Verr_2.2'25.
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