CHRONOLOGY. 



425 



B.C. 



Chronolo- 123. Carthage rebuilt by order of the Roman senate. 



gy Herodicus called Cratiteus, the grammarian. 



**"" "Y" 122. A very large comet appeared. 



121. A great eruption of JEtna. Caius Gracchus killed. 



L. Caelius Antipater, the Roman historian. 

 120. A comet appeared in the eastern part of China. 

 Castor of Rhodes, thechronnlogerand historian. 

 419. Two comets appeared in China one in spring in 

 the N. E. and another in summer, in the N. W. 

 A comet appeared for 70 days. Menccrates of 

 Nysa, the grammarian. 

 118. Narbonne built by a Roman colony. Dalmatia 



conquered by Metellus. 



116. The government of Egypt assumed by Cleopatra. 

 Lucilius, the first Roman satyrist, ob. 103, act. 46. 

 115. Apollodorus of Athens, the chronologer and gram- 

 marian. 

 113. Marcus Antonius, ten. the Roman orator, ob. 87, 



set 56. 



112. The Jugurthine war begins, and lasts five years. 

 110. A comet appeared in China, in the autumn. Lu- 

 cius Crassus, the orator, ob. 91, ast. 49. 

 109- Samaria taken by Hyrcanus. The Teutones and 



Cimbri attack and defeat Silanus. 

 108. The Romans defeated by the Cimbri. Athenion, 



the Peripatetic philosopher, ob. about 95. 

 107. Cicero is born. 

 106. Ptolemy dethroned by Cleopatra. Jugurtha given 



up to Marius. 



104. The Cimbri and Teutoncs defeat the Romans, 

 and kill 80,000 of them on the banks of the 

 Rhone. 

 103. The Roman people obtain the power of electing 



the prxtors. 

 102. The Teutones defeated by Marius at Aix 200,000 



killed, and 80,000 taken prisoners. 

 101. Marius and Catullus defeat the Cimbri, of whom 



l'.!0,000 are killed, and 60,000 taken prisoners. 

 100. The Agrarian law revived by Saturninus. Julius 

 Cxa.ir born. Philo, the philosopher of the 3d 

 Academy. 

 99. The Romans conquer Lusitania. -A globe of fire 



appeared. 



97. Ptolemy Appion dies and leaves his kingdom to 

 the Romans. Mesopotamia occupied by the Ro- 

 mans. 



96. The king of Parthia sends ambassadors to China. 

 95. Charmidas, the philosopher of the 3d Academy. 

 94. Antiochus of Cyzicum defeated by Seleucus. 

 93. Seleucus defeated by Antiochus the Pious. Apel- 

 licon Teiua, the proprietor of a famous library at 

 Athens, ob. about 86. An aurora borealis ap- 

 peared. 



91. The Social or Marsic war commences, and is finished 



by Sylla in 88. L. Sisenna, the Roman historian. 



90. A comet appeared in Virgo. Asclepiadea of Prusias, 



the phys cian, ob. after 63. 



89. The Mithridatic war begun. Play fair places it in 94. 

 88. The civil war between Marius and Sylla begins and 

 continues six years. Alexander Poiyhistor, the 

 grammarian and historian. 



7. Photius Callus, the first Latin rhetorician. A co- 

 met appeared in the N. W. of China in the spring. 

 Others place it in 84. 



86, Athens taken by Sylla, who defeats Archclaus. 

 85. Diotimus the 8t<;ic philosopher, ob. after 83. Rome 



contains 464,00<J citizeni. 

 "OL. VI, PAT II. 



B. C. 



84. Q. Valerius Antias, the Roman historian. Peace Chronolo- 



between Mithridates and Sylla. J7- 



83. Zeno of Sidon, the Epicurean philosopher. Sylla 

 destroyed the Capitol. 



82. Sylla plunders the temple of Delphos defeats Ma- 

 rius is created dictator. Quintus Hortensius, 

 the Roman orator, ob. 50, set. 68. 



81. A. Lucius Archias, the poet. 



80. Antipater of Sidon, the poet. 



79. Sylla resigns the dictatorship. Possidonius of Apa- 

 mea, the Stoic philosopher and astronomer, ob. 

 after 51, :et 84. 



77- Geminus of Rhodes, the astronomer and mathema- 

 tician. 



76. Apollom'us of Rhodes, the rhetorician. 



75. Nicomedes, king of Bithynia, dies and leaves his- 

 kingdom to the Romans. Theodosius of Tripoli, 

 the mathematician. 



73. The Servile war begins under Spartacus, &c. 



71. Spartacus being defeated by Crassus, the Servile 

 war end?. Tyrannic, the grammarian, ob. after 56. 



70. The censorship revived at Rome. M. Terentius 

 Varro, ob. 28, act. 88. Virgil born. 



69. The Roman Capitol rebuilt. Rome contains 450,000 

 citizens. Lucullus defeats Mithridates. A comet 

 appeared in the west of China in the spring. 



68. Aristodemus of Crete, the grammarian. 



67. Mithridates defeated by Pompcy in Armenia. The 

 war of the Pirates. 



66. Crete reduced to a Roman province. 



65. The reign of the Seleucidz ends. And Syria re- 

 duced to a Roman province. A very large comet 

 appeared. T. Lucretius Carus, ob. 54, set. 44. 



64. Dionysius of Thrace, the grammarian. 



63. Catiline's conspiracy detected by Cicero. Mithri- 

 dates killed himself. Jerusalem taken by Pom- 

 pey. 



62. Antiochus, the philosopher of the third Academy. 



61. L. Taruntius Spurina, the mathematician, ob. after 

 44. 



60. A comet was observed by Possidonius during an 

 eclipse of the sun. The first triumvirate between 

 Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus. Catullus, the lyric 

 poet, ob. about 40, xt. 46. 



59. Andronicus of Rhodes, the Peripatetic philosopher. 



58. Cicero banished by the intrigues of Clodius. 



57. Cicero recalled from exile. Sallust, the historian, 

 expelled from the senate in 50, ob. 35. set. 51. 



55. Cacaar passes the Rhine, and defeats the Germans. 

 Caesar's first invasion of Britain. Ptolemy king 

 of Egypt restored. Pompey builds a stone t:ieatre 

 for public amusements. 



54. Cxsar's second invasion of Britain. Timagenes of 

 Alexandria, the historian and rhetorician. 



53. Crassus killed, and his army defeated by the Par- 

 thian*. Cratippus, the Peripatetic philosopher. 



52. Milo murders Clodius. 



5!. Gaul becomes a Roman province. 



50. The civil war begins, Oct. 22d. Rome contains 

 320,000 citizens. A comet appeared. 



49. Caesar proclaimed dictator. A comet appeared in 

 China. Cornelius Nepos, ob. about 25. 



48. The battle of Pharsalia. Varro the poet. 



47. A very large comet appeared. Julius Caesar retake* 

 Alexandria. The Alexandrian library destroyed. 



46. The war of Africa. Cato kills himself at Utica. 

 Tbij year, called the year ofcvnfvtion, was con- 

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