The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius
| | 38| 791|Potion of Cæsonia? Sat. vi. 616, _seq._
| | | |
| | | |«Birth of Josephus, the historian.»
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| | 39| 792|Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, deposed and
| | | |banished by Caligula, and his dominions given to
| | | |Agrippa the father of Agrippa, Berenice, and Drusilla.
| | | |Sat. vi. 156.
| | | |
| | 40| 793|Caligula at Lyons, on his way to the ocean, institutes
| | | |the "Certamen Græcæ Latinæque facundiæ." Suet. Calig.
| | | |20. Sat. i. 44, "Aut Lugdunensem Rhetor dicturus ad
| | | |aram." Cf. xv. 111. Pers. Sat. vi. 43.
| | | |
| | | |«M. Annæus Lucanus brought to Rome in his eighth month.»
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|205| 41| 794|Caligula slain, Jan. 24. Claudius succeeds, a. æt. 50.
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| | | |Birth of Titus, Dec. 30. «Exile of Seneca.»
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| | | |Agrippa receives from Claudius Judæa and Samaria.
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| | 42| 795|Deaths of Pætus and Arria.
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| | 43| 796|First campaign of A. Plautius in Britain.
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| | | |Influence of Narcissus (Suet. Claud. 28; Dio, lx. p.
| | | |688. Sat. xiv. 329, "Divitiæ Narcissi Indulsit Cæsar
| | | |cui Claudius omnia"), and of Posides. Suet. _u. s._
| | | |Sat. xiv. 91. «Birth of Martial.»
| | | |
| | 44| 797|«Death of Agrippa, Cf. Acts xii. 21-23.»
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|206| 45| 798|«His son Agrippa at Rome intercedes for the Jews.»
| | | |
| | 46| 799|Excesses of Messalina. Sat. vi. 114-132.
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| | 48| 801|Death of Messalina (and C. Silius, whom she had openly
| | | |married), Tac. Ann. xi. 26; Suet. Claud. 26, 36, 39,
| | | |through the influence of Narcissus. Sat. xiv. 331; x.
| | | |329-345.
| | | |
| | | |Pallas the Arcadian, Claudius' freedman and secretary.
| | | |Sat. i. 109. Cf. an. 62.
| | | |
| | | |The younger Agrippa succeeds his uncle Herod.
| | | |
| | | |Remmius Palæmon, the grammarian, Quintilian's
| | | |master, flourishes. Suet. clar. Gram. 23. Sat. vi.
| | | |451, "Volvitque Palæmonis artem;" vii. 215, "docti
| | | |Palæmonis;" and l. 219.
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|207| 49| 802|Marriage of Claudius and Agrippina (widow of Domitius,
| | | |cf. an. 28). Seneca, through Agrippina's influence,
| | | |recalled from exile. (Cf. A.D. 41. Schol. ad Sat. v.
| | | |109.) Tac. Ann. xii. 8.
| | | |
| | | |Nero (a. æt. 11) placed under Seneca's care. Suet. Ner.
| | | |7.
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| | 50| 803|Eighth campaign in Britain under Ostorius. Caractacus
| | | |captured. «Persius places himself under Cornutus' care.
| | | |Pers. v. 36.»
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| | 51| 804|Birth of Domitian, while his father is consul suffectus.
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| | | |Nero receives the Toga Virilis.
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| | 52| 805|Felix, brother of Pallas, made procurator of Judæa.
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|208| 53| 806|Nero marries Octavia.
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| | | |Agrippa the younger appointed to Philip's tetrarchy,
| | | |and Trachonitis, and Abilene.
| | | |
| | 54| 807|Claudius poisoned by Agrippina's mushroom. Sat. v. 147,
| | | |"Boletum domino: sed qualem Claudius edit, Ante illum
| | | |uxoris post quem nil amplius edit." (Cf. Mart. Ep.
| | | |xiii. 48; I. xxi. 4.) Sat. vi. 620, "Minus ergo nocens
| | | |erit Agrippinæ Boletus." The poison was procured from
| | | |Locusta. Sat. i. 71, 72.
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| | | |Nero succeeds, Oct. 13, a. æt. 17.
| | | |
| | | |Domitius Corbulo appointed to Armenia. Sat. iii. 251,
| | | |"Corbulo vix ferret tot vasa ingentia." Cf. Tac. Ann.
| | | |xiii. 8.
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| | 55| 808|Death of Britannicus, who is poisoned by Nero, through
| | | |the agency of Locusta.
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| | 58| 811|Successful campaign of Corbulo in Armenia. Cf. Sat.
| | | |viii. Sabina Poppæa. Sat. vi. 462. Her husband Otho
| | | |sent into Lusitania, where he remains ten years. Cf.
| | | |Tac. Ann. xiii. 45.
| | | |
| | | |The Parthian war is perhaps alluded to in Persius, Sat.
| | | |v. 4. Vid. D'Achaintre in loc.
| | | |
| | 59| 812|Death of Agrippina (Tac. Ann. xiv. 4; Suet. Ner. 34),
| | | |during the Quinquatrus (xiv.-x. Kal. April). Sat. viii.
| | | |215.
| | | |
| | | |Consulship of L. Fonteius Capito. (Cf. an. 118.) Sat.
| | | |xiii. 17, "Fonteio Consule natus."
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| | 60| 813|Institution of the Neronia. "Certamen triplex
| | | |Quinquennale: Musicum, Gymnicum, Equestre."
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| | | |Corbulo's successful campaign in Syria.
| | | |
|210| 61| 814|Boadicea's victory. Victory of Suetonius Paulinus.
| | | |
| | | |Galba in Spain. «Birth of Pliny the younger, a few
| | | |years after Tacitus.»
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| | 62| 815|Death of Burrus.
| | | |
| | | |Sofonius Tigellinus succeeds as "Præfectus Cohortibus
| | | |Prætoriis." Cf. Tac. Ann. xiv. 57; xv. 37, 72. Sat. i.
| | | |155, "Pone Tigellinum," etc.
| | | |
| | | |Nero marries Poppæa. Death of Octavia. Tac. Ann. xiv.
| | | |60, 64.
| | | |
| | | |Pallas put to death for his money. Tac. Ann. xiv. 65.
| | | |Cf. A.D. 48.
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| | | |Death of Persius, in his 28th year.
| | | |
| | 64| 817|Nero in the theatre. Fires at Rome. Only four regions
| | | |remaining entire. Tac. Ann. xv. 40. Persecution of
| | | |Christians (c. 44), on whom the blame of the fire was
| | | |laid, and who were punished with the "Tunica Molesta."
| | | |Sat. i. 156; viii. 235. Suet. Ner. 16.
| | | |
|211| 65| 818|Piso's conspiracy. Death of Seneca. Tac. Ann. xv. 60.
| | | |Sat. viii. 211, "Libera si dentur populo suffragia,
| | | |quis tam Perditus ut dubitet Senecam præferre Neroni."
| | | |Sat. x. 15, "Temporibus diris igitur jussuque Neronis
| | | |Longinum, et magnos Senecæ prædivitis hortos clausit,"
| | | |_et seq._
| | | |
| | | |Death of Lucan, in his 26th year. Sat. vii. 79. Tac.
| | | |Ann. xv. 70. Suet. Ner. 35.
| | | |
| | | |Death of Poppæa. Tac. Ann. xvi. 6. Sat. viii. 218, "Sed
| | | |nec Electræ jugulo se polluit, aut Spartani Sanguine
| | | |conjugii."
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| | 66| 819|Death of Thrasea Pætus. Tac. Ann. xvi. 21-35.
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| | | |Martial comes to Rome, æt. 23.
| | | |
| | | |Nero sets out for Greece: meets Vatinius ("Sutrinæ
| | | |tabernæ alumnus," Tac. Ann. xv. 34) at Beneventum. Sat.
| | | |v. 47, "Tu Beneventani Sutoris nomen habentem Siccabis
| | | |calicem nasorum quatuor."
| | | |
| | | |Lubinus places the banishment of Annæus Cornutus in
| | | |this year. Cf. ad Pers. v. 5.
| | | |
| | 67| 820|Death of Corbulo.
| | | |
| | | |Nero in Greece, celebrates the 211th Olympiad (the
| | | |Olympiad having been deferred for him, Suet. Ner.
| | | |19-22), and adds a musical contest. Sat. viii. 225,
| | | |"Gaudentis fœdo peregrina ad pulpita cantu Prostitui,
| | | |Graiæque apium meruisse coronæ."
| | | |
| | | |«Jewish war committed by Nero to Vespasian.»
| | | |
| | 68| 821|Nero returns to Rome. Sat. viii. 230, "Et de marmoreo
| | | |citharam suspende Colosso."
| | | |
| | | |Vindex revolts and proclaims Galba. Ib. 221, "Quid enim
| | | |Verginius armis Debeat ulcisci magis aut cum Vindice
| | | |Galba."
| | | |
| | | |Galba accepts the empire in April.
| | | |
| | | |Death of Nero in June, in his 31st year.
| | | |
| | | |«Quintilian comes to Rome with Galba, and remains 20
| | | |years.»
| | | |
|212| 69| 822|Vitellius proclaimed, Jan. 2. Tac. Hist. i. 56, 57.
| | | |
| | | |Galba killed, Jan. 15, in his 73d year. Sat. vi. 559,
| | | |"Magnus civis obit et formidatus Othoni."
| | | |
| | | |Otho acknowledged. Battle of Bedriacum. Death of Otho
| | | |at Brixellum in April, in his 37th year. Sat. ii. 106,
| | | |"Bedriaci in campo spolium affectare Palati."
| | | |
| | | |Vitellius enters Rome in July, and is killed Dec. 21.
| | | |
| | | |Vespasian proclaimed July 1st, æt. 60.
| | | |
| | 70| 823|Vespasian enters Rome. Titus takes Jerusalem.
| | | |
| | 71| 824|Triumph of Titus and Vespasian. They passed through the
| | | |"Porta Idumæa." Sat. viii. 160.
| | | |
| | | |Temple of Peace begun. Sat. ix. 22; i. 115.
| | | |
| | | |Temple of Janus closed for the sixth time.
| | | |
| | 72| 825|Commagene reduced to a province. Sat. vi. 550,
| | | |"Commagenus Aruspex."
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| | 74| 827|Expulsion of Philosophers by Vespasian.
| | | |
| | 75| 828|Temple of Peace concluded. Suet. Vesp. 9.
| | | |
| | 76| 829|Birth of Hadrian. Cf. A.D. 138.
| | | |
| | 78| 831|Agricola in Britain. Tac. Agric. xviii. Sat. ii. 160.
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| | 79| 832|Death of Vespasian, June 23, in his 70th year.
| | | |
| | | |Titus succeeds. «Eruption of Vesuvius. Death of Pliny
| | | |the elder. Cf. Plin. vi. Epist. 16, 20.»
| | | |
| | 80| 833|Fire at Rome. Temple of Isis, and Capitol, burnt.
| | | |
|215| 81| 834|Death of Titus, Sept. 13.
| | | |
| | | |Domitian succeeds. Sat. iv. 37, "Flavius Ultimus, et
| | | |calvo serviret Roma Neroni."
| | | |
| | 82| 835|Domitian rebuilds the Capitol (Suet. Dom. 5), and
| | | |patronizes learning. Sat. vii. 1, "Et spes, et ratio
| | | |studiorum in Cæsare tantum."
| | | |
| | 83| 836|Domitian's expedition against the Catti and Sarmatæ.
| | | |
| | | |Three Vestal virgins punished. Sat. iv. 10, "Sanguine
| | | |adhuc vivo terram subitura Sacerdos."
| | | |
| | 84| 837|Domitian takes the name of "Germanicus." Receives the
| | | |censorship for life. Sat. iv. 12; ii. 121.
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| | | |Defeat of Galgacus in Britain. Sat. ii. 160, 161,