1
| ETR Sulla punishes the inhabitants of Praeneste.
* Read Appian's account
@
ValMax_9.2'1;
Lucan_2'193-195;
~Plut:Sull_32'1-2,
:Mor_815'F-816'A;
~Appian:BCiv_1'94;*
~Oros_5.21'10.
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2
| ROM {28 January -R} The triumph of Sulla, over Mithridates, including a parade of the booty recovered from Praeneste.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Cic:LegMan_8;
#FastTr_p108;
ValMax_2.8'7;
Plin:HN_33'16;
Plut:Sull_34'1-2;*
Appian:BCiv_1'99,(↓)
+'101;(↓)
Eutrop_5.9'1;
{ CAH_9'789.}
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3
| << Sulla publishes proscriptions listing his enemies, who are hunted down and killed, including Q.Aurelius (? Lollius), Baebius, Q.Caecilius, Carrinas, Damasippus, Cn.Decidius, Fidustius, Lucretius, M.Plaetorius, and Venuleius.
* Read Dio's account
@
Cic:RoscAm_16,
:Clu_161;
QCic:Pet_9;(2)
Cic:Sull_72;
Sall:Cat_11'4-8,
51'32-34;
Diod_38.19'1;
~[Liv]:Per_88;
Vell_2.28'2-4;
ValMax_9.2'1;
Sen:Dial_1.3'7-8;
Ascon_90-91;L
Lucan_2'139-173,
'193-232;
Plin:HN_7'134;
Plut:Sull_1'6-7,
31'1-12;
Flor_2.9'25-26;
~Appian:BCiv_1'95-96,
'104,(↓)
4'26,
'44;(↓)
DioCass_fr.109'8-21,*
45.17'1,
47.3'1-5'2,
11'4,
51.21'6;
August:DeCiv_3'28;(↓)
~Oros_5.21'2-8;
{ CAH_9'197; OCD³.}
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4
| << Catilina is involved in the cruel murder of M.Marius Gratidianus.
* Read Seneca's account
@
QCic:Pet_10;(3)
Sall:Hist_1'36-37;L
~[Liv]:Per_88;
ValMax_9.2'1;
Sen:Dial_5.18'1-3;*
Ascon_84,L
90,L
91;L
Lucan_2'173-193;
Plin:HN_34'27;
Plut:Sull_32'3-4,
:Cic_10'2;
Flor_2.9'26;
Exsuper_32-33;
~Oros_5.21'7;
{ CAH_9'195.}
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5
| SIC << Pompeius establishes law and order in Sicily; he is persuaded by Sthenius not to punish (?) Himera.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Cic:Verr_2.2'113,
:LegMan_30,
61;
Diod_38.20'1;
Plin:HN_7'96;
~Plut:Pomp_10'2-3,*
'10-14,
:Mor_203'C-D,
815'E-F;
[Vict]:VirIll_77'1;
Eutrop_5.9'1.
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6
| << Document: CIL_1.2710, an inscription in honour of Pompeius at Agrigentum.
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7
| IT+ Sulla punishes the Italian towns which supported his opponents, including Arretium, Florentia, Interamnium, Larinum, Praeneste, Spoletium, Sulmo, and Volaterrae.
* Read Florus' account
@
Cic:Caecin_95,
97,
101-102,
:Clu_25,
:Dom_79,
:Fam_13.4'1,
:Att_1.19'4;
Sall:Hist_1.48'12;
Flor_2.9'27-28;*
~Appian:BCiv_1'96;
August:DeCiv_3'28.(↓)
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8
| Sulla founds colonies of his veterans at Aleria, Arretium, Capua, Faesulae, Suessula, and Urbana.
* Read Appian's account
@
Cic:Cat_2'20,
3'14,
:Mur_49;
~[Liv]:Per_89;
Sen:Dial_12.7'9;
Plin:HN_14'62;L
~Appian:BCiv_1'96,*
'100,(↓)
'104,(↓)
2'94;
{ OCD³.}
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9
| ROM The Romans treat their provinces harshly and raise heavy taxes.
* Read Appian's account
@
[Caes]:BAfr_56'3;
+Appian:BCiv_1'102.*
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10
| AFR Pompeius defeats and kills Domitius.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Cic:LegMan_30,
61;
~[Liv]:Per_89;
ValMax_6.2'8;
~Plut:Pomp_11'1-12'5,*
:Mor_203'D;
DioCass_36.25'2;
Eutrop_5.9'1;
~Oros_5.21'13;
{ CAH_9'789.}
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11
| NUM Pompeius invades Numidia and established Hiempsal as king.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
[Caes]:BAfr_22'2;
Sall:Hist_1'45;L
~[Liv]:Per_89;
~Plut:Pomp_12'6-8,*
38'5,
:Mor_324'A;
Appian:BCiv_1'80;(↓)
[Vict]:VirIll_77'2;
Eutrop_5.9'1;
~Oros_5.21'14.
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12
| ROM << M.Piso divorces his wife Annia in order to win favour with Sulla.
@
~Vell_2.41'2.
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13
| Caesar goes into hiding after antagonising Sulla, and avoids capture by bribing Cornelius.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Vell_2.41'2,
43'1;
~Plut:Caes_1'1-7;*
~Suet:Caes_1'1-2,
74'1.
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14
| Crassus and other friends of Sulla enrich themselves by buying up the property of the victims of the proscriptions.
* Read Cicero's account
@
Cic:RoscAm_126,
:Verr_2.3'81-82,*
:LegAgr_2'56;
Sall:Cat_37'6;
Cic:Off_1'43,
:Att_7.7'7;
Sall:Hist_1'40,L
'42,L
1.48'12;
~[Liv]:Per_89;
Ascon_18;
Plin:HN_33'145,
36'116;
Plut:CatMin_17'5,
:Sull_33'3,
:Crass_2'3,
~6'6-7,
34'1;
Flor_2.11'3;
DioCass_41.11'2;
Schol:Bob_89.
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16
| Sulla passes a law imposing sanctions on the children of proscribed men.
* Read Livy's account
@
Cic:Verr_2.1'123,
:Fam_13.5'2;
~[Liv]:Per_89;*
Sen:Dial_4.34'3;
~Plut:Sull_31'8;
DioCass_43.50'2,
51.21'6.
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17
| AFR Pompeius persuades his army not to mutiny after they are ordered by Sulla to return to Italy.
@
~Plut:Pomp_13'1-5.
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18
| Pompeius rewards Hasdrubal of Gades and several others with Roman citizenship for their services in Africa.
@
Cic:Balb_51.
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19
| Cn.Pompeius takes on the name Magnus ("the Great").
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Liv_30.45'6;
Plut:Sert_18'3,
~:Pomp_13'6-9,*
23'2,
:Crass_7'1,
12'4,
:Mor_203'E;
{ CAH_9'197.}
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20
| {12 March -R} The triumph of Pompeius, for his victories in Africa.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Cic:LegMan_61;
[Caes]:BAfr_22'3;
~[Liv]:Per_89;
Vell_2.40'4;
Plin:HN_7'96,
8'4;
Plut:Sert_18'3,
~:Pomp_14'1-11,*
45'7,
:Crass_7'1,
12'4,
:Mor_203'E-F,
804'F;
Appian:BCiv_1'80;(↓)
GranLic_31;
[Vict]:VirIll_77'2;
~Eutrop_5.9'1;
!Hieron:Chron_1939;
{ CAH_9'197; DPRR.}
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21
| ROM {27 March -R} Document: Sherk_63B (OGIS_441), a decree of Sulla and the Roman senate, renewing a grant of autonomy to the city of Stratoniceia.
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22
| ETR << The inhabitants of Norba set fire to their town, after it is captured by Lepidus.
@
~Appian:BCiv_1'94-95;(↓)
{ CAH_9'195; OCD³.}
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23
| AS1 << L.Lucullus serves as quaestor under Murena; he is not involved in the fighting, and studies philosophy with Antiochus of Ascalon.
* Read Aelian's account
@
Cic:Acad_2'2,
'4;
Aelian:VH_12'25.*
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24
| << Lucullus buys a copy of a painting by Pausias.
@
Plin:HN_35'125.
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25
| << Murena fails to suppress the pirates.
@
Appian:Mith_83'
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26
| << L.Murena serves honourably under his father's command in Asia.
@
Cic:Mur_11-12.
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27
| Sulla sends Gabinius to recall Murena from Asia.
* Read Appian's account
@
Cic:LegMan_8;
~Appian:Mith_66;*
{ DPRR.}
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28
| ITA ?? M.Plautius commits suicide after the death of his wife.
@
ValMax_4.6'3;
{ DPRR; Plautius may possibly have been a naval officer serving under Sulla.}
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29
| ROM Sulla digs up the body of Marius and destroys his monuments.
* Read Suetonius' account
@
Cic:Leg_2'56;L
ValMax_9.2'1;
Plin:HN_7'187;
Suet:Caes_11'1;*
GranLic_33.
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30
| {1 June -R} Sulla formally ends the proscriptions.
* Read Cicero's account
@
#Cic:RoscAm_128;*
August:DeCiv_3'28;(↓)
{ CAH_9'198.}
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31
| Sulla grants Roman citizenship to the slaves who supported him: they are called the Cornelii.
* Read Appian's account
@
+Appian:BCiv_1'100;* (↓)
Exsuper_34.
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32
| SPA C.Annius forces Sertorius to abandon Spain.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Sall:Hist_1'84-86;L
~Plut:Sert_7'2-4;*
{ OCD³.}
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33
| ROM Sulla reluctantly agrees to pardon Caesar.
* Read Suetonius' account
@
~Suet:Caes_1'2-3,*
45'3;
DioCass_43.43'4;
Macrob:Sat_2.3'9;L
{ Immediately before Caesar's mission to Nicomedes.}
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34
| ++ The dignified behaviour of M.Cato as a young man.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Plut:CatMin_1'1-10,*
2'6-7,
:Mor_28'B.
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35
| Cato is restrained from making threats against Sulla.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
ValMax_3.1'2;
Plut:CatMin_3'1-7.*
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36
| ROM The triumphs of Murena, over Mithridates, and Flaccus, from Celtiberia and Gaul.
* Read Fasti's account
@
FastTr_p108<x>;*
GranLic_31<x>;
{ CAH_9'789.}
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37
| MAU Sertorius attempts to settle in Mauretania, and later on the island of Pityussa, but is forced to leave both of them.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Sall:Hist_1'87-88;L
Plut:Sert_7'5-7.*
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38
| ROM Sex.Roscius (senior) is murdered.
* Read Cicero's account
@
Cic:RoscAm_17-19,*
95-104,
126,
~128;
Quint_7.2'2;
{ OCD³.}
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39
| BAE Sertorius thinks of setting out for the "Blessed Isles".
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Sall:Hist_1'89-92;L
~Plut:Sert_8'1-9'1.*
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40
| ROM Xenocles speaks in the Roman senate to defend Asia against the charge of supporting Mithridates.
@
Strab_13'614.(1.66)
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41
| Apollonius Molon addresses the senate, who restore control of the Caunians to Rhodes.
* Read Strabo's account
@
Strab_14'652;* (2.3)
ValMax_2.2'3;
{ OCD³.}
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42
| Cicero regularly listens to Molon during his stay in Rome.
* Read Cicero's account
@
Cic:Brut_312;*
ValMax_2.2'3;
Quint_12.6'7.
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43
| Aemilia, the wife of Pompeius, dies in childbirth.
@
Plut:Sull_33'4;
{ Only a few months after their marriage.}
|
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44
| PON Caesar visits the court of Nicomedes, and is accused of having an indecent association with the king.
* Read Suetonius' account
@
~Plut:Caes_1'7-8;
~Suet:Caes_2'1,
49'1-4;*
Ampel_34'3;
DioCass_43.20'2,
'4;
[Vict]:VirIll_78'1;
{ DPRR.}
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45
| ETR Chrysogonus, while at Volaterrae, plots to seize the property of Sex.Roscius, and persuades the decurions of Ameria not to seek an interview with Sulla.
* Read Cicero's account
@
~Cic:RoscAm_20-26,*
105-110,
115-117,
125;
Plut:Cic_3'2;
{ Chrysogonus began this plot very soon after hearing of the death of Roscius.}
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46
| MAU Sertorius defeats Ascalis and captures Tingis, after which he digs up the alleged remains of Antaeus.
* Read Plutarch's account
@
Strab_17'829;(3.8)
~Plut:Sert_9'2-11.*
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47
| AEG C.Norbanus commits suicide to avoid capture at Rhodes.
@
~[Liv]:Per_89.
|
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48
| ROM << The death of the young son of Sulla and Metella.
@
Sen:Dial_6.12'6;
~Plut:Sull_37'3.
|
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49
| {Nov. -R} The death of Metella, during the games to celebrate the anniversary of the battle at the Colline Gate.
@
Plut:Sull_35'1-4;
{ OCD³.}
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50
| == Sulla extends the "pomerium", the city boundary of Rome.
* Read Tacitus' account
@
Sen:Dial_10.13'8;
Tac:Ann_12'23;*
Gell_13.14'4;
DioCass_43.50'1;
{ CAH_9'205.}
|
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51
| == Sulla enlarges the "curia", the senate-house.
* Read Dio's account
@
Cic:Fin_5'2;
Plin:HN_34'26;
DioCass_40.50'3.*
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52
| == Sulla curtails the power of the tribunes of the plebs.
* Read Appian's account
@
Cic:Verr_2.1'155,
:Leg_3'22;L
Caes:BCiv_1.7'3;
[Liv]:Per_89;
Vell_2.30'4;
Ascon_67,L
78;L (↓)
Suet:Caes_5'1;
+Appian:BCiv_1'100,*
2'29;
[Vict]:VirIll_75'11;
{ CAH_9'789; OCD³.}
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53
| == Sulla increases the number of praetors to ten, and the number of quaestors to twenty.
* Read Tacitus' account
@
CIL_1.587;
Tac:Ann_11'22;*
Justin:Dig_1.2.2'32<q"
Pomponius>;
{ OCD³.}
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54
| == Sulla passes a Lex Annalis, setting a fixed sequence of magistracies.
* Read Appian's account
@
Cic:Acad_2'1;
+Appian:BCiv_1'100;*
{ CAH_9'789; OCD³.}
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55
| == Sulla passes the Lex Cornelia de Provinciis, regulating the conduct of provincial governors.
* Read Cicero's account
@
Cic:Fam_1.9'25,*
3.6'3,
'6,
10'6;
{ OCD³.}
|
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56
| == Sulla increases the number of priests and augurs.
* Read Livy's account
@
~[Liv]:Per_89;*
DioCass_37.37'1;
[Vict]:VirIll_75'11.
|
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57
| == Sulla restores the size of the senate, by creating new senators.
* Read Sallust's account
@
Sall:Cat_37'6;*
~[Liv]:Per_89;
+Appian:BCiv_1'100;(↓)
{ CAH_9'789; OCD³.}
|
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58
| == Sulla passes a Lex Judicaria, to transfer membership of juries from the equites to senators.
@
~Cic:Verr_1'37-38,
2.2'77;
Vell_2.32'3;
Tac:Ann_11'22.
|
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59
| == Sulla passes a Lex de Falsis, about the falsification of wills.
* Read Cicero's account
@
Cic:Verr_2.1'108;*
Justin:Dig_1.2.2'32<q"
Pomponius>,
28.3'15<q"
Javolenus>;
Justin:Dig_28.1'12,
6'28,
34.8'1,
49.15.22'1<q"
Julianus>;
Justin:Dig_28.6'29<q"
Scaevola>,
49.15.10'1,
11'1<q"
Papinian>;
Justin:Dig_35.2.1'1,
35.2'18,
38.2.4'1<q"
Paulus>;
Justin:Dig_28.3.6'12,
38.16.1'1,
43.5.3'6<q"
Ulpian>,
48.10'1-33.
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60
| == Sulla passes a series of laws, setting up courts to try cases of murder, extortion, treason, bribery and insults.
* Read Cicero's account
@
Cic:Clu_151,
154,
:Pis_50,
:RabPost_8-9,*
:Fam_3.11'2;
Sen:Apocol_14'1;
Justin:Dig_1.2.2'32<q"
Pomponius>,
29.5.25'1<q"
Gaius>,
48.5.23'2<q"
Papinian>;
Justin:Dig_9.2.5'1,
47.10.5'1-7,
7'1<q"
Ulpian>;
Justin:Dig_47.10.37'1,
48.8'1-17<q"
Marcian>;
Justin:Dig_47.13'2,
48.5.33'1<q"
Macer>;
Justin:Dig_48.2.12'4<q"
Venuleius>;
Schol:Bob_78;
{ CAH_9'503, '512; OCD³.}
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61
| == Sulla passes a sumptuary law, limiting private expenditure on feasts.
* Read Gellius' account
@
Gell_2.24'11;*
AmmMarc_16.5'1;
Macrob:Sat_3.17'11-12.L
|
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62
| == Sulla passes an agrarian law, confirming the distribution of land to his veterans.
* Read Cicero's account
@
+Cic:LegAgr_2'35,
'68-70,*
'78,
'81,
3'7,
'12;
GranLic_10.
|
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63
| == Lentulus Sura refuses to justify his conduct as quaestor, when challenged by Sulla.
@
Plut:Cic_17'2;
{ DPRR.}
|
---|
64
| == Document: Cic:Quinct_, Cicero's first surviving speech, in defence of P.Quinctius.
* Read St.Jerome's account
@
+Gell_15.28'3,
'6;
!Hieron:Chron_1934;*
{ OCD³.}
|
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64a
| == M.Messala becomes an augur.
@
Macrob:Sat_1.9'14;L
{ Messala Rufus was augur for 55 years, and died in 26 B.C. ( OCD³ ).}
|
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65
| ?? Voltacilius Plotus opens a school of rhetoric at Rome, which is attended by Cn.Pompeius.
* Read Suetonius' account
@
Suet:Rhet_3;*
+Hieron:Chron_1936;
{ OCD³.}
|
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66
| == Document: CIL_1.722, a dedication by the freedmen (Cornelii) to Sulla.
|
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67
| ETR == Document: CIL_1.719, marking the reestablishment of boundary stones between Pisaurum and Fundanum by M.Varro Lucullus.
|
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68
| AEG == Document: Sherk_62a,B a letter from Sulla authorising Alexander of Laodiceia, envoy of the Dionysiac Artists, to erect a stele at Cos.
|
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68a
| == Document: Syll_724, a list of annual priests at Ialysus.
|
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68b
| << Document: Syll_745, a statue of a Rhodian envoy who visited various Roman leaders.
|
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69
| AS1 == Rutilius is invited back by Sulla, but refuses to return from exile.
* Read Seneca's account
@
ValMax_6.4'4;
Sen:Dial_1.3'7,
:Ep_24'4;
Quint_11.1'13.
|
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70
| BAE == M.Fonteius is sent on a mission to further Spain.
* Read Cicero's account
@
Cic:Font_6,*
45;
{ DPRR.}
|
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71
| EGY {? December} The death of Ptolemy IX Soter; his daughter Cleopatra Berenice takes over as ruler of Egypt.
@
FGrH_252'A6;
+AstrCan_3;
Paus_1.9'3;
~[Euseb]:Chron_165,
171;
{ CAH_9'318; Hölbl_p213; Bennett.}
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