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

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AS1 The citizens of Smyrna offer clothes to Sulla's army during the winter.
@ Tac:Ann_4'56.

Ptolemy Alexander escapes from Mithridates and takes refuge with Sulla.
@ Appian:BCiv_1'102; { CAH_9'318; Hölbl_p213.}

ROM << Cinna and Carbo make preparations for the war against Sulla.
* Read Appian's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_83; ~Appian:BCiv_1'76,* '77.(↓)

<< The senate votes to send an embassy to Sulla.
@ +[Liv]:Per_83; { CAH_9'183.}

CAP << Curio restores Nicomedes and Ariobarzanes to their kingdoms.
* Read Granius' account
@ FGrH_252'A3; ~Appian:Mith_60;(↓) GranLic_28;* { OCD�; Green_721.}

ASI << Sulla re-organises the province of Asia, and punishes the supporters of Mithridates.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Luc_4'2-3,* ~:Sull_25'4-5; ~Appian:Mith_61-63; +Cassiod:Chr_670; { CAH_9'162.}

ILL Cinna transports his army to Liburnia.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1'77-78.(↓)

ROM << Caesar marries Cornelia, daughter of Cinna.
@ ~Suet:Caes_1'1; { CAH_9'178.}

++ General remarks on Cinna's crimes during his period of power.
@ Cic:Tusc_5'54-55, :ND_3'81.

ETR Cinna is killed in a mutiny at Ancona.
* Read Appian's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_83; +Vell_2.24'5; Plut:Sert_6'1, :Pomp_5'1-3; +Appian:BCiv_1'78;* DioCass_45.47'2, 52.13'2; [Vict]:VirIll_69'4; Exsuper_29; +Oros_5.19'24; { CAH_9'184; OCD�.}

PAL Antiochus marches through Judaea, despite the opposition of Alexander.
* Read Josephus' account
@ Joseph:BJ_1'99-100,* ~:AJ_13'389-391.

11a

GRE ?? Philodemus travels from Alexandria to Athens.
@ Phld:Acad_34; { Probably soon after the capture of Athens by Sulla.}

Sulla returns to Greece from Asia.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ ~Plut:Sull_26'1;* ~Appian:Mith_63; { CAH_9'162.}

ARA Aretas the king of the Nabataean Arabs defeats and kills Antiochus Dionysus.
* Read Josephus' account
@ Joseph:BJ_1'101-102,* ~:AJ_13'391; { Green_721; O.D.Hoover, Historia(2007), p.298.}

PAL Alexander Jannaeus agrees peace terms with Aretas.
* Read Josephus' account
@ Joseph:BJ_1'103,* ~:AJ_13'392.

ILL Carbo withdraws his army from Liburnia.
@ +Appian:BCiv_1'78; { CAH_9'185; OCD�.}

ROM Elections for a new consul are postponed because of a thunderstorm.
* Read Appian's account
@ +Vell_2.24'5; +Appian:BCiv_1'78;* { CAH_9'185.}

LUS Crassus comes out of hiding in Spain and captures Malaca.
@ ~Plut:Crass_6'1; { Soon after Crassus heard about the death of Cinna.}

AS1 << Document: IAph_8.2, a letter of Q.Oppius to the city of Aphrodisias.

GRE << The temple at Delphi is damaged by fire during a raid by Thracians and Illyrians; L.Scipio responds by attacking the Illyrians.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Num_9'12;* ~Appian:Ill_5; +Hieron:Chron_1933; { DPRR.}

Sulla receives the senate's embassy and sets out his terms for a settlement with his political opponents.
* Read Appian's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_84; ~Appian:BCiv_1'79;* { OCD�.}

AFR C.Fabius drives a rebel army, led by Metellus Pius, out of Africa.
* Read Livy's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_84;* ~Plut:Crass_6'2.

SYR Aretas gains control of Damascus.
* Read Josephus' account
@ Joseph:BJ_1'103,* ~:AJ_13'392.

22a

MES ?? Tigranes of Armenia defeats the Parthians and conquers part of Mesopotamia.
@ Strab_11'532,(14.15) 16'745;(1.19) IsidChar_2;(6) { After the death of Mithridates II of Parthia, and before Tigranes' invasion of Syria.}

GRE Sulla visits hot springs ( ? Aedepsus ) in Euboea in an attempt to cure his gout.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Strab_10'447;(1.9) ~Plut:Sull_26'4-9.*

Sulla sends a painting by Zeuxis and other treasures back to Rome, but the ship carrying them sinks near Malea.
@ Lucian:Zeux_3.

Sulla takes Aristotle's books back to Rome, where they are later acquired by Tyrannion.
* Read Strabo's account
@ Strab_13'609;* (1.54) ~Plut:Sull_26'1-2; Lucian:Ind_4; Suda_A'3009; { Green_721.}

GRE << Document: Sherk_62b,B a letter from Sulla confirming the privileges of the Dionysiac Artists at Cos.

26b

<< Document: Syll_744, an inscription in honour of an Aetolian who fought in Sulla's army.

ROM The senate appoints Murena to take over as Roman commander in Asia.
@ Memn_26'1.

The senate passes a resolution calling for the disbanding of all armies.
@ +[Liv]:Per_84; { OCD�.}

Carbo plans to seize hostages from the Italian cities, but is stopped by the senate.
* Read Livy's account
@ +[Liv]:Per_84;* ValMax_6.2'10.

Verres, as quaestor, deserts Carbo and goes over to Sulla with a large sum of money.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Verr_1'2, '11, '38, 2.1'11, ~'34-40,* '77; { CAH_9'187; DPRR.}

== Freedmen and new citizens are distributed amongst all 35 tribes.
@ +[Liv]:Per_84; { CAH_9'186; Green_721.}

== M.Fonteius' upright behaviour as quaestor.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Font_3,* 5; { DPRR.}

PEL << C.Antonius uses cavalry troops to plunder the province of Achaea.
@ Ascon_84,L 88;L (↓) { DPRR.}

CIS == The birth of the poet Catullus.
* Read St.Jerome's account
@ !Hieron:Chron_1930,* 1959; { OCD�.}

ITA == Document: CIL_1.683, recording the dedication of a reservoir to Jupiter at Capua.

LYC == Document: CIL_1.725 & 1.726, recording the dedication of a statue to Rome by the Lycians, in gratitude for having their freedom restored by Sulla.