Chronology of Late Republic

Question 1

78BC

Answer 1

Death of Sulla

Question 2

75BC

Answer 2

Cicero serves as quaestor in Sicily

Question 3

73-1BC

Answer 3

Verres serves as governor in Sicily

Question 4

70BC

Answer 4

Pompey and Crassus serve as consuls
Cicero delivers In Verrem
Juries split into senators, equestrians and treasurers

Question 5

69BC

Answer 5

Cicero serves as aedile

Question 6

67BC

Answer 6

Lex Gabinia grants Pompey command against pirates

Question 7

66BC

Answer 7

Cicero serves as praetor

Lex Manilia grants Pompey command against Mithridates

Question 8

63BC

Answer 8

Cicero serves as consul; executes 5 Catilinarian conspirators

Question 9

61BC

Answer 9

Cicero testifies against Clodius in the Bona Dea trial

Question 10

60BC

Answer 10

First Triumverate formed

Question 11

59BC

Answer 11

Caesar’s first consulship

Question 12

58BC

Answer 12

Clodius exiles Cicero
Caesar serves as governor in Gaul
Cato sent by Clodius to annex Cyprus

Question 13

56BC

Answer 13

Conference at Luca

Question 14

55BC

Answer 14

Pompey and Crassus serve as consuls again

Question 15

54BC

Answer 15

Death of Julia

Question 16

53BC

Answer 16

Death of Crassus at Carrhae

Question 17

52BC

Answer 17

Clodius killed by Milo

Question 18

51-50BC

Answer 18

Cicero serves as governor of Cilicia

Question 19

49BC

Answer 19

Outbreak of Civil War- Caesar v Pompey

Question 20

48BC

Answer 20

Pompeys death after defeat at Pharsalus

Question 21

47BC

Answer 21

Caesar pardons Cicero

Question 22

46BC

Answer 22

Cato kills himself after defeat at Thapsus

Question 23

45BC

Answer 23

Last of Republican armies defeated at Thapsus

Question 24

44BC

Answer 24

15th March= Julius Caesar assassinated
Octavian named as Caear’s heir
After Antony attacks Cicero in the senate, Cicero pens Philippics

Question 25

79BC

Answer 25

Pivotal year for Rome
Creation of the Equites class
politics has to facilitate the change

Question 26

146C

Answer 26

Rome invades Corinth and Carthage. Influx of wealth and slaves. Rome overcrowded which creates social tensions. Bigger divisions between rich and poor. Territory expansion so army spread around. Social changes thus politics needs to change. Rise in populares support