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| 1 | ROM Political rivalry between the tribune M.Drusus and Q.Caepio.
* Read Dio's account @ Cic:Dom_120; ~Diod_37.10'1-2; ~Vell_2.13'1-3; Plin:HN_28'148,L 33'20; +Flor_2.5'4-5; Ampel_26'4; DioCass_fr.96'1-3;* { DPRR.} |
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| 2 | << Caepio unsuccessfully prosecutes Scaurus and (?) Philippus.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Font_38,* :Scaur_fr'd, 45'f; ValMax_3.7'8; Ascon_21;L +Flor_2.5'5; { ~ OCD³.} |
| 3 | Drusus resorts to bribery in an attempt to gain popular support.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_70;* +Flor_2.5'6; [Vict]:VirIll_66'5. |
| 4 | Drusus supports the idea of giving Roman citizenship to the rest of Italy.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Diod_37.2'2; ~[Liv]:Per_71; Vell_2.14'1; +Flor_2.5'6, 6'3; Appian:BCiv_1'35;* Ampel_26'4; [Vict]:VirIll_66'4; +Oros_5.18'2; +Schol:Bob_118;L { CAH_9'112; OCD³.} |
| 5 | The Marsic leader Q.Poppaedius is a guest at the home of Drusus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ValMax_3.1'2; Plut:CatMin_2'1-5;* [Vict]:VirIll_80'1. |
| 6 | Drusus proposes land and corn laws.
* Read Livy's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_71;* +CIL_6.1312; Ampel_19'6l; [Vict]:VirIll_66'4, '9; { CAH_9'112.} |
| 6a | Saufeius passes another land law, and Drusus is made one of the five members of its commission.
@ +CIL_6.1312. |
| 7 | Drusus establishes several new Roman colonies in Italy and Sicily.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Appian:BCiv_1'35,* '36; { OCD³.} |
| 8 | Drusus proposes to change the composition of juries to a mixture of senators and equites.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Clu_153, :RabPost_16; ~Diod_37.10'3; ~[Liv]:Per_71; Ascon_21;L (↓) +Flor_1.47'9; Appian:BCiv_1'35;* [Vict]:VirIll_66'4; { CAH_9'111; OCD³.} |
| 9 | Drusus proposes to enrol 300 of the equites into the senate.
* Read Appian's account @ ~Appian:BCiv_1'35;* [Vict]:VirIll_66'4; { CAH_9'111.} |
| 10 | The Italians plan to murder the consuls at the Latin Festival, but their plot is discovered.
@ +Flor_2.6'8. |
| 11 | Drusus maltreats visitors from Mauretania and Numidia.
@ [Vict]:VirIll_66'6. |
| 12 | The laws of Drusus are passed, after Philippus has been restrained by violence, and threats have been made against Caepio.
* Read Florus' account @ (?) Cic:DeOr_1'24; +ValMax_9.5'2; +Flor_2.5'7-9;* [Vict]:VirIll_66'8. |
| 13 | Drusus issues silver coins which are debased with an alloy of bronze.
@ Plin:HN_33'46; { CAH_9'633.} |
| 13a | PEL Document: Syll_736, regulations concerning the mysteries at Andania in Messenia. |
| 14 | CAP << Tigranes invades Cappadocia and drives out Ariobarzanes.
@ ~Just_38.3'1-3; { CAH_9'143; Green_720=93.} |
| 15 | PON << Mithridates invades Bithynia, expels Nicomedes IV, and sets up Socrates as king.
* Read Appian's account @ Memn_22'5; ~Appian:Mith_10,* 13, 57; ~Just_38.3'4; Trog:Prol_38; { CAH_9'787; OCD³.} |
| 16 | ROM {10 September -R} The dramatic setting of Cicero's dialogue "De Oratore".
@ ~Cic:DeOr_1'24-29, 3'1. |
| 17 | ?? Crassus, speaking in defence of Cn.Plancus, denounces the extravagance of M.Brutus "the accuser".
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Clu_140-141,* :DeOr_2'220-226, :Off_2'50; Quint_6.3'44. |
| 18 | ?? Crassus is himself criticised for having a luxurious house and furnishings.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Balb_56;* Plin:HN_33'147, 34'14, 36'7, '114. |
| 19 | ?? Crassus jokingly likens a witness in a court case to a crude picture of a Gaul.
@ Plin:HN_35'25. |
| 20 | {13 September -R} L.Crassus, shortly before his death, strongly criticises Philippus in the senate.
* Read Cicero's account @ #Cic:DeOr_3'2-8, :Brut_303;* ValMax_6.2'2; Quint_11.1'37; { CAH_9'113; OCD³.} |
| 21 | ++ General comments on the character of Crassus, and his pre-eminence as an orator.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Brut_155,* 158; (?) Cic:ND_1'58. |
| 22 | The senate, on the advice of the consul Philippus, declares the laws of Drusus invalid.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Dom_41,* 50, :Leg_2'14,L '31;L ~Diod_37.10'3; Ascon_68-69.L (↓) |
| 23 | The Italian allies, disappointed by the failure of Drusus, begin to plot against the Romans.
* Read Appian's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_71; ~Vell_2.15'1; Tac:Ann_3'27; +Flor_2.5'9; Appian:BCiv_1'36;* [Vict]:VirIll_66'10-11; August:DeCiv_3'26; +Oros_5.18'2. |
| 24 | Poppaedius attempts to lead 10,000 supporters into Rome, but is persuaded by Domitius to return home.
@ ~Diod_37.13'1-2; { CAH_9'114.} |
| 25 | The Italians swear an oath of loyalty to Drusus.
@ ~Diod_37.11'1; { CAH_9'113.} |
| 26 | A sarcastic response by Granius when greeted by Drusus.
@ Cic:Planc_33; Schol:Bob_158.L |
| 27 | ?? Drusus builds a new house on the Palatine.
* Read Velleius' account @ Vell_2.14'3;* Plut:Mor_800'F. |
| 28 | ++ Drusus' personal wealth amounts to over 10,000 pounds of silver.
@ Plin:HN_33'141. |
| 29 | {? October -R} Drusus is murdered near his home.
* Read Velleius' account @ [Cic]:RhetHer_4'31; Cic:Mil_16, :ND_3'80-81; ~[Liv]:Per_71; ~Vell_2.14'1-2;* Sen:Dial_6.16'4, 10.6'1; Suet:Tib_3'2; +Flor_2.5'2, '9; Appian:BCiv_1'36-37; Ampel_19'6, 26'4; [Vict]:VirIll_66'11-13; +Oros_5.18'7; +Schol:Bob_117-118;L { CAH_9'113; OCD³.} |
| 30 | ?? Sulla and Marius quarrel over statues erected at Rome by Bocchus, king of Mauretania, and over Sulla's seal depicting Jugurtha.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Sull_6'1-2, :Mar_32'3-6,* :Mor_806'C-D; [Vict]:VirIll_75'6. |
| 31 | ETR The Italians openly revolt against the Romans, and begin to raise armies and appoint generals.
* Read Appian's account @ +Diod_37.2'1-2; [Liv]:Per_72; Strab_5'241;(4.2) +Vell_2.15'1-2; Plut:Mor_321'F; +Flor_2.6'1-7; Appian:BCiv_1'38,* '39; +Eutrop_5.3'1; Hieron:Chron_1928; August:DeCiv_5'22; +Oros_5.18'1, '10. |
| 32 | ROM Dire omens portend the atrocities of the Social War.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Div_1'99, 2'59; +Plin:HN_2'199, 7'34, 8'221; Plut:Sull_6'11-13;* +Obseq_54; August:DeCiv_3'23; +Oros_5.18'3-6. |
| 33 | ETR The praetor Q.Servilius, his legate Fonteius, and other Romans are murdered at Asculum.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Font_41; Diod_37.12'1-3, 13'2; ~[Liv]:Per_72; +Vell_2.15'1; +Flor_2.6'9; Appian:BCiv_1'38;* +Obseq_54; ~Oros_5.18'8; Schol:Bob_81;L { CAH_9'114.} |
| 34 | ITA Ser.Galba is captured by the Lucanians, but escapes.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_72. |
| 35 | Aesernia and Alba are besieged by the Italians.
* Read Anon's account @ [Cic]:RhetHer_2'45;* ~[Liv]:Per_72; { CAH_9'120.} |
| 36 | ROM The Romans receive aid from the Latin allies and from abroad.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_72. |
| 37 | Hortensius makes a speech calling for the restoration of Nicomedes.
@ Cic:DeOr_3'229. |
| 38 | The praetor Q.Pompeius prevents Q.Fabius from spending his inheritance, because of his profligacy.
@ Cic:Tusc_1'81; ValMax_3.5'2; { OCD³.} |
| 39 | ++ L.Lucullus receives a thorough education in Greek and Latin.
@ Plut:Luc_1'4-8. |
| 40 | ?? L.Lucullus secures the conviction of Servilius, who had prosecuted Lucullus' father.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Acad_2'1; Plut:Luc_1'1-3;* { This happened while Lucullus was still young, before the Social War.} |
| 41 | ?? Cicero shows signs of great ability while still at school.
@ Plut:Cic_2'2-3. |
| 42 | ASI ?? C.Julius Caesar goes to Asia as proconsul.
@ CIL_6.1311; { DPRR.} |
| 43 | AFR == Document: CIL_1.707, an inscription set up by Q Marcius Protomachus, a doctor. |
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