Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 100 B.C. through 51 B.C.
- -100 to -51
- Gaius Julius Ceasar b. -100 (d. -44)
- Marius consul for the sixth time -100
- Cato the Younger b. -95 (d. -46)
- Civil war in Rome: Marius driven out by Sulla -90
- Roman army, led by Sulla, regains control of Italy -89
- Risings against Roman rule at Athens -88
- Marius d. -86 (b. -156)
- Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman politician, Cato's nephew
and son-in-law, b. -85 (d. -42)
- Sulla defeats the younger Marius and is created dictator
for life -82
- Sulla voluntarily resigns his dictatorship -79
- Sulla d. -78 (b. -138)
- Mithridates VI of Pontus renews war against Rome and is
defeated by Lucullus -73
- The Suevi, a Ger. tribe, cross the Upper Rhine under
their King Ariovistus and invade Gaul -72
- Revolt of slaves and gladiators under Spartacus,
crushed by consuls Pompey and Crassus -71
- Gaius Maecenas, Roman statesman, b. c. -70 (d. -8)
- Dynastic war in Palestine -69: Hyrcanus II deposed;
rise of the House of Antipater
- Crete captured by the Romans -68
- Defeated by Pompey, Mithridates VI commits suicide -63
- Pompey enters Syria, completes conquest of Palestine
(by -63), and makes it part of Roman province of Syria
- Gaius Octavius (Augustus), future Roman emperor, b. -63
(d. A.D. 14)
- Pompey captures Jerusalem -63
- Catilina defeated and killed at Pistoria -62
- Gaius Julius Caesar, nephew of Marius, wins his first
victories in Spain -61
- Caesar returns to Rome, is elected consul, and forms
with Pompey and Crassus the first triumvirate -60
- Roman colonies in Switzerland -60
- Caesar in Gaul (-58 to -50)
- Northern Gaul conquered by Caesar; punitive expeditions
sent to Britain -55
- When Caesar invades Britain, Cassivellaunus, a powerful
Belgic tribal leader in southern Britain, agrees to pay
tribute to Rome -54
- Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians at Carrhae -53
- Pompey becomes consul in Rome -52
- Gaul subdued by Caesar -51
- Cleopatra VII, last queen of Egypt (to -31)
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