69 B.C. - events and references (original) (raw)

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1

ROM The senate rebuffs a Cretan embassy and makes preparations to attack the island.
* Read Dio's account
@ Diod_40.1'1-3; Appian:Sic_6'3-4;(8) DioCass_fr.111'1-3b.*

2

CAP Lucullus crosses the Euphrates at Tomisa, and invades Armenia.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ 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; OCD_tigranes.}

3

ARM Lucullus and Sextilius defeat an Armenian cavalry force, led by Mithrobarzanes.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Luc_25'1-7;* ~Appian:Mith_84'

4

AEG Athenodorus, a pirate chief, devastates Delos, but Triarius restores the island's facilities.
@ +Phlegon:Fr_12'13;(97) Arnob_6'23; { CAH_9'331; OCD_d.}

5

<< Numerous other pirate raids on the islands and coasts of the Aegean Sea.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Cic:LegMan_33; Plut:Pomp_24'6-7.*

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
@ 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.

7

ROM The consul Metellus is sent to lead the war against the Cretans.
* Read Dio's account
@ ~[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; OCD_m.}

8

GRE << Patron succeeds Phaedrus as head of the Epicurean school.
@ +Phlegon:Fr_12'8.(97)

9

SYR << 170,000 people are killed in an earthquake in Syria.
@ ~Just_40.2'1; { This happened shortly before Lucullus defeated Tigranes.}

10

ARM Sextilius starts to besiege Mancaeus at Tigranocerta.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ 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.

11

{? September -R} Tigranes despises the small size of Lucullus' army, and ignores Mithridates' advice to avoid open battle.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Memn_38'4; ~Plut:Luc_26'3-27'4;* ~Appian:Mith_85; DioCass_36.1b'2.

12

{6 October -R} Lucullus wins an overwhelming victory over Tigranes.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ 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.}

13

CRE Metellus defeats Lasthenes and Panares, and besieges Cydonia.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_98;* (?)ValMax_7.6e'1; +Phlegon:Fr_12'12;(97) Appian:Sic_6'5.(9)

14

ARM Lucullus captures and sacks Tigranocerta.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ 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.}

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
@ Sall:Hist_4'71;L ~Plut:Luc_29'6-10;* DioCass_36.2'5, 47.27'3; ~Oros_6.3'7; { CAH_9'241.}

16

Mithridates persuades Tigranes to keep on fighting against the Romans.
@ Memn_38'7.

17

Cleopatra Selene is put to death by Tigranes, after being imprisoned at Seleuceia on the Euphrates.
@ Strab_16'749.(2.3)

18

?? L.Murena serves as an officer in Lucullus' army during the war against Mithridates.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Mur_19-21,* 31, 34, 89; { DPRR.}

19

AFR ?? Cn.Plancius serves with A.Torquatus in Africa.
@ Cic:Planc_27; { DPRR.}

20

ITA == Sassia prompts another inquest into the death of Oppianicus.
* Read Cicero's account
@ +Cic:Clu_178-187,* 191-193.

21

ROM == Cicero as aedile organises games, but without excessive expense.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Cic:Mur_40, :Off_2'59; Plut:Cic_8'1-4;* { DPRR.}

22

== Document: Cic:Tul_, Cicero's speech in defence of M.Tullius.{ OCD_c.}

23

== Document: Cic:Caecin_, Cicero's speech in defence of A.Caecina.{ OCD_c.}

24

== Document: Cic:Font_, Cicero's speech in defence of M.Fonteius. { OCD_c.}

24a

SIC == Document: THI_246, the inscription on a statue of C. Vergilius Balbus at Halaesa.

25

ROM == Catulus completes the restoration of the buildings, especially the temple of Jupiter, on the Capitol at Rome.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[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; OCD_c.}

26

== The triumph of M.Piso, on his return from Spain.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Pis_62;* +Ascon_15;L { CAH_9'792.}

27

== Caesar makes a public speech at the funeral of his aunt Julia.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Caes_5'2-5;* ~Suet:Caes_6'1; { CAH_9'753=68; OCD_c; DPRR.}

28

== Q.Cicero marries Pomponia, the sister of Atticus.
@ Nepos:Att_5'3-4; { OCD_c.}

29

== The birth of the poet C.Cornelius Gallus.
@ ~Hieron:Chron_1990; { OCD_g.}

30

EGY == The birth of Cleopatra, queen of Egypt.