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| 1 | ROM The consuls, Lepidus and Catulus, start to quarrel about Lepidus' plans for reform.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Hist_1'47;L (?) Quint_6.3'81; +Appian:BCiv_1'105;* DioCass_52.17'4; August:DeCiv_3'30. |
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| 2 | Lepidus criticises Sulla's rule in a speech to the people.
@ Sall:Hist_1.48'1-27; { CAH_9'207.} |
| 3 | Sulla has a dream in which his death is predicted by his son.
* Read Appian's account @ Plin:HN_7'138; Plut:Sull_37'3; +Appian:BCiv_1'105.* |
| 4 | ITA Sulla settles a dispute at Dicaearchia.
@ ~Plut:Sull_37'4. |
| 4a | ETR ?? Document: CIL_1.2646, a dedication by Sulla in the name of his sister Cornelia. |
| 5 | ROM ?? Stratagems employed by Sulla.
* Read Appian's account @ Frontin:Str_1.9'2,* 2.7'2, '3, 4.1'27. |
| 6 | ?? Sulla shows great trust in L.Lucullus, to whom he dedicates his memoirs.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Plut:Luc_1'4, 4'5, :Sull_6'10, 37'1-2,* :Pomp_15'3, :Mor_805'E-F. |
| 7 | ++ General comments on the despotic and pleasure-loving character of Sulla.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_1'50-52;L ValMax_6.9'6; Sen:Ep_11'4; Plin:HN_33'134; Plut:Sull_2'1-6, 6'7-15, 40'1-43'6;* Justin:Dig_49.16.4'1<q" Arrius>; Athen_6.261'c; Macrob:Sat_3.14'10,L '13.L |
| 8 | {March} The death of Sulla, from the disease called phtheiriasis.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~[Liv]:Per_90; ValMax_9.3'8; Plin:HN_7'138; Memn_27'1; Plut:Sull_36'1-6,* 37'5-6; +Appian:BCiv_1'105; Paus_1.20'7, 9.33'6; DioCass_52.17'4; [Vict]:VirIll_75'12; !Hieron:Chron_1937; { CAH_9'207; OCD³.} |
| 9 | The funeral of Sulla, whose body is burnt on a pyre.
* Read Appian's account @ Cic:Leg_2'57;L ~[Liv]:Per_90; Plin:HN_7'187; Plut:Luc_43'3, :Sull_38'1-6, :Pomp_15'4, 81'3; +Appian:BCiv_1'105-107;* (↓) GranLic_32-33; { CAH_9'20-7; OCD³.} |
| 10 | GRE << The setting of the fifth book of Cicero's "de Finibus", which takes places in the Academy at Athens.
@ Cic:Fin_5'1. |
| 11 | << Cicero and Atticus attend the lectures of Phaedrus and Zenon, two Epicurean philosophers.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Fin_1'16, 5'3, :Tusc_3'38, :Fam_13.1'2.* |
| 12 | << Cicero and Atticus are taught philosophy at Athens by Antiochus of Ascalon.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Phld:Acad_35;B ~Cic:Brut_315, :Acad_1'13-14, 2'98, :Tusc_5'22, :ND_1'6; ~Plut:Cic_4'1-3;* DioCass_46.7'2; [Vict]:VirIll_81'2; August:DeCiv_19'3;(↓↓) { Green_722.} |
| 13 | ROM Lepidus attempts to win the support of the people by bribes.
* Read Exsuperantius' account @ Sall:Hist_1'55-56,L 1.67'6; Exsuper_35-37.* |
| 14 | Lepidus passes a lex cibaria, to restrict the spread of luxuries.
@ +Macrob:Sat_3.17'13.L |
| 15 | Lepidus proposes measures to undo the effect of Sulla's laws.
* Read Florus' account @ Tac:Ann_3'27; +Flor_2.11'1-5;* +Appian:BCiv_1'107; GranLic_33-34. |
| 16 | ROM {22 May -R} Document: CIL_1.588, a decree of the senate in honour of the services in war of Asclepiades, Polystratus, and Meniscus. { CAH_9'32.} |
| 17 | SPA Aquinus, a general of Metellus, attacks the town of Langobriga, but is ambushed and defeated by Sertorius.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Sall:Hist_1'104-108;L ~Plut:Sert_13'7-12;* { DPRR.} |
| 18 | ETR Both consuls are sent to Etruria, after an insurrection breaks out at Faesulae.
* Read Granius' account @ Sall:Hist_1'57-58;L Flor_2.11'5; GranLic_34-35;* { CAH_9'208.} |
| 19 | ROM P.Servilius is sent out to suppress pirates in the eastern Mediterranean.
* Read Eutropius' account @ Cic:Verr_2.3'211; Sall:Hist_1'115;L ~[Liv]:Per_90; ~Suet:Caes_3'1; Flor_1.41'4; Appian:Mith_93; ~Eutrop_6.3'1;* ~Oros_5.23'1, '21; { CAH_9'790; DPRR.} |
| 20 | ETR Lepidus heads for the mountainous areas of Etruria, where he makes military preparations.
* Read Granius' account @ Sall:Hist_1'59,L '64,L _1.67'6-8; GranLic_35;* DioCass_44.28'2; Exsuper_38. |
| 21 | SPA L.Manlius, the governor of Gaul, attempts to intervene in Spain, but is defeated by Hirtuleius near Ilerda.
* Read Livy's account @ Sall:Hist_1'113;L ~[Liv]:Per_90;* Plut:Sert_12'5; ~Oros_5.23'4; { CAH_9'217.} |
| 22 | ROM The birth of Postuma, a posthumous daughter of Sulla.
@ ~Plut:Sull_37'7. |
| 23 | ITA {3 October -R} Document: CIL_1.735, graffiti on a wall at Pompeii with the name of C.Pumidius Diphilus. |
| 24 | ETR The senate negotiates with Lepidus, and makes both consuls take an oath to keep the peace.
* Read Granius' account @ Sall:Hist_1'60-63;L +Appian:BCiv_1'107; GranLic_35;* { CAH_9'208.} |
| 25 | Lepidus is allotted the province of Transalpine Gaul.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1'107; { CAH_9'208.} |
| 26 | Lepidus tries to stand for re-election as consul, but refuses to return to Rome for the elections.
* Read Appian's account @ Sall:Hist_1.67'15; +Appian:BCiv_1'107.* |
| 27 | SIC << The upright behaviour of C.Marcellus, as governor of Sicily, earns him widespread respect in the island.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.2'8,* '51, 3'212; { DPRR.} |
| 28 | AS1 Cicero visits the province of Asia, where he meets Rutilius and listens to the rhetoric of Menippus, Dionysius, Aeschylus, and Xenocles.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Rep_1'13, '17, :Brut_85, ~315-316;* ~Plut:Cic_4'4. |
| 29 | ROM Catulus passes a law about civil violence.
@ ~Cic:Cael_70; { CAH_9'524; OCD³.} |
| 30 | Cn.Dolabella is prosecuted by Scaurus after returning from Cilicia, and is convicted of extortion.
* Read Cicero's account @ Cic:Verr_2.1'97-98,* 2'109, 3'177; Ascon_26,L 74;L { Dolabella was governor of Cilicia in 80-79 B.C.} |
| 31 | ROM Document: CIL_1.737, recording the construction of a records office by Catulus. |
| 32 | BAE The Roman senate renews its treaty with the city of Gades.
* Read Cicero's account @ +Cic:Balb_34-35,* 39. |
| 33 | ETR A cock is reported to have spoken, at a farm near Ariminum.
@ +Plin:HN_10'50.L |
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