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| 1 | NUM {January -R} Jugurtha defeats A.Albinus and forces him to agree to a humiliating treaty.
@ +Sall:Jug_37'3-38'10; ~[Liv]:Per_64; Flor_1.36'9; (?) Fronto:Ep_2'p20; Eutrop_4.26'2; AmmMarc_25.9'11; ~Oros_5.15'6; { CAH_9'29.} |
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| 2 | ROM The senate rejects the treaty with Jugurtha, and Sp.Albinus returns to Africa.
@ +Sall:Jug_39'1-5; ~[Liv]:Per_64. |
| 3 | The tribune C.Mamilius sets up a commission to enquire into corruption in the war against Jugurtha; Bestia, Galba, and others are found guilty.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:DeOr_2'283; +Sall:Jug_40'1-41'1; Cic:Brut_127-128;* { CAH_9'89, '519.} |
| 4 | Metellus recruits extra soldiers, and laws which hinder the preparations for war are repealed.
@ Cic:DeOr_2'275; +Sall:Jug_43'1-5; ~Ascon_68;L { CAH_9'30, '37.} |
| 5 | << Metellus restores the temple of Magna Mater.
@ Ovid:Fast_4'348, '351-352. |
| 6 | NUM Metellus arrives in Africa, and restores discipline in the Roman army.
@ +Sall:Jug_44'1-46'4; +ValMax_2.7'2, 9.1'5; Frontin:Str_4.1'2; SHA:Hadr_10'2; +Eutrop_4.27'1; +Oros_5.15'7; { CAH_9'784.} |
| 7 | NAR The Cimbri ask to settle on Roman land, but the senate refuses.
* Read Florus' account @ ~[Liv]:Per_65; Flor_1.38'1-3.* |
| 8 | GRE ++ The Academic philosopher Cleitomachus expounds the doctrines of his teacher Carneades.
@ DiogLaert_4'67. |
| 9 | << The death of Cleitomachus; Philon becoms head of the Academic school.
@ ~Apollod:Fr_56; Phld:Acad_33; { OCD_c.} |
| 9a | AEG << Document: OGIS_342, a dedication at Delos on behalf of Nicomedes III of Bithynia. |
| 10 | CHE << The birth of Asander, king of Bosporus.
@ ~Lucian:Macr_17; { He was 93 years old when he died, in 17.B.C. - see OCD_bosporus.} |
| 11 | MOE << M.Minucius defeats the Scordisci.
* Read Frontinus' account @ CIL_1.692; ~[Liv]:Per_65; Frontin:Str_2.4'3;* Flor_1.39'5; Festus:Brev_9'2; Eutrop_4.27'3; AmmMarc_27.4'10. |
| 12 | NUM Metellus defeats Jugurtha near the river Muthul.
@ +Sall:Jug_46'5-54'10; +[Liv]:Per_65; +Eutrop_4.27'1; +Oros_5.15'7. |
| 13 | NAR The Cimbri defeat Silanus.
* Read Livy's account @ Diod_34.37'1; +[Liv]:Per_65;* Vell_2.12'2; +Ascon_68,L 80;L Flor_1.38'4; { CAH_9'24; OCD_c.} |
| 14 | SYR {29 Gorpiaeus = September} Document: RC_71-72 (OGIS_257), a letter from Antiochus VIII to Ptolemy X concerning Seleuceia. |
| 14a | ?? Document: RC_70, a letter from Antiochus concerning Zeus of Baetocaece. |
| 15 | NUM Metellus unsuccessfully besieges Zama.
@ +Sall:Jug_55'1-60'7; Flor_1.36'11. |
| 16 | Marius makes himself popular in the Roman army.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Diod_34.38'1-2; +Plut:Mar_7'1-5;* Exsuper_1-2. |
| 17 | Metellus returns to winter quarters.
@ +Sall:Jug_61'1-3; Appian:Num_2' |
| 18 | == The censor Scaurus organises building works, including temples of Fides and Mens, but is forced to resign after his colleague Drusus dies.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:ND_2'61; +FastCap_p72; Strab_5'217;(1.11) Plut:Mor_276'F,* 318'E, 322'C; [Vict]:VirIll_72'8;L AmmMarc_27.3'9; { CAH_9'784; OCD_s.} |
| 18a | {11 Choiak -E = December} Document: AET_9.6'B, statutes of the choachytes at Djeme. |
| 19 | GRE == Document: CIL_1.692, an inscription commemorating Minucius' victory over the Scordisci. |
| 20 | GRE ?? Panaetius decides not to apply for citizenship at Athens.
@ Plut:Fr_86. |
| 21 | ?? Poseidonius and many others are pupils of Panaetius.
@ Phld:Sto_69-79; Suda_P'2107. |
| 21a | ++ General comments on the character of Panaetius.
@ Phld:Sto_55, 61-68. |
| 22 | == The death of the philosopher Panaetius.
* Read Suda's account @ Cic:Off_3'8; Suda_P'184;* { OCD_p; Green_639.} |
| 23 | << L.Crassus travels to Athens as quaestor, and meets some of the eminent philosophers there.
@ Cic:DeOr_1'45-46, '57, 2'365, 3'75; { MRR_1'546.} |
| 24 | ROM ?? Egilius replies in sort when insulted by L.Opimius.
@ Cic:DeOr_2'277. |
| 25 | == Opimius is condemned by Mamilius' commision.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Cic:Sest_140, :Pis_95, :Planc_69-70, :Rep_1'6, :Brut_128; Vell_2.7'3; Ascon_17;L (↓) Plut:CGrac_18'2-3;* Schol:Bob_141.L |
| 26 | == The Lex Mamilia, a law about arbiters, is passed.
@ Cic:Leg_1'55;L { MRR_1'546.} |
| 27 | << The birth of C.Marius, son of Marius.
* Read Velleius' account @ ~Vell_2.26'1;* Appian:BCiv_1'87; [Vict]:VirIll_68'1;L { OCD_m.} |
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