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

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1

EGY {27 Tybi -E = February} Document: PTeb_30, correspondence about the change of ownership of land near Cerceosiris.

2

ROM The sumptuary law of Aemilius Scaurus.
* Read Gellius' account
@ +Plin:HN_8'223; Gell_2.24'12;* +[Vict]:VirIll_72'5.

3

Scaurus punishes the praetor P.Decius.
@ +[Vict]:VirIll_72'6; { DPRR.}

4

The death of Metellus Macedonicus, who is regarded as an example of extreme good fortune up to the end of his life.
* Read Velleius' account
@ Cic:Fin_5'82-83, :Tusc_1'85-86; ~Vell_1.11'5-7;* ValMax_7.1'1; Plin:HN_7'59, '142, '146; Plut:Mor_318'B-C; [Vict]:VirIll_61'6; August:DeCiv_2'23;(↓) { OCD�.}

4a

CAP << Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia is murdered by Gordius, allegedly at the instigation of Mithridates of Pontus.
* Read Justin's account
@ Just_38.1'1,* '6; { OCD�; Errington_p323.}

4b

AEG << Document: OGIS_260, a statue of Cn.Papirius Carbo dedicated by Antiochus VIII of Syria.

4c

EGY {Mesore -E = August} Document: OGIS_168, letters from Ptolemy IX and Cleopatra to priests and officials in Elephantine.

5

CIS Scaurus defeats the Ligurians.
@ +[Vict]:VirIll_72'7.

6

Scaurus' army shows restraint by not damaging the countryside through which it is marching.
@ Frontin:Str_4.3'13.

6a

Document: Syll_712.D, the final decision of arbitrators from Cnossus in a dispute between Lato and Olous.

7

EGY {4 Choiak -E = December} Document: PTeb_21, a letter from Polemon to Polemon.

8

ROM {December -R} The triumph of M.Scaurus, over the Carni.
* Read Fasti's account
@ #FastTr_p106;* +[Vict]:VirIll_72'7; { CAH_9'783; DPRR.}

9

== The censors Metellus and Domitius review the senate.
* Read Livy's account
@ Cic:Clu_119; ~[Liv]:Per_62;* ValMax_2.9'9; Plut:Mar_5'6; { CAH_9'783; DPRR.}

9a

== The censors stop theatrical performances in Rome.
@ Cassiod:Chr_639.

10

== The temple of Juno is struck by lightning.
@ +Plin:HN_2'144.

11

== M.Scaurus attempts to introduce the worship of the god Alburnus.
@ Tert:Apol_5'1.

12

== M.Scaurus remarks on the diligence of M.Cicero, the grandfather of the orator.
@ +Cic:Leg_3'36.L

13

IT+ == The censors redistribute public land in Italy and Africa.
@ CIL_1.585'16, '23, '50-52<t= ARS_51>.

14

ROM << M.Drusus, as praetor urbanus, allows an action on breach of contract against an heir.
@ [Cic]:RhetHer_2'19; { DPRR.}

15

?? P.Scaevola publishes the official Roman historical records, called the Annales Maximi.
@ Cic:DeOr_2'52.

16

?? P.Scaevola carefully analyses his moves after losing a game of "duodecim scripta".
@ Quint_11.2'38.

17

?? The death of the pontifex maximus P.Scaevola.
@ Plut:Sull_36'5; { Scaevola and L.Piso were consuls in 133 B.C., and both lived until after the death of C.Gracchus.}

18

?? L.Piso is given the surname Frugi because of his integrity.
@ Cic:Tusc_3'16.

19

PEL ?? Callo of Epidaurus changes sex as the result of surgery.
@ ~Diod_32.11'1-4.