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Rh ROMAN HISTORY. 1367 Coss. Cn Papirius Carbo IT. L. Cornelius Cinna IV. Occis. e. Peace concluded between Mithridates and Sulla. After the conclusion of the peace, Sulla marches against Fimbria, who kills himself. Coss. L. Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus. L. Norbanus Balbus. Sulla returns to Italy at the beginning of the year. Civil war between him and the Marian party. Cn. Pompeius (aet. 23) takes an active part in Sulla's favour. Q. Sertorius flies to Spain. The capitol burnt on the 6th of July. L. Murena, the pro- praetor, renews the war against Mithri- dates. Coss. C. Marius. Occis. e. Cn. Papirius Carbo III. Occis. e. Diet. L. Cornelius Sulla Felix. Maff. Eq. L. Valerius Flaccus. Victories of Sulla and his generals. Capture of Praeneste, and death of the younger Ma- rius the consul. Sulla is undisputed mas- ter of Italy. He is appointed dictator for an indefinite period ; proscribes his oppo- nents. Cn. Pompeius is sent to Sicily, to carry on war against the Marians. Q. Sertorius holds out in Spain. Birth of P. Terentius Varro Atacinus the poet. Birth of C. Licinius Calvus the orator. Coss. M. TuUius Decula. Cn. Cornelius Dolabella. Sulla continues dictator. His legislation. Successful campaign of Cn. Pompeius in Africa ; returns to Rome, and triumphs. Cicero's (aet. 26) oration Pro Quintio. Valerius Cato, the grammarian and poet, flourished. Coss, L. Cornelius Sulla Felix II. Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius. Sulla continues dictator, but holds the consul- ship as well. Siege and capture of Myti- lene in Asia : C. Julius Caesar (aet. 20) was present at the siege. Cicero's (aet. 27) oration Pro Sex. Ros- cio Amerino. Coss. P. Servilius Vatia (Isauricus). Ap. Claudius Pulcher. Sulla lays down his dictatorship. Metellus proconsul goes to Spain to oppose Sertorius. Cicero (aet. 28) goes to Athens. Coss. M. Aemilius Lepidus. Q. Lutatius Catulus. Death of Sulla, aet. 60. The consul Lepidus attempts to rescind the laws of Sulla, but is opposed by his colleague Catulus. Me- tellus continues the war against Sertorius. P. Servilius Vatia is sent as proconsul against the pirates on the southern coasts of Asia Minor. Cicero (aet. 29) hears Molo at Rhodes. Sallust's history began from this year. Coss. D. Junius Brutus. Mam. Aemilius Lepidus Livianus. Lepidus takes up arms, is defeated by Ca- tulus at the Mulvian bridge, and retires to Sardinia, where he dies in the course of the year. Sertorius is joined by M. Per- perna, the legate of Lepidus. Cn. Pompeius, 76 75 74 73 72 71 is associated with Metellus in the com- mand against Sertorius. Cicero (aet. 30) returns to Rome. Coss. Cn. Octavius. L. Scribonius Curio. Metellus and Pompeius carry on the war against Sertorius unsuccessfully, Cicero (aet. 31) engaged in pleading causes. Birth of Asinius Pollio. Coss. L. Octavius. C. Aurelius Cotta. War with Sertorius continued. The procon- sul P. Servilius Vatia, who was sent against the pirates in b. c. 78, subdues the Isau- rians and receives the surname of Isaurious. The proconsul C. Scribonius Curio com- mands in Macedonia, subdues the Dardani, and penetrates as far as the Danube. Cicero (aet. 32) quaestor in Sicily. Coss. L. Licinius LucuUus. M. Aurelius Cotta. War with Sertorius continued. Renewal of the war with Mithridates : Lucullas ap- pointed to the command ; he carries on the war with success, and relieves Cyzicus which was besieged by Mithridates. Cicero (aet. 33) returns from Sicily to Rome. Coss. M. Terentius Varro Lucullus. C. Cassius Varus. War with Sertorius continued. Mithridates is defeated by Lucullus, near Cyzicus. Commencement of the war in Italy against the gladiators commanded by Spartacus. The consul M. Lucullus succeeds Curio in Macedonia, and' subdues the Bessi in this or the following year. Coss. L, Gellius Poplicola. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus. Murder of Sertorius ; defeat and death of Perperna ; end of the war in Spain. Lu- cullus follows Mithridates into Pontus. The two consuls are defeated by Spartacus. Coss. P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura. Cn. Aufidius Orestes. War with Mithridates continued. Mithri- dates flies into Armenia to his son-in-law Tigranes. Spartacus defeated and slain by M. Licinius Crassus, praetor. Pompeius on his return from Spain falls in with and destroys some of the fugitives. Coss. Cn. Pompeius Magnus. Licinius Crassus Dives. Censs. L. Gellius Poplicola. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus. War with Mithridates continued ; but no active operations this year. Lucullus is engaged in regulating the affairs of Asia Minor : Mithridates remains in Armenia. Pompeius restores to the tribunes the power of which they had been deprived by Sulla. The lex Aurelia enacts that the judices are to be taken from the senators, equites, and tribuni aerarii, instead of from the se- nators exclusively, as Sulla had ordained. Cicero (aet. 37) impeaches Verres ; he delivers the orations In Q. Caecilium Dim- natio and Actio I. in Verrem. Birth of Virgil. 4 s 4