1
| CIS << The Cimbri develop a taste for Italian luxuries.
* Read Florus' account
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Flor_1.38'13;*
~DioCass_fr.94'2;
+Oros_5.16'14.
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2
| SIC << Athenion attacks Messana.
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~DioCass_fr.93'4.
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3
| ROM Omens, including the spontaneous movement of the sacred shields.
* Read Livy's account
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~[Liv]:Per_68;*
Plin:HN_2'148;
+Obseq_44a.
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4
| SPA << A Roman embassy attempts to stifle rebellion in Spain.
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Appian:Hisp_99'
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5
| CIS ?? Marius sacrifices his daughter Calpurnia to ensure victory against the Cimbri.
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Plut:Mor_310'D;
ClemAl:Protr_3'37.
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6
| Marius joins up with the army of Catulus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~[Liv]:Per_68;
~Plut:Mar_24'1-25'3;*
Flor_1.38'14.
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7
| {30 July -R} Marius and Catulus destroy the Cimbri at Campi Raudii, near Vercellae.
* Read Plutarch's account
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~[Liv]:Per_68;
Strab_4'193;(3.3)
Vell_2.12'5;
ValMax_6.1e'3;
Plin:HN_8'143;
Frontin:Str_2.2'8;
#Plut:Mar_25'4-27'8;*
Flor_1.38'14-18;
Polyaen_8.10'3;
+Obseq_44a;
[Vict]:VirIll_67'2;
Eutrop_5.2'1-2;
+Hieron:Chron_1916;
+Oros_5.16'14-21;
{ CAH_9'96; OCD³.}
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8
| ++ General comments on Marius' defeat of the Cimbri and Teutones.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:ProvCon_26,*
32;
Plut:Caes_18'1;
Appian:Ill_4;(↓)
AmmMarc_31.5'12.
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9
| ROM News of the battle of Vercellae miraculously reaches Rome on the same day.
* Read Florus' account
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ValMax_8.15'7;
Plin:HN_7'86;
Flor_1.38'19-21.*
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10
| CIS Marius grants Roman citizenship to soldiers from Camerinum.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Balb_46-48,*
50;
ValMax_5.2'8;
+Plut:Mar_28'3,
:Mor_202'C-D;
Appian:Hisp_100.
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10a
| AEG << Document: OGIS_372 & 430, statues of Dorylaus and a friend of Mithridates II at Delos .
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11
| CAP Mithridates murders Ariarathes and installs his own son as king of Cappadocia.
* Read Justin's account
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Memn_22'1;
Just_38.1'6-10;*
{ CAH_9'141; OCD³.}
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12
| SIC Aquillius defeats and kills Athenion.
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+Diod_36.10'1.
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13
| ROM Saturninus is prosecuted for insulting the ambassadors of Mithridates.
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~Diod_36.15'1-3;
{ CAH_9'141.}
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14
| LUS The Romans subdue the Lusitani.
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+Obseq_44a.
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15
| SIC Aquillius defeats the remaining rebel slaves and ends their revolt.
* Read Livy's account
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~Diod_36.10'1-3;
~[Liv]:Per_69;*
Obseq_45;
!Hieron:Chron_1921;
Schol:Bob_108;L
{ CAH_9'96; Green_557.}
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16
| The Romans capture and destroy the slaves' fortress at Triocala.
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Cic:Verr_2.5'10;
Silius_14'270.
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17
| ++ General comments on the slave wars in Sicily, which caused enormous loss of life.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.3'125,
5'5-7,*
:LegAgr_2'83;
Plut:Mor_637'B;(Q2.3)
Athen_6.272'f-273'a.
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18
| ROM The triumph of Marius and Catulus.
* Read Plutarch's account
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Cic:Tusc_5'56;
Diod_38.4'2;
~[Liv]:Per_68;
ValMax_3.6'6,
9.12'4;
Juvenal_8'249-253,
10'278-282;
+Plut:Mar_27'9-10;*
Flor_1.38'10;
[Vict]:VirIll_67'2;
Eutrop_5.2'2;
+Hieron:Chron_1916;
+Oros_5.16'22-24;
{ CAH_9'785; DPRR.}
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19
| NOR The Tigurini retreat after the defeat of the Cimbri.
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Flor_1.38'18.
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19a
| EGY ?? Document: THI_191.A & AET_4.16, the epitaphs of a man from Edfu, who died while fighting in Syria.
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20
| {Sept./Oct.} The death of Queen Cleopatra, allegedly murdered by her son, Ptolemy Alexander.
* Read Pausanias' account
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Paus_1.9'3;*
Athen_12.550'a;
~[Euseb]:Chron_163;(↓)
{ CAH_9'295; Bennett.}
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21
| ROM Elections for new consuls; Marius is re-elected after working hard to gain popular support.
* Read Plutarch's account
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+Vell_2.12'6;
+Plut:Mar_28'1-9;*
{ CAH_9'97.}
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22
| Elections for new tribunes: A.Nunnius, one of the candidates, is murdered by supporters of Saturninus.
* Read Appian's account
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Diod_36.15'3;
~[Liv]:Per_69;
ValMax_9.7'3;
+Plut:Mar_20'1;
Appian:BCiv_1'28;*
[Vict]:VirIll_73'5;
{ CAH_9'97.}
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23
| EGY {2 Choiach -E = December} Document: SelPap_1.29, recording the sale of a house at Pathyris.
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23a
| ?? Document: AET_4.18, the statue of a dioiketes with dual Egyptian-Greek identity.
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24
| ROM ?? The aediles L.Crassus and Q.Scaevola hold magnificent games.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.4'133,*
:DeOr_3'92,
:Off_2'57;
Plin:HN_8'53;
{ DPRR<105-100>.}
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25
| == Publicius Malleolus is convicted of matricide.
* Read Anon's account
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[Cic]:RhetHer_1'23;*
~[Liv]:Per_68;
+Oros_5.16'23-24.
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26
| == Glaucia passes a law on extortion.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Verr_2.1'26,*
:Balb_54,
:RabPost_9,
:Brut_224;
Ascon_21;L
{ CAH_9'94=or:104; OCD³=or:100.}
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27
| ?? Sayings of Lucilius about his poetry.
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Cic:DeOr_1'72,
2'25.
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28
| << The death of the poet Lucilius.
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!Hieron:Chron_1814;
{ OCD³.}
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29
| Catulus dedicates a temple to Fortuna Huiusce Diei, and uses the booty from the war against the Cimbri to build a portico.
* Read Cicero's account
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Cic:Dom_102,*
114;
Plin:HN_34'54;
{ OCD³.}
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30
| ROM Document: CIL_1.701, an inscription on a wine jar.
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