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| ROM The senate rebuffs a Cretan embassy and makes preparations to attack the island.
* Read Dio's account
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Diod_40.1'1-3;
Appian:Sic_6'3-4;(8)
DioCass_fr.111'1-3b.*
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| 2
| CAP Lucullus crosses the Euphrates at Tomisa, and invades Armenia.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:LegMan_23;
Sall:Hist_4'59-61;
Strab_12'537;(2.6)
Memn_38'2;
Plut:Luc_24'1-7,*
46'1;
Tac:Ann_15'27;
~Appian:Mith_84;
Festus:Brev_14'1,
15'3;
~Oros_6.3'6;
{ CAH_9'240; OCD³.}
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| 3
| ARM Lucullus and Sextilius defeat an Armenian cavalry force, led by Mithrobarzanes.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~Plut:Luc_25'1-7;*
~Appian:Mith_84'
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| 4
| AEG Athenodorus, a pirate chief, devastates Delos, but Triarius restores the island's facilities.
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+Phlegon:Fr_12'13;(97)
Arnob_6'23;
{ CAH_9'331; OCD³.}
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| 5
| << Numerous other pirate raids on the islands and coasts of the Aegean Sea.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:LegMan_33;
Plut:Pomp_24'6-7.*
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| 6
| ETR << The pirates increase their attacks throughout the Mediterranean, and make raids against Caieta, Ostia, and Misenum on the Italian coast.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:LegMan_31-33,*
53-55;
Strab_14'662,(2.28)
16'754;(2.14)
Vell_2.31'2;
Plut:Pomp_24'1-25'1;
Flor_1.41'6;
DioCass_36.20'1-23'2;
Oros_6.4'1.
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| 7
| ROM The consul Metellus is sent to lead the war against the Cretans.
* Read Dio's account
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~[Liv]:Per_98;
+Phlegon:Fr_12'12;(97)
Appian:Sic_6'5;(9)
+DioCass_36.1a'1;*
Eutrop_6.11'1-2;
Schol:Bob_96;
{ CAH_9'249; DPRR.}
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| 8
| GRE << Patron succeeds Phaedrus as head of the Epicurean school.
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+Phlegon:Fr_12'8.(97)
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| 9
| SYR << 170,000 people are killed in an earthquake in Syria.
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~Just_40.2'1;
{ This happened shortly before Lucullus defeated Tigranes.}
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| 10
| ARM Sextilius starts to besiege Mancaeus at Tigranocerta.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_4'62-63;L
Plin:HN_2'235;
(?)
Memn_38'3;
~Plut:Luc_26'1-2,*
27'1-2;
~Appian:Mith_84-85;(↓)
DioCass_36.1b'1-2.
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| 11
| {? September -R} Tigranes despises the small size of Lucullus' army, and ignores Mithridates' advice to avoid open battle.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Memn_38'4;
~Plut:Luc_26'3-27'4;*
~Appian:Mith_85;
DioCass_36.1b'2.
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| 12
| {6 October -R} Lucullus wins an overwhelming victory over Tigranes.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_4'64-66,L
_4.67'15;
Frontin:Str_2.1'14,
2'4;
Memn_38'5;
#Plut:Luc_26'5-29'2,*
:Cam_19'11,
:Mor_203'A-B;
+Phlegon:Fr_12'10;(97)
Appian:Mith_85;
~DioCass_36.1b'3;
Festus:Brev_15'3;
Eutrop_6.9'1;
Oros_6.3'6-7;
{ CAH_9'249; Green_553.}
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| 13
| CRE Metellus defeats Lasthenes and Panares, and besieges Cydonia.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_98;*
(?)
ValMax_7.6e'1;
+Phlegon:Fr_12'12;(97)
Appian:Sic_6'5.(9)
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| 14
| ARM Lucullus captures and sacks Tigranocerta.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:LegMan_23;
Strab_11'532,(14.15)
12'539;(2.9)
Memn_38'6;
~Plut:Luc_29'3-5;*
~Appian:Mith_86;
+DioCass_36.2'3-4;
Festus:Brev_15'3;
Eutrop_6.9'1;
{ CAH_9'241.}
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| 15
| Antiochus of Commagene, Alchaudonius, and other princes transfer their support to Lucullus, but Zarbienus of Gordyene is betrayed and killed.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Sall:Hist_4'71;L
~Plut:Luc_29'6-10;*
DioCass_36.2'5,
47.27'3;
~Oros_6.3'7;
{ CAH_9'241.}
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| 16
| Mithridates persuades Tigranes to keep on fighting against the Romans.
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Memn_38'7.
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| 17
| Cleopatra Selene is put to death by Tigranes, after being imprisoned at Seleuceia on the Euphrates.
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Strab_16'749.(2.3)
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| 18
| ?? L.Murena serves as an officer in Lucullus' army during the war against Mithridates.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Mur_19-21,*
31,
34,
89;
{ DPRR.}
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| 19
| AFR ?? Cn.Plancius serves with A.Torquatus in Africa.
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Cic:Planc_27;
{ DPRR.}
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| 20
| ITA == Sassia prompts another inquest into the death of Oppianicus.
* Read Cicero's account
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+Cic:Clu_178-187,*
191-193.
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| 21
| ROM == Cicero as aedile organises games, but without excessive expense.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Mur_40,
:Off_2'59;
Plut:Cic_8'1-4;*
{ DPRR.}
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| 22
| == Document: Cic:Tul_, Cicero's speech in defence of M.Tullius.
{ OCD³.}
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| 23
| == Document: Cic:Caecin_, Cicero's speech in defence of A.Caecina.
{ OCD³.}
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| 24
| == Document: Cic:Font_, Cicero's speech in defence of M.Fonteius.
{ OCD³.}
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| 24a
| SIC == Document: THI_246, the inscription on a statue of C. Vergilius Balbus at Halaesa.
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| 25
| ROM == Catulus completes the restoration of the buildings, especially the temple of Jupiter, on the Capitol at Rome.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_98;*
ValMax_2.4'6,
6.9'5;
Plin:HN_19'23,L
33'57,
34'77;
Tac:Hist_3'72;
+Phlegon:Fr_12'11;(97)
Plut:Publ_15'1;
AmmMarc_14.6'25;
+Cassiod:Chr_685;
{ CAH_9'327; OCD³.}
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| 26
| == The triumph of M.Piso, on his return from Spain.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Pis_62;*
+Ascon_15;L
{ CAH_9'792.}
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| 27
| == Caesar makes a public speech at the funeral of his aunt Julia.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Plut:Caes_5'2-5;*
~Suet:Caes_6'1;
{ CAH_9'753=68; OCD³; DPRR.}
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| 28
| == Q.Cicero marries Pomponia, the sister of Atticus.
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Nepos:Att_5'3-4;
{ OCD³.}
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| 29
| == The birth of the poet C.Cornelius Gallus.
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~Hieron:Chron_1990;
{ OCD³.}
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| 30
| EGY == The birth of Cleopatra, queen of Egypt.
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