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

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ROM The senate agrees to give more money and two new legions to the commanders in Spain.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Sall:Hist_2'82D;L +Plut:Luc_5'1-3, ~:Pomp_20'1-2;* ~Appian:BCiv_1'111; { CAH_9'212; OCD_lucullus.}

AEG << The pirates set Caesar free after receiving a ransom, but he returns to capture and crucify them.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Vell_2.41'3; ValMax_6.9'15; ~Plut:Caes_2'5-7;* ~Suet:Caes_4'2; Polyaen_8.23'1; [Vict]:VirIll_78'3; { Caesar was held captive for about 40 days.}

NAR Fonteius leaves Rome for Gaul.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Font_19,* ~32; { OCD_f; DPRR.}

ROM Cicero returns from Sicily and discovers that few have heard about his achievements as quaestor, but he continues to be successful as an orator.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Planc_64-66;* ~Plut:Cic_6'2-5; Schol:Bob_163.L

AEG Caesar takes lessons in rhetoric from Apollonius Molon at Rhodes.
@ ~Plut:Caes_3'1-4.

<< Nicomedes of Bithynia dies, leaving his kingdom to the Romans.
* Read Eutropius' account
@ Cic:LegAgr_2'40; ~[Liv]:Per_93; Vell_2.4'1, 39'2; Appian:Mith_7, 71, ~:BCiv_1'111; Ampel_34'3; Festus:Brev_11'1; ~Eutrop_6.6'1;* Malal_221; { CAH_9'233; OCD_n.}

ITA << Further crimes of Oppianicus, including the murder of Asuvius and Dinaea, and the attempted murder of Cluentius.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Clu_20, 36-49,* 62.

ROM M.Cotta repeals his brother's law concerning lawsuits.
@ ~Ascon_67.L

Lucullus opposes the populist measures of the tribune L.Quinctius.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Clu_136-137;* Sall:Hist_3.34'11; ~Plut:Luc_5'4-5; { CAH_9'213; OCD_l.}

Verres intervenes in the estates of P.Annius and Minucius, and deprives the expected heirs of their inheritance.
@ Cic:Verr_2.1'104-118.

M.Antonius is granted special powers, "imperium infinitum", to enable him to complete the suppression of the pirates.
* Read Velleius' account
@ Sall:Hist_3'2-4;L ~Vell_2.31'3-4;* { CAH_9'213; OCD_a.}

THR Curio advances into Thrace, as far as the river Danube.
* Read Frontinus' account
@ Sall:Hist_2'60; ~[Liv]:Per_92; Frontin:Str_4.1'43;* Flor_1.39'6; Festus:Brev_3'2, 7'5; ~Eutrop_6.2'2; ~Oros_5.23'20; { McGushin_1'60.}

PON Opposition in Bithynia to the prospect of Roman rule.
* Read Sallust's account
@ Sall:Hist_2'83,L _4.67'9.*

CIL The death of Octavius, the new Roman commander in Cilicia.
@ ~Plut:Luc_6'1; { CAH_9'213, '234.}

PON Mithridates summons help from his allies, and makes strenuous preparations for a new war against the Romans.
* Read Appian's account
@ Sall:Hist_3'10;L [Liv]:Per_93; Memn_27'2; Plut:Luc_7'4-6; ~Appian:Mith_69-70'*

Oppianicus is accused and convicted of the attempted murder of Cluentius, but it is alleged that the jury received bribes.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Verr_1'29, '39, :Clu_7, 9-11,* 19-20, ~49-76; { CAH_9'213; OCD_c=76.}

SPA Perperna goes to Callaecia, where he captures the town of Cale.
@ Sall:Hist_3'30-31;L { McGushin_2'84-85.}

Sertorius surprises Pompeius at Palantia and forces him to retreat.
@ ~Appian:BCiv_1'112;(↓) { CAH_9'219.}

SPA Sertorius attacks the combined forces of Metellus and Pompeius at Calagurris.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_93;* ~Appian:BCiv_1'112;(↓) { CAH_9'219.}

SPA Antonius attacks the pirates and their allies in Liguria and Spain.
@ Sall:Hist_3'5-7; { CAH_9'790.}

PON Mithridates invades Bithynia: the start of the third Mithridatic war.
* Read Appian's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_93; Memn_27'3-4; Plut:Luc_7'6, :Flam_21'10; Appian:Mith_68, ~71;* ~Eutrop_6.6'2; { CAH_9'213=73; OCD_m<73 or 74>; DPRR=74; McGushin_1'248-249=74.}

Archelaus persuades the inhabitants of Heracleia to send some warships to join Mithridates' fleet.
@ ~Memn_27'5-6; { OCD_h.}

ROM C.Junius is condemned for permitting Staienus to hand out bribes during the trial of Oppianicus.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Verr_2.1'157, ~:Clu_77-79, 89-96,* 137-138, :Brut_241; { CAH_9'213.}

C.Fidiculanius is accused by Quinctius of accepting bribes during the trial of Oppianicus, but he is acquitted.
@ ~Cic:Clu_103-114.

The Romans send Lucullus to be commander against Mithridates; Lucullus occupies the journey out by learning the skills required of a general.
* Read Plutarch's account
@ Cic:Acad_2'1-2; ~Vell_2.33'1; Memn_27'1; +Plut:Luc_6'1-6,* 45'2; Appian:Mith_68, ~72; [Vict]:VirIll_74'4; { CAH_9'213; OCD_l.}

AS1 Caesar crosses over to Asia and helps to defeat Mithridates' supporters.
@ ~Suet:Caes_4'2;

BAE Metellus retires to winter quarters in Further Spain, where he offends some by his luxurious lifestyle.
* Read Livy's account
@ ~[Liv]:Per_93;* ValMax_9.1'5.

ROM == Verres intervenes to disinherit A.Trebonius, Q.Opimius, and M.Octavius, the heir of C.Sulpicius Olympus.
* Read Cicero's account
@ ~Cic:Verr_2.1'122-127,* '155-157.

== Verres seeks to make a fraudulent profit from the restoration of temples, especially the temple of Castor, which has devolved to a boy called Junius.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Verr_1'12, ~2.1'127-154.*

== Other examples of Verres' improper behaviour as praetor.
* Read Cicero's account
@ Cic:Verr_1'2, '12, 2.1'103, ~'119-121,* 5'34; { OCD_v; DPRR.}

== The praetor Q.Metellus refuses to allow the pimp Vecilius to inherit an estate.
@ ValMax_7.7'7; { DPRR; assuming that this refers to Metellus Creticus.}

== The aedile M.Seius distributes cheap corn and oil.
@ Cic:Off_2'58; +Plin:HN_15'2;L { DPRR.}

SIC == C. Sacerdos, the governor of Sicily, sets a fair price when buying in corn supplies.
@ ~Cic:Verr_2.3'119, 3'214-216; 5'55; { DPRR }

== Naevius Turpio is convicted of wrong-doing by Sacerdos.
@ ~Cic:Verr_2.2'22, 3'90. 5'108.

== Sopater of Halicyae is brought to trial, but he is acquitted by Sacerdos.
@ ~Cic:Verr_2.2'68-75, '80-81.

AEG == Document: Syll_746, a dedication to Apollo on the island of Delos.