12-20-2005, 12:38 AM
A few dates from the Late Republic:
49BC 10th/11th Jan - Caesar crosses the Rubicon
49BC 21st Feb - Corfinium falls to Caesar
49BC 18th March - Pompeius flees from Brundisium with his army
49BC 2nd August - Battle of Ilerda, Spain - Caesar beats Afranius and Petreius
48BC 7th July - Dyrrachium. Pompeius defeats Caesar
48BC 28th Sept - Murder of Pompeius on the coast of Egypt
47BC 27th March - Caesar victorious in Egypt
47BC 2nd August - Battle of Zela. Caesar defeats Pharnaces
46BC 6th April - Thapsus. Caesar defeats Cato and Scipio et al
45BC 17th March - Battle of Munda
44BC 15th March - Murder of Caesar!
43BC 14th April - Battle of Forum Gallorum
43BC 21st April - Battle of Mutina
43BC 19th Oct - Octavian declared consul after marching on Rome
43BC 27th Nov - The Triumvirate is formed
42BC 1st Jan - Deification of Caesar
42BC 1st/23rd Oct - First and second battles of Philippi
36BC 3rd Sept - Battle of Naulochus
And here are a few (perhaps even more approximate) dates from Tacitus on the very hectic year 69:
69AD 2nd/3rd Jan - Mutinous soldiers of the German legions salute Vitellius emperor (but how do they salute, we wonder?)
69AD 15th Jan - Otho declared emperor in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
69AD 15th March - Otho leaves Rome with his troops to face the invading Vitellians
69AD 5th April - Battle of Castores. Vitellians defeated.
69AD 14th April - First Bedriacum/Cremona. Otho defeated
69AD 16th April - Emperor Otho commits suicide at Brixellum
69AD 19th April - Vitellius declared emperor by the senate
69AD 19th Sept - Forum Alieni. Antonius Primus ambushes the Vitellians
69AD 12th Oct - The Ravenna fleet mutiny for Vespasian
69AD 24th/25th Oct - Second Bedriacum/Cremona
69AD 26th-29th Oct - Cremona sacked
69AD 28th Nov - Misenum fleet mutiny for Vespasian
69AD 7th Dec - Rebellious marines from Misenum seize Tarracina
69AD 15th Dec - Vitellian army surrenders at Narnia
69AD 17th Dec - L.Vitellius recaptures Tarracina after fleet rebellion
69AD 19th Dec - Panic on the streets of Rome! Vitellius' praetorians storm the Capitol and murder Vespasian's brother Sabinus (Boo!)
69AD 20th Dec - Rome falls to the Flavian army under Antonius Primus. Vitellius executed! (Hooray!)
Any errors in the above are probably my own typos! Most of the dates are approximate, I believe.
49BC 10th/11th Jan - Caesar crosses the Rubicon
49BC 21st Feb - Corfinium falls to Caesar
49BC 18th March - Pompeius flees from Brundisium with his army
49BC 2nd August - Battle of Ilerda, Spain - Caesar beats Afranius and Petreius
48BC 7th July - Dyrrachium. Pompeius defeats Caesar
48BC 28th Sept - Murder of Pompeius on the coast of Egypt
47BC 27th March - Caesar victorious in Egypt
47BC 2nd August - Battle of Zela. Caesar defeats Pharnaces
46BC 6th April - Thapsus. Caesar defeats Cato and Scipio et al
45BC 17th March - Battle of Munda
44BC 15th March - Murder of Caesar!
43BC 14th April - Battle of Forum Gallorum
43BC 21st April - Battle of Mutina
43BC 19th Oct - Octavian declared consul after marching on Rome
43BC 27th Nov - The Triumvirate is formed
42BC 1st Jan - Deification of Caesar
42BC 1st/23rd Oct - First and second battles of Philippi
36BC 3rd Sept - Battle of Naulochus
And here are a few (perhaps even more approximate) dates from Tacitus on the very hectic year 69:
69AD 2nd/3rd Jan - Mutinous soldiers of the German legions salute Vitellius emperor (but how do they salute, we wonder?)
69AD 15th Jan - Otho declared emperor in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
69AD 15th March - Otho leaves Rome with his troops to face the invading Vitellians
69AD 5th April - Battle of Castores. Vitellians defeated.
69AD 14th April - First Bedriacum/Cremona. Otho defeated
69AD 16th April - Emperor Otho commits suicide at Brixellum
69AD 19th April - Vitellius declared emperor by the senate
69AD 19th Sept - Forum Alieni. Antonius Primus ambushes the Vitellians
69AD 12th Oct - The Ravenna fleet mutiny for Vespasian
69AD 24th/25th Oct - Second Bedriacum/Cremona
69AD 26th-29th Oct - Cremona sacked
69AD 28th Nov - Misenum fleet mutiny for Vespasian
69AD 7th Dec - Rebellious marines from Misenum seize Tarracina
69AD 15th Dec - Vitellian army surrenders at Narnia
69AD 17th Dec - L.Vitellius recaptures Tarracina after fleet rebellion
69AD 19th Dec - Panic on the streets of Rome! Vitellius' praetorians storm the Capitol and murder Vespasian's brother Sabinus (Boo!)
69AD 20th Dec - Rome falls to the Flavian army under Antonius Primus. Vitellius executed! (Hooray!)
Any errors in the above are probably my own typos! Most of the dates are approximate, I believe.
Nathan Ross
