81
Sulla appointed dictator, reforms the constitution and the criminal law.
80
Sulla Consul II.
79
Sulla resigns as dictator.
78
Sulla dies.
75 (or 74)
King Nicomedes bequeaths Bithynia to Rome.
74
Mithridates invades Bithynia. Lucullus given command against him.
73–71
Slave revolt in Italy, led by Spartacus.
68
After successful campaigning against Mithridates, Lucullus’s troops become restless.
67
Pompey given command against pirates, whom he clears from the Mediterranean.
66
Pompey given command against Mithridates.
63
Mithridates commits suicide.
Cicero elected consul.
62
Pompey’s eastern settlement; he returns to Italy.
61
Senate refuses to confirm Pompey’s settlement and land allocations for his soldiers.
60
Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus agree alliance, known as the First Triumvirate.
59
Caesar elected consul.
58–50
Caesar’s conquest of Gaul.
49–45
Civil war.
48
Battle of Pharsalus.
44
Caesar assassinated.
43–33
Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus establish Second Triumvirate.
Proscription. Cicero put to death.
32–31
Civil war.
31
Antony and Cleopatra defeated at the Battle of Actium.
30
Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide.
27
Octavian/Augustus establishes new constitutional settlement.
43
Invasion of Britannia.
In memory of
the poet
Jose-Maria de Heredia,
my forebear
and
another student of Rome
LA TREBBIA
