| 1
| NAR << Pompeius spends the winter in Gaul, where supplies are provided to him by the governor Fonteius.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Font_16;*
Sall:Hist_3'33;L
{ DPRR.}
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| 2
| SPA << Some mountains near Corduba suddenly collapse.
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Sall:Hist_3'32;L
{ McGushin_2'85.}
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| 3
| ROM C.Cotta dies before he is able to celebrate a triumph.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Pis_62;*
Ascon_14;L (↓)
{ DPRR.}
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| 4
| AS1 << Mithridates' generals defeat the Romans under Cotta near Chalcedon.
* Read Appian's account
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Cic:Mur_33;
Sall:Hist_3'12-13,L
_4.67'13;
~[Liv]:Per_93;
CIL_11.1832;
Memn_27'7-8,
29'1;
Plut:Luc_8'1-2;
~Appian:Mith_71;*
~Eutrop_6.6'2;
~Oros_6.2'13;
{ CAH_9'235; OCD³.}
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| 5
| << Lucullus assembles his army and imposes strict discipline.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_3'9;L
~Plut:Luc_7'1-3;*
~Appian:Mith_72;
{ CAH_9'234; Green_654.}
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| 6
| << Lucullus attempts to stifle rebellion in the cities of Asia, which Mithridates is encouraging.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Plut:Sert_24'4-5,
~:Luc_7'6-7;*
Flor_1.40'13-14;
~Eutrop_6.6'2.
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| 7
| SPA Sertorius takes harsh measures to stop his allies from deserting.
* Read Appian's account
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Diod_38.22'2,
[37].22a'1;
~[Liv]:Per_92;
~Plut:Sert_25'1-6;
~Appian:BCiv_1'112,*
'113;
{ CAH_9'219; McGushin_2'127.}
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| 8
| ITA Spartacus leads a band of 74 gladiators who escape from a training school at Capua; the start of Spartacus' revolt.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Att_6.2'8;
Sall:Hist_3'60-61;L
~[Liv]:Per_95;
Vell_2.30'5;
Tac:Ann_15'46;
~Plut:Crass_8'1-3;*
Flor_2.8'3;
~Appian:BCiv_1'116;
Eutrop_6.7'2;
August:DeCiv_3'26,
5'22;
+Oros_5.24'1;
{ CAH_9'221; OCD³.}
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| 9
| SIC Verres arrives as governor of Sicily, and immediately makes clear his intention to exploit the province.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:DivCaec_11,
29,
:Verr_1'13,
'40,
_2.1'117,
~2'17-18,*
3'97;
{ CAH_9'791; DPRR.}
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| 10
| Verres stops Dion of Halaesa from receiving an inheritance.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.1'27-28,*
~2'19-24.
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| 10a
| EGY {9? Epeiph = July} Document: AET_9.1'M, the epitaph of Anemhor at Memphis.
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| 11
| AS1 << Lucullus rescues Cotta by raising the siege of Chalcedon.
* Read Plutarch's account
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CIL_11.1832;
~Plut:Luc_8'3-8;*
[Vict]:VirIll_74'4.
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| 12
| ITA Spartacus brings his followers down from Vesuvius and defeats the praetor Glaber.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~[Liv]:Per_95;
Frontin:Str_1.5'21,
7'6;
~Plut:Crass_9'1-3;*
Flor_2.8'4;
~Appian:BCiv_1'116;
+Oros_5.24'1;
{ CAH_9'221.}
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| 13
| Spartacus holds funeral games for a woman killed in the fighting.
* Read Florus' account
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Flor_2.8'9;*
~Oros_5.24'3.
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| 14
| SPA The Romans win over many Spanish towns.
* Read Livy's account
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[Liv]:Per_94;*
~Appian:BCiv_1'113;
{ C9;219.}
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| 15
| SIC Pirates attack the coast of Sicily, and defeat Cleomenes of Syracuse, who has been put in command of some ships by Verres.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.2'8,
3'213,
4'21-26,*
5'42-125,
'133-135,
'138;
Sall:Hist_4'54.L
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| 16
| MOE {August -R} Curio defeats the Dardani.
* Read Livy's account
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Sall:Hist_3'91-92;L
~[Liv]:Per_95;*
AmmMarc_29.5'22;
{ DPRR; McGushin_2'136; Sallust mentions some fighting at the time of the Volcanalia.}
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| 17
| AS1 << An omen at Cyzicus: a fig-tree grows out of a laurel.
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Plin:HN_17'244.L
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| 18
| << Mithridates advances to Cyzicus and starts to besiege it.
* Read Strabo's account
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Sall:Hist_3'14;L
Strab_12'575-576;* (8.11)
~Plut:Luc_9'1;
Flor_1.40'15;
Eutrop_6.6'3;
{ OCD³.}
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| 19
| << Lucullus arrives at Cyzicus, and occupies a strong position blocking Mithridates' only route out.
* Read Appian's account
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Sall:Hist_3'15-23;L
Frontin:Str_3.13'6,
4.5'21;
Memn_28'1;
~Plut:Luc_9'2-8;
Flor_1.40'16;
~Appian:Mith_72-73;*
~Oros_6.2'14.
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| 20
| << Deiotarus defeats the army of Mithridates in Phrygia.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_94;*
~Appian:Mith_75;(↓)
~Oros_6.2'18;
{ CAH_9'236.}
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| 21
| << Lucullus quells unrest in his army over his policy of avoiding battle.
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~[Liv]:Per_94.
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| 22
| ITA Spartacus defeats two more Roman commanders, Furius and Cossinius.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_3'63;L
~Plut:Crass_9'4-5.*
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| 23
| Spartacus slips away safely when another praetor, P.Varinius, confronts him with a larger army.
* Read Sallust's account
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Sall:Hist_3'64A-64C;*
Frontin:Str_1.5'22.
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| 24
| ITA Spartacus decisively defeats Varinius.
* Read Sallust's account
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Sall:Hist_3'64D-67;*
~[Liv]:Per_95;
~Plut:Crass_9'5;
Flor_2.8'5;
~Appian:BCiv_1'116;
{ CAH_9'221.}
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| 25
| ROM {16 Oct -R} Document: Syll_747, a decree of the senate exempting the sanctuary of Amphiaraus at Oropus from paying tax.
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| 26
| EGY {15 Phaophi -E = 24 Oct} Document: SelPap_1.40 (POxy_1628), a lease of land to Apollonius, near Sepho.
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| 27
| ITA Spartacus gathers a large army of about 70,000 slaves.
* Read Florus' account
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~Plut:Crass_9'5-6;
Flor_2.8'6-8;*
~Appian:BCiv_1'116;(↓)
~Oros_5.24'2;
{ CAH_9'221; OCD³.}
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| 28
| ROM == The consuls pass the Lex Terentia Cassia, a corn law.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.3'163,*
5'52;
Sall:Hist_3.34'19;
{ CAH_9'214; OCD³.}
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| 29
| == The tribune Macer makes a speech encouraging the Roman people to recover their rights which were taken away by Sulla.
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Sall:Hist_3.34'1-28;
{ CAH_9'214; DPRR.}
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| 30
| ?? C.Caesar spends freely and runs up large debts in order to increase his popularity.
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Plut:Caes_5'8.
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| 31
| Caesar returns to Rome after being appointed pontifex in place of C.Cotta.
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Vell_2.43'1-2;
{ DPRR.}
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| 32
| Caesar establishes a reputation as a good speaker, after returning to Rome.
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~Plut:Caes_4'4-9.
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| 33
| SIC Two Syrian princes are robbed by Verres on their way back from Rome.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.4'60-71,*
5'184;
{ ~ CAH_9'318; the princes had stayed at Rome for two years.}
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| 34
| == Diodorus of Melita escapes from Sicily after Verres attempts to seize his possessions.
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~Cic:Verr_2.4'38-41.
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| 35
| PON Cotta dismisses Oppius from his post as pro-quaestor.
* Read Dio's account
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Sall:Hist_3'41-42;L
Quint_5.10'69,
13'17,
'20;
DioCass_36.40'3;*
{ DPRR.}
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| 36
| AS1 << A black ox miraculously appears at Cyzicus for a sacrifice to the goddess Persephone, who sends a storm to destroy Mithridates' siege engines.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Plut:Luc_10'1-4;*
~Appian:Mith_74-75;
~Obseq_60a.
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| 37
| << Lucullus defeats Mithridates' cavalry as they withdraw by the river Rhyndacus, where the Romans see the king's camels for the first time.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_3'28-29;L
~[Liv]:Per_94;
Memn_28'1;
~Plut:Luc_11'3-6;*
~Appian:Mith_75;
AmmMarc_23.6'56;
~Oros_6.2'15;
{ CAH_9'235 of 73>.}
| 38
| ROM ?? M.Cato takes Antipater of Tyre as his companion, makes his first public speech to protect the Basilica Porcia, and marries Atilia.
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Plut:CatMin_4'1-7'3.
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| 39
| == L.Catilina is accused of defiling a Vestal called Fabia, but he is acquitted through the influence of Catulus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Cic:Cat_3.9;
Ascon_91;L
Plut:CatMin_19'5-6;*
Oros_6.3'1;
{ DPRR.}
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| 40
| ?? Catilina is reputed to have committed adultery with his future mother-in-law.
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Ascon_91-92.L (↓)
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| 41
| ?? L.Catilina marries Orestilla, allegedly after murdering his own son to please her.
* Read Sallust's account
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Sall:Cat_15'1-5;*
ValMax_9.1'9;
Appian:BCiv_2'2.
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| 42
| ?? P.Servilius Rullus is regarded as extravagant because he serves a whole boar for a banquet.
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Plin:HN_8'210;
{ Rullus' son was tribune of the plebs in 63 B.C.}
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| 43
| AEG Document: Sherk_71d-f,B inscriptions put up by Milesian and Smyrnaean sailors in honour of C.Valerius Triarius.
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| 44
| ETR Document: Sherk_69B (OGIS_445), an inscription put up by the Mysians in honour of C.Salluvius Naso.
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