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iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 02:07:51 am

62 BCE

King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene builds his mountain-top tomb-sanctuary at Mount Nemrut.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 03:28:47 am

63 BCE

Roman annexation of Judea as a client kingdom. King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II is reappointed king (ethnarch) under Roman suzerainty and high priest, until 40 BC.

Hyrcanus II from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum "

iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 04:06:58 am

64 BCE

Pompey destroys the kingdom of Pontus; Mithridates VI commits suicide after escaping to the Crimea.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 04:49:09 am

65 BCE

Tigranes of Armenia was defeated and captured by Pompey, thus ending all hostilities on the northeastern frontier of Rome.

Tigranes the Great's Empire

iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 05:04:17 am

66 BCE

Battle of the Lycusâ€”Pompey the Great decisively defeats Mithridates VI, effectively ending the Third Mithridatic War.

Mithrridates VI

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 05:15:49 am

Gamla

Battle of Jotapata and massacre of its 40,000 Jewish inhabitants. The historian Josephus, leader of the rebels in Galilee, is captured by the Romans led by Vespasian.
Fall of the Jewish fortress of Gamla in the Golan to the Romans and massacre of its inhabitants.

Ruins of the city of Gamla

iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 05:23:22 am

68 BCE

Lucius Lucullus defeats Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Artaxata

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 07:42:22 am

69 BCE

In Egypt, Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler.

Ptolemy XII smashing his enemies with a royal mace. Relief from the first pylon in the temple at Edfu

iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 09:36:21 am

70 BCE

Phraates III becomes the King of Parthia

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 23:54:05 pm

71 BCE

Spartacus (Greek: Î£Ï€Î¬ÏÏ„Î±ÎºÎ¿Ï‚; Latin: Spartacus) (c. 109-71 BC) was the most notable leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about Spartacus beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory and may not always be reliable.

Spartacus by Denis Foyatier, 1830

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 02:06:27 am

72 BCE

Quintus Sertorius was assassinated by his subordinate, Marcus Perperna, who was in turn defeated by Cnaeus Pompeius, thus ending the Sertorian War in Spain.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 02:42:06 am

73 BCE

Third Servile War begins with gladiators, led by the Thracian Spartacus, breaking out of a gladiatorial training school in Capua and forming an army, made up of runaway slaves and others with little to lose. With some 70,000 men, Spartacus rampages throughout Campania, assaulting the prosperous cities of Cumae, Nola and Nuceria.

Part of the Zliten mosaic from Libya (Leptis Magna), circa 80-100 CE. It shows (left to right) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo (who is signaling his defeat to the referee), and one of a matched pair.

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 03:10:49 am

74 BCE

Pamplona (where the bulls are run) was founded

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 04:26:59 am

75 BCE

Julius Caesar travels to Rhodes to study under Apollonius Molon. On his way across the Aegean Sea, he is kidnapped by Cilician pirates and held prisoner in the Dodecanese islet of Pharmacusa. The young Caesar is held for ransom of twenty talents, he insists they ask for fifty. After his release Caesar raises a fleet at Miletus, pursues and crucifies the pirates in Pergamon.

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 04:46:24 am

76 BCE

Salome Alexandra becomes queen of Judea, after the death of her husband, Alexander Jannaeus, until 67 BC.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 05:07:36 am

77 BCE

Birth of Liu Xiang, Chinese scholar, editor of the Shan Hai Jing, compilator of the LienÃ¼ zhuan, and father of Liu Xin (died 6 BC)

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 05:20:51 am

78 BCE

The Tabularium is built in the Forum.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 23:50:19 pm

79 BCE

In Rome, Lucius Cornelius Sulla renounces his dictatorship.

Bust of Sulla in the Munich Glyptothek.

iomoon · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 02:49:21 am

80 BCE

Ptolemy XII Auletes succeeds Ptolemy XI Alexandros II to the throne of Egypt.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 04:28:23 am

81 BCE

Sulla is appointed dictator and reforms the Roman government.

iomoon · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 05:06:06 am

82 BCE

Gaius Marius the Younger is besieged at the fortress city of Praeneste in Latium. After a fierce resistance, Marius committs suicide.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 05:24:15 am

83 BCE

A fire breaks out which burns down the Temple of Jupiter (Jupiter Capitolinus) and destroys the collection of Sibylline Books.

Michelangelo's rendering of the Erythraean Sibyl

iomoon · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 05:58:07 am

84 BCE

End of the First Mithridatic War.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 06:09:24 am

85 BCE

The birth of Atia Balba Caesonia, niece of Julius Caesar and mother of Augustus (d. 43 BC)

Atia Balba from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum "

iomoon · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 06:18:28 am

86 BCE

First Mithridatic War

o March 1â€”Sulla captures Athens from the Pontic army, removing the tyrant Aristion.
o Lucius Licinius Lucullus decisively defeats the Mithridatic fleet in the Battle of Tenedos.
o The Roman forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla defeat the Pontic forces of Archelaus in the Battle of Chaeronea.
o The Dardani ally with Pontus and are defeated by Sulla soon after

Diver Pete · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 09:23:19 am

87

Antikythera mechanism manufactured.

The mechanism is the oldest known complex scientific calculator. It contains many gears, and is sometimes called the first known analog computer, although its flawless manufacturing suggests that it may have had a number of predecessors during the Hellenistic Period which have not yet been discovered. It appears to be constructed upon theories of astronomy and mathematics developed by Greek astronomers. One hypothesis is that the device was constructed at an academy founded by the ancient Stoic philosopher Posidonius on the Greek island of Rhodes, which at the time was known as a centre of astronomy and mechanical engineering, and that perhaps the astronomer Hipparchus was the engineer who designed it since it contains a lunar mechanism which uses Hipparchus's theory for the motion of the Moon. Investigators have suggested that the ship could have been carrying it to Rome, together with other treasure looted
from the island to support a triumphal parade being staged by Julius Caesar. However, the most recent findings of The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, as published in the July 30, 2008, edition of Nature also suggest that the concept for the mechanism originated in the colonies of Corinth, which might imply a connection with Archimedes. The circumstances under which it came to be on the cargo ship are unknown. Consensus among scholars is that the mechanism itself was made in the Greek speaking world. All the instructions of the mechanism are written in Greek.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 00:04:19 am

88 BCE

Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Greece.

Mithridates VI from the Louvre.

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 03:24:48 am

89 BCE

Lex Pompeia grants Latin rights to cities in Cisalpine Gaul.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 03:36:07 am

90 BCE

Cicero starts to serve in the Roman army.

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 03:54:54 am

91 BCE

Liu Ju, crown prince of the Han Dynasty, revolts against his father, Emperor Wu, and his witchcraft trials. After his rebellion fails, he hangs himself.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 04:22:26 am

92 BCE

Antiochus XI Epiphanes, king of the Greek Seleucid Empire, drowned

Territories of the Seleucid Empire (in yellow).

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 09:28:35 am

93 BCE

Ariobarzanes I Philiromanus, king of Cappadocia from 93 to ca. 63 or 62 BCE.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 23:05:57 pm

94 BCE

Nicomedes IV succeeds his father Nicomedes III as king of Bithynia.

Ancient Region of Anatolia
Bithynia (Î’Î¹Î¸Ï…Î½Î¯Î±)

iomoon · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 02:34:33 am

95 BCE

"Forty metre structure" at Emain Macha (near modern Armagh, Northern Ireland) built and destroyed, presumably for ritual or ceremonial purposes.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 02:57:23 am

96 BCE

Greece: Seleucus VI Epiphanes becomes king of the Seleucid Empire following the death of his father Antiochus VIII Grypus, and defeating in battle Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.

Coin of Antiochus VIII Grypus. Reverse: god Sandan standing on the horned lion, in his pyre surmounted by an eagle.

iomoon · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 03:22:04 am

97 BCE

Sulla displays a lion hunt for the first time in games at Rome.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 03:28:07 am

98 BCE

Rome: The Senate passes a resolution forbidding human sacrifice.

"Polyxena dies by the hand of Neoptolemus on the tomb of Achilles" (1900 drawing after an ancient cameo)

iomoon · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 03:47:13 am

99 BCE

Birth of Lucretius, Latin philosopher and poet (d. ca. 55 BC)

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 03:54:25 am

100 BCE

Tigranes II of Armenia is placed on Armenian throne by the Parthians in exchange for the cession of "seventy valleys". (approximate date)

iomoon · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 05:12:22 am

101 BCE

The Roman consuls Gaius Marius and Manius Aquillius defeat the Cimbri in the Battle of Campi Raudii (or Battle of Vercellae).

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 06:26:49 am

102 BCE

The Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) took place in 102 BCE. After a string of Roman defeats (see Battle of Arausio), the Romans under Gaius Marius finally defeated the Teutones and Ambrones.

The migration of the Teutons and the Cimbri.
X Cimbri and Teutons defeats.
X Cimbri and Teutons victories.

iomoon · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:28:21 am

103 BCE

Alexander Jannaeus succeeds his brother Aristobulus I as king and high priest of Judea, until 76 BC.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 23:03:08 pm

104 BCE

Aristobulus I succeeds John Hyrcanus, becoming king and high priest of Judea, until 103 BCE.

Aristobulus I from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum"

iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 00:50:37 am

105 BCE

Lucius Cornelius Sulla secures the capture of Jugurtha. His success is made possible by the treachery of Bocchus I, king of Mauretania, and this ends the Jugurthine War (which has begun in 112 BC).

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 01:18:52 am

106 BCE

Sulla captured Jugurtha, thus ending the Jugurthine War.

Jugurtha in chains before Sulla, from Sallust's La conjuracion de Catilina y la Guerra de Jugurta (Madrid, 1772)

iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 01:35:16 am

107 BCE

Gaius Marius, having enacted the Marian reforms of the Roman army, arrived in North Africa to lead the war against Jugurtha, with a young quaestor named Lucius Cornelius Sulla as a subordinate.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 01:41:53 am

108 BCE

The Korean kingdom of Gojoseon falls, and Chinese Emperor Wu of Han establishes the Lelang Commandery in northern Korea.

Liu Che - Emperor of Western Han Dynasty

iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 04:46:30 am

109 BCE

A Roman army under Marcus Junius Silanus was defeated by the Cimbri and Teutones near the Rhone River.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 04:52:08 am

110 BCE

Jugurtha king of Numidia defeats a Roman army under Aulus Postumius Albinus.

Aulus Albinus from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum "

iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 07:56:25 am

111 BCE

The Han Empire annexes the Vietnamese kingdom of Nam Viet, and thereby extends its territory to modern-day North Vietnam.


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