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 68. Coss., L.               Æt. 38. Death of Cicero's cousin Lucilius Metellus,               L. Cicero and of his father (?). Q. Marcus Rex. Atticus buys an estate near Buthrotum.

67. Coss., C.               Æt. 39. Cicero elected prætor after Calpurnius Piso,                 two postponements of the comitia and Manius Acilius                   some serious riots (Dio, 36, 38-39). Glabrio. The war against the pirates intrusted to Pompey by the lex Gabinia.

Birth of the younger Q. Cicero.

66. Coss., Manius           Æt. 40. Prætor Urbanus. Æmilius Lepidus, L. Volcatius                     Delivers the speech pro Cluentio: and Tullus. the first contio or speech to the people extant, ''pro imperio Cn. Pompei (pro lege                                 Manilia''), to give Pompey the command in the Mithradatic war.

Quintus Cicero elected ædile.

65. Coss., L.              Æt. 41. Speech pro C. Cornelio, of Aurelius Cotta, L.               which only fragments remain. Manlius Torquatus. Cicero begins making preparations for his canvass for the consulship.

Birth of Cicero's son Marcus (July).

64. Coss., L.               Æt. 42. Elected consul with C. Antonius. Iulius Cæsar, C. Martius Figulus. Speech in Toga Candida, of which fragments remain.

Q. Cicero addresses to him the essay de Petitione Consulatus (vol. i., pp. 367-381).

Tullia betrothed to C. Piso Frugi.

Birth of Horace.

. Coss., M.               Æt. 43. Consul. Speeches de lege Tullius Cicero, C.               agraria in Rullum (3), pro C. Rabirio, pro Antonius. Murena, in Catilinam (3). Suppression of the Catilinarian conspiracy and execution of the conspirators in the Mamertine prison (November-December).

On December 31st the tribune Q. Metellus Nepos prevents Cicero from addressing the people on laying down his*