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municipia sine suffragia
less integration, no vote
Lex claudia
218: prevents senators from trade
Publius Sulpicius Rufus
Tribune for 88. Proposes distribution of new citizens between existing tribes. Exchanges command vs. Mithridates (Sulla’s) for armed Marius’ support; first casualty of Sullan proscriptions.
Diophanes and Stoic Blossius
Influences on Gracchi
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Cross-dresser; transfers orders–>tribunate; passes populist measures (grain, reinstatement of collegia) by delaying assignment of provinciae and thus using as carrot/stick
Scaevola (consul), random Cato, Fulvius Flaccus
Allies of Gracchi
Mandata
Instruction of E to governors, mags
131b
Two plebeians hold censorship
Ethnicity of all tetrachs
Illyrian
Taxation, jury courts to equites
G Gracchus
Lowers army pay
Macrinus
Minucius Rufus
Tribune of 121; proposes repeal of Gracchus’ legislation–>violence in which Opimius’ servant killed
When Mac province?
149b
121-11
Agrarian laws–>ager publicus converted to private property, rent abolished
Appius Claudius Pulcher
In 142, defeated for censorship by Aemilianus; father in-law of T Gracchus; commisioner of land commision with Gracchi
104b
Ahenobarbus passes plebeians can be priests
Population at turn of century
50-70; 20% urbanization
Reforms of Marius
6 centuries<legion of 6000; all ages, classes intermixed with pilum and gladius; carry own equiptment
Pulcheria
Sister of Theodosius II
90b
Lex Julia de Civitate latinis danda: citizenship to all municipia who had not fought; followed by grant to all
Lex Julia de adulteriis
Husbands must divorce, prosecute; after 2 months, liable themselves; wife may but need not divorce
freed 10,000 slave bodyguard
Sulla
Marcus Furius Camillus
As dictator 2*, captures Veii, repels Gauls
Calpurnius Bibulus
Son-in-law of Cato; Optimate candidate against and then colleague of Caesar; attempts veto-by-omen of Caesar’s redistribution. Expelled by Assembly, along with Cato . Provokes joke: Julius and Caesar consuls of 59
70b
Cicero prosecutes Verres for extortion in Sicilly
Edict of Milan
Issued by Licinius as a rescripta: freedom of religious expression, restoration of confiscated properties.
A Gabinius
Tribune of 67: Pompey with 20 propraetors
Who crowns Tiridates?
Nero, at Rome
65b
Censorship of Crassus: proposes citizenship to transpadane; accept spurious Ptolemaic will; perhaps kill consuls with Catiline
Viriathus
Lusitanian leader assassinated in 138
Manlius
General of Catiline in Etruria
M F Flaccus
As consul, proposes Latin status for all Italian allies; as tribune with G Gracchus (unprecedented). Killed under SCU by Lucius Opimius
54b
Death of Julia ruptures triumvirate
Arpinum
Home of Marius
Ariovistus
German leader against whom Caesar campaigns
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
Presumptive consul for 55; intends to terminate Caesar’s campaign
55b
Caesar’s invasion of Britain (1)
Pescennius Niger
Acclaimed in Syria (3), supported by 7 other Eastern legions; defeated near Issus
Battle of Corfinium
Caesar deats Ahenobarbus, adds troops to his
II Parthica
Stationed at Castra Albana
Colonies of Caesar
20 of 100,000 total
Protectores Augusti Nostri
Initiated by Gallienus as an honor (often granted to Praetorians and officers in comitatus. Thereafter, became more of a military unit
Freedmen to decuriones
Caesar
Simeon Styletes
419-59
Senate under Caesar
900 with centurions, Gauls, even freedmen
Robber Council
Affirms monophysitism. However, poor attendence and irregularities (violence) lead to repudiation,
Magistrates under Caesar
Doubles P, A, and Q
Britain, Mauretania provinces
43a
493b
Foedus Cassianum: perpetual peace between Latins and Rome, Latin league
Comitia
Decision-making, electoral (no debate)
Q. Publius Philo
First plebeian praetor (337); first proconsul (326); mandated one consul plebeian
Comitia centuriata
193 centuriae: 18 equestrian, 70 in prima classis; 90 in 2-5; 5 of lower classes
Scullard’s trend for Comitia
Tributa gradually supercedes centuriata for legislation. However latter still does consuls, appeals for capital cases (former for fines), war and peace
High point of Senatorial influence
Zama-Destruction of Corinth
Sources of money during 3rd:
citizens pay direct capital tax (only for mil purposes); all pay customs duties
Ausculum
Last major stronghold of Italian League.
Why not aid mamertines
Hypocritical; breach treaty of 306
Gnaeus P Carbo
Colleague of Cinna for 85-4 and of Young Marius, in 82. Distributes citizens among new tribes.
131b
Lex Rupilia collects tithes, harbor taxes from Sicilly via private citizens rather than societates
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Tribune for 50. Proposes Caesar to stand as mag. Pompey blocks.
Leaders of merc revolt
Matho and Spendicus
Lex
Statement of general norm employing TRIB POT
Demetrios of Pharos
In 229, betrays Corcyra to Romans–>client king; expansion triggers response in 219; in Macedon, endorses peace with Aetolians, war with Rome
Paths from army to citizenship
from Claudius, diplomata (honorable discharge from auxiliaries); from II.i, enlistment.
Split during 2nd Punic
Barbarians, Campanians Punicize; Latins, Umbrians, Etrurians loyal
Defensor civitatis
protector of common citizens against ‘the more powerful’–esp. decuriones, magistrates. Generally thought to begin with Valerian but attested–esp. as sundikoi earlier.
212b
Marcellus sacks Syracuse
Terminates grain distribution
Sulla
Legions in the field during 212
25, including slaves
What day did Caesar cross
1/10/1949
Causes of victory at Cynoscephelae
Devolved power–>tribune outflanks with one legion, attacks from rear
Imperial censi
Claudius, Vespasian
Causes of Syrian War
Aetolians tried to combine three kings, Philip, Nabis and Antiochus, against Rome; took Demetrias
deditio in fidem
Total surrender
After Pydna
500 Aetolians executed; 1000 Achaeans deported; Epirus destroyed/enslaved
Marcus Popillius Laenus
Draws a line around Antiochus Epiphanes
Last indemnity payment for 2nd Punic
151
Quintus Metellus
Original patron of Metellus; disagreement over consulship provokes split. Thereafter becomes Marius’ implacable opponent.
Samnite league dissolved; colonies at Beneventum
269b
Saturninus
As tribune of 103, obtains land for Marius’ veterans. As tribune of 100, overrides opposition among plebs and senators, employs veterans at polls, forces Metellus into exile. Wins third tribunate, submits to Marius after SCU, is battered to death in curia.
Capture of Carthago Nova
209
Alignment during Social War
Samnites and Lucanians revolt; Campanians and Latins remain loyal; Etrurians and Umbrians join briefly.
Deification of Caesar
42
Tribune Rullus
63: Empowered to buy rather than confiscate. On the one hand, addresses real concerns: reduce unrest through resettlement. On the other hand, it concentrated power in the decemviri’s hands: vast funds, control over allocations to Pompey’s veterans.
Forum Julia/Calendar
46
M Aurelius Cleander
Freedman servant to PraeP, under Commodus
Theater of Pompey
61-54
Number of legions under SS
30->33
Censorship of Crassus
65
Aemilius Papinianus
PraeP under SS. Like Julia Domna, from Emesa, speeks Greek and Syriac. However, law school in Beirut educates to be greatest jurist
Death of Agrippa
12b
decreta
Statement of general norm.
Pater Patriae
2b
Jovian
Balkan-born protector; like Valentinian, Theodosius, son of a low-born General.