| 1
| ROM << Gabinius is convicted of extortion.
* Read Dio's account
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ValMax_4.2'4;
!Appian:BCiv_2'24;
~DioCass_39.55'5-6,
63'1-5,*
46.8'1;
{ CAH_p'02; OCD³.}
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| 2
| CIS Caesar raises three new legions, one of which is sent to him by Pompeius.
* Read Caesar's account
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+Caes:BGall_6.1'1-4,*
8.54'2;
Plut:Caes_25'1-2;
Suet:Caes_24'2;
Oros_6.10'13.
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| 3
| ROM {January/February -R} Document: Cic:Fam_7.11 & 7.12, two letters from Cicero to Trebatius.
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| 4
| The tribune Licinius (? Coelius) causes riots by proposing that Pompeius should be appointed dictator.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:QFr_3.6'4,
3.7'3,
:Fam_8.4'3;
Plut:Pomp_54'3-5;*
+Obseq_63;
{ DPRR.}
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| 5
| CIL M.Brutus goes to Cilicia, after declining an invitation to serve as Caesar's quaestor in Gaul.
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[Vict]:VirIll_82'3;
{ OCD³; DPRR.}
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| 6
| PAL << Crassus seizes treasure from temples, including the temple at Jerusalem.
* Read Josephus' account
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Joseph:BJ_1'179,
:AJ_14'105-111,*
:Ap_2'82;
Plut:Crass_17'5-6;
August:DeCiv_18'45;(↓↓)
Oros_6.13'1;
Movses_2'17.
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| 7
| ROM {4 March -R} Document: Cic:Fam_7.13, a letter from Cicero to Trebatius.
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| 8
| SYR Crassus scornfully rejects complaints from the Parthian king about the invasion of Mesopotamia.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plut:Crass_18'1-2;*
Flor_1.46'4-5;
~DioCass_40.16'1-3,
30'3;
Festus:Brev_17'1;
Oros_6.13'2.
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| 9
| ETR {8 April -R} Document: Cic:Fam_7.14, a letter from Cicero to Trebatius, written near the Pomptine Marshes.
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| 10
| ITA {April -R} Document: Cic:Fam_16.10 & 16.13-15, letters from Cicero to Tiro, written at Cumae.
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| 11
| ROM Omens at Rome, including sweating statues and howling dogs.
* Read Dio's account
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+DioCass_40.17'12-;*
+Obseq_63.
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| 12
| SYR Crassus is urged by Artavasdes to advance through Armenia, but instead he marches towards Mesopotamia.
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Plut:Crass_18'2-19'3;
{ ~CAH_9'402.}
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| 13
| Crassus ignores adverse omens as he crosses the river Euphrates.
* Read Dio's account
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[Liv]:Per_106;
Plut:Crass_19'3-6;
ValMax_1.6'11;
Flor_1.46'3;
+DioCass_40.17'3-19'4;*
Festus:Brev_17'1;
Obseq_64;
Schol:Bob_92.
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| 14
| GAL Caesar forces the Nervii and Senones to submit.
* Read Caesar's account
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+Caes:BGall_6.2'1-4'6;*
Oros_6.10'14-15.
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| 15
| ROM ++ Curio is called Barbuleius, because of his resemblance to an actor of that name.
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ValMax_9.14'5;
Plin:HN_7'55;
{ Cicero refers to the death of Curio in a letter to his son, Cic:Fam_2.2.}
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| 16
| Document: Cic:Fam_2.1-3, letters from Cicero to the younger Curio.
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| 17
| Clodius decides to postpone his attempt to be elected praetor, because of the delay in the elections.
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Cic:Mil_24;
{ CAH_9'405.}
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| 18
| GAL {May/June -R} Document: Cic:Fam_16.16, a letter to Cicero from his brother Quintus.
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| 19
| MES Crassus and his army are deliberately led in the wrong direction by their guide, Abgarus or Ariamnes.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plut:Crass_20'1-22'6;*
Flor_1.46'6-7;
+DioCass_40.20'1-4;
Festus:Brev_17'1.
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| 20
| ++ P.Crassus is an accomplished orator and dancer.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Fam_13.16'1,
:Brut_281-282;*
Macrob:Sat_3.14'15.L
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| 21
| {9 June -R} Surenas, the Parthian general, attacks Crassus at Carrhae; the Romans are defeated with heavy losses, and P.Crassus is killed.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Div_2'22;
Ovid:Fast_5'583-586,
#6'465-468;
Vell_2.46'4;
ValMax_1.6'11;
Plin:HN_6'47;
Plut:Luc_36'5-7,
:Pomp_55'1,
:Crass_23'1-27'8;*
Flor_1.46'8,
'10;
Appian:BCiv_2'18;
+DioCass_40.21'1-25'5,
49.21'2;
Just_42.4'4;
Festus:Brev_17'2;
Eutrop_6.18'1,
7.5'1;
!Hieron:Chron_1962;
Oros_6.13'3;
{ CAH_9'402-403; OCD³.}
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| 22
| ?? A saying of Crassus to one of his soldiers.
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Frontin:Str_1.1'9.
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| 23
| ++ General comments on the wealth and influence of Crassus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Brut_233,
:Tusc_5'116,
:Off_1'25,
:Phil_14'17;
Plin:HN_33'134;
Plut:Crass_2'1-3'4,*
7'2-9,
34'1-35'4,
:Mor_280'F-281'A.
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| 24
| Crassus agrees to meet the Parthians for negotiations, but they seize and kill him.
* Read Plutarch's account
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[Liv]:Per_106;
Strab_16'747;(1.24)
Lucan_1'103-111,
8'431-439;
Plut:Pomp_53'8-10,
:Crass_28'1-33'4,*
38'2;
Flor_1.46'9-10;
Polyaen_7.41'1;
Athen_6.252'd-e;
+DioCass_40.26'1-27'4;
Festus:Brev_17'2-3;
Oros_6.13'4;
{ OCD³.}
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| 25
| ROM {June -R} Document: Cic:Fam_2.4-5 & 7.14-15, letters from Cicero to Curio and Trebatius.
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| 26
| GAL Labienus defeats the Treveri.
* Read Caesar's account
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+Caes:BGall_6.5'1-8'8;*
[Liv]:Per_107;
Frontin:Str_2.5'20;
+DioCass_40.31'2-6;
Oros_6.10'16.
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| 26a
| ASI << Document: THI_2, recording a gift of 34 elephant tusks sent by Ptolemy XII to the temple of Didyma.
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| 27
| ROM {July -R} Elections for the current year's magistrates are finally held at Rome, after a long delay.
* Read Dio's account
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Plut:Pomp_54'5;
+DioCass_40.17'2;*
Obseq_63;
{ CAH_9'405.}
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| 28
| Document: Cic:Fam_2.6, a letter from Cicero to Curio, supporting Milo as a candidate for the next year's consulship.
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| 29
| GER Caesar crosses the Rhine for a second time, but he decides not to attack the Suebi, who have retreated into forests.
* Read Caesar's account
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+Caes:BGall_6.9'1-10'5,*
29'1-4;
[Liv]:Per_107;
+DioCass_40.32'1-2.
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| 30
| SYR C.Cassius, the quaestor of Crassus, takes control of Syria after reaching there with the remnants of Crassus' army.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Vell_2.46'4;
Joseph:BJ_1'180,
:AJ_14'119;
Plut:Brut_43'7-8,*
:Crass_19'4;
Appian:BCiv_4'59;
DioCass_40.28'2;
Festus:Brev_17'4;
[Vict]:VirIll_83'1;
Eutrop_6.18'2;
Oros_6.13'5.
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| 31
| MES The Parthians reconquer Mesopotamia.
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+DioCass_40.28'1.
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| 32
| GAL Caesar ravages the territory of the Eburones, but fails to capture Ambiorix.
* Read Caesar's account
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+Caes:BGall_6.29'4-34'9;*
[Liv]:Per_107;
+DioCass_40.32'3;
Oros_6.10'17-20.
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| 33
| The Sugambri, a German tribe, make a surprise attack on the camp of Q.Cicero.
* Read Caesar's account
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+Caes:BGall_6.35'1-43'6;*
+DioCass_40.32'4-5;
{ OCD³.}
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| 34
| ?? M.Scaurus demolishes a house which belonged to Cn.Octavius, in order to build an extension to his own house.
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Cic:Off_1'138.
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| 35
| Clodius buys a house from Scaurus.
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~Ascon_32;(↓)
Plin:HN_36'103;
{ A few months before Clodius' death.}
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| 36
| The consuls are unable to hold elections for the following year, because of violent clashes between the candidates.
* Read Dio's account
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Cic:Mil_25-26,
34,
40-44,
:Phil_2'49;
Ascon_30,
+48;L
Plut:CatMin_37'1-2;
Appian:BCiv_2'19-20;(↓)
DioCass_40.46'1-3;*
Schol:Bob_172;
{ CAH_9'404-405.}
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| 37
| Cicero speaks in the senate, to rebut Clodius' claim that Milo's debts should debar him from standing for consul.
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Plin:HN_36'104;
~Schol:Bob_169-174.
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| 38
| Clodius is forced to run off for protection when he is violently assaulted by M.Antonius, a candidate for quaestor.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Phil_2'21,*
'49;
Schol:Bob_123;L
{ DPRR.}
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| 39
| CIS Caesar returns to Cisalpine Gaul for the winter.
* Read Caesar's account
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+Caes:BGall_6.44'1-3,*
7.1'4;
+DioCass_40.32'5;
Oros_6.10'21.
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| 40
| ROM == The senate orders the destruction of the temples of Sarapis and Isis in Rome.
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~DioCass_40.47'3.
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| 41
| << Clodius, the son and heir of Aesopus, swallows pearls dissolved in vinegar.
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Hor:Sat_2.3'239-242;
Plin:HN_9'122,L
10'142.L
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