14 Flashcards
simultainious capture of biythinia and cappadocia
mithradates around 90 bc
ariobarzanes
lawful king of cappadocia when mithradates took it
nicomedes 4
son of nicomees 3 lawful king of bithynia
manius aquilius
comsul 101 along with marius, roman envoy, encouraged nicoedes 4 to raid pontus
90 bc east-retal
nicomedes raids pontus
mithradates vs nicomedes and aquilius
sweeps roman army and nicomedes in 90 and then pours molten gold on tyhe head of aquilius as retrebution
mithradates conquests in 88/89
murders 80,000 romans(exagerated) and takes much of asia but notably not rhodes
mithradates in delos
masaceres 20,000 italians, naval
mithradtes at athens in 88
makes athens rebel to join him, made the port, piraeus, his base of navel opperations in greece
consul 88
sulla
tribune 88
sulpicius rufus
gave up election in 89
rufus
sulpicius’ bill (lex sulpica? possibly publia?)
(1) to enroll the new Italian citizens as well as the freedmen in all the thirty-five tribes, \
(2) to recall all exiles,
(3) to exclude from the senate all members owing bills in excess of 2000 denarii (in orderto prevent bribery and corruption),
(4) to replace Sulla with Marius in the command against Mithridates.
sula run pout of rome
sulla leaves his army at nola
declares religios holidays to prevent sulpicius’ bill, caused a riot which sulla only survived by hiding in marius’ house and was then allowed to go into exile
sulla’s first march
Nola to Rome, declared marius, sulpicius and ten others enamies of the state, executed sulpicius afer he is betrayed by a slave, repealed sulpicius’ legisltion, exiled marus to north africa,
later after math of sulla’s first march
intrest rate to 10%, optimate power constitutionally enshrined, made cinna swear not to make changes untill he was back.
Licinius Lucullus no.1
aristocratic officer in sulla’s first march
consuls 87
cinna and gnaeus octavius
cinna driven from rome
mob caused by octavius
cinna and marius’ march on rome
marius cuts off ostia while cinna comes from nola, they take rome quickly