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

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ROM C.Decianus, the prosecutor of Furius, is himself condemned for his remarks about the death of Saturninus.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:RabPerd_24-25,* :Flac_77; ValMax_8.1d'2; Schol:Bob_95, 105;L { Soon after the trial of Furius.}

2

THR The Romans subdue the Maedi and Dardani.
@ +Obseq_48.

2a

GRE Document: Syll_728, Athenian records of the fourth Pytha�s at Delphi.

2b

AEG << Document: Syll_727, a dedication to Pistis (Faith) on the island of Delos.

3

SIC << L.Domitius takes harsh measures to restore order in Sicily.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Verr_2.5'7;* ValMax_6.3'5; { DPRR.}

4

CAP << Ariarathes VIII is forced out of Cappadocia by Mithridates, and dies soon afterwards.
@ ~Just_38.2'1-2; { CAH_9'142; OCD�.}

5

ROM The censors, Flaccus and Antonius, remove M.Duronius from the senate because of his opposition to sumptuary laws.
* Read Fasti's account
@ Cic:DeOr_2'274; +FastCap_p74;* ValMax_2.9'5; { CAH_9'786.}

6

== A decree of the senate bans human sacrifices.
@ +Plin:HN_30'12.L

7

== C.Marius buys a house in the centre of Rome.
@ ~Plut:Mar_32'1-2.

8

== L.Sulla, as praetor, receives a sarcastic rebuke from C.Caesar.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Plut:Sull_5'5;* [Vict]:VirIll_75'4; { DPRR; Green_720.}

9

== L.Sulla displays a lion hunt for the first time in games at Rome.
@ Sen:Dial_10.13'6; Plin:HN_8'53.

10

== The birth of the actress Galeria Copiola, who lived to be over 100 years old.
@ ~Plin:HN_7'158; { She was 104 years old in 8 A.D.}

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== Document: CIL_1.702, an inscription on a wine jar.

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AEG == Document: Syll_726, a dedication to Heracles on the island of Delos.