may perhaps refer to this, "omni
| | | |bonâ arte in exsilium actâ," cf.
| | | |bonâ arte in exsilium actâ," cf.
Satires
Tac.
Ann.
xv.
60.
| | | |Sat. viii. 211, "Libera si dentur populo suffragia,
| | | |quis tam Perditus ut dubitet Senecam præferre Neroni. "
| | | |Sat. x. 15, "Temporibus diris igitur jussuque Neronis
| | | |Longinum, et magnos Senecæ prædivitis hortos clausit,"
| | | |_et seq. _
| | | |
| | | |Death of Lucan, in his 26th year. Sat. vii. 79. Tac.
| | | |Ann. xv. 70. Suet. Ner. 35.
| | | |
| | | |Death of Poppæa. Tac. Ann. xvi. 6. Sat. viii. 218, "Sed
| | | |nec Electræ jugulo se polluit, aut Spartani Sanguine
| | | |conjugii. "
| | | |
| | 66| 819|Death of Thrasea Pætus. Tac. Ann. xvi. 21-35.
| | | |
| | | |Martial comes to Rome, æt. 23.
| | | |
| | | |Nero sets out for Greece: meets Vatinius ("Sutrinæ
| | | |tabernæ alumnus," Tac. Ann. xv. 34) at Beneventum. Sat.
| | | |v. 47, "Tu Beneventani Sutoris nomen habentem Siccabis
| | | |calicem nasorum quatuor. "
| | | |
| | | |Lubinus places the banishment of Annæus Cornutus in
| | | |this year. Cf. ad Pers. v. 5.
| | | |
| | 67| 820|Death of Corbulo.
| | | |
| | | |Nero in Greece, celebrates the 211th Olympiad (the
| | | |Olympiad having been deferred for him, Suet. Ner.
| | | |19-22), and adds a musical contest. Sat. viii. 225,
| | | |"Gaudentis fœdo peregrina ad pulpita cantu Prostitui,
| | | |Graiæque apium meruisse coronæ. "
| | | |
| | | |«Jewish war committed by Nero to Vespasian. »
| | | |
| | 68| 821|Nero returns to Rome. Sat. viii. 230, "Et de marmoreo
| | | |citharam suspende Colosso. "
| | | |
| | | |Vindex revolts and proclaims Galba. Ib. 221, "Quid enim
| | | |Verginius armis Debeat ulcisci magis aut cum Vindice
| | | |Galba. "
| | | |
| | | |Galba accepts the empire in April.
| | | |
| | | |Death of Nero in June, in his 31st year.
| | | |
| | | |«Quintilian comes to Rome with Galba, and remains 20
| | | |years. »
| | | |
|212| 69| 822|Vitellius proclaimed, Jan. 2. Tac. Hist. i. 56, 57.
| | | |
| | | |Galba killed, Jan. 15, in his 73d year. Sat. vi. 559,
| | | |"Magnus civis obit et formidatus Othoni. "
| | | |
| | | |Otho acknowledged. Battle of Bedriacum. Death of Otho
| | | |at Brixellum in April, in his 37th year. Sat. ii. 106,
| | | |"Bedriaci in campo spolium affectare Palati. "
| | | |
| | | |Vitellius enters Rome in July, and is killed Dec. 21.
| | | |
| | | |Vespasian proclaimed July 1st, æt. 60.
| | | |
| | 70| 823|Vespasian enters Rome. Titus takes Jerusalem.
| | | |
| | 71| 824|Triumph of Titus and Vespasian. They passed through the
| | | |"Porta Idumæa. " Sat. viii. 160.
| | | |
| | | |Temple of Peace begun. Sat. ix. 22; i. 115.
| | | |
| | | |Temple of Janus closed for the sixth time.
| | | |
| | 72| 825|Commagene reduced to a province. Sat. vi. 550,
| | | |"Commagenus Aruspex. "
| | | |
| | 74| 827|Expulsion of Philosophers by Vespasian.
| | | |
| | 75| 828|Temple of Peace concluded. Suet. Vesp. 9.
| | | |
| | 76| 829|Birth of Hadrian. Cf. A. D. 138.
| | | |
| | 78| 831|Agricola in Britain. Tac. Agric. xviii. Sat. ii. 160.
| | | |
| | 79| 832|Death of Vespasian, June 23, in his 70th year.
| | | |
| | | |Titus succeeds. «Eruption of Vesuvius. Death of Pliny
| | | |the elder. Cf. Plin. vi. Epist. 16, 20. »
| | | |
| | 80| 833|Fire at Rome. Temple of Isis, and Capitol, burnt.
| | | |
|215| 81| 834|Death of Titus, Sept. 13.
| | | |
| | | |Domitian succeeds. Sat. iv. 37, "Flavius Ultimus, et
| | | |calvo serviret Roma Neroni. "
| | | |
| | 82| 835|Domitian rebuilds the Capitol (Suet. Dom. 5), and
| | | |patronizes learning. Sat. vii. 1, "Et spes, et ratio
| | | |studiorum in Cæsare tantum. "
| | | |
| | 83| 836|Domitian's expedition against the Catti and Sarmatæ.
| | | |
| | | |Three Vestal virgins punished. Sat. iv. 10, "Sanguine
| | | |adhuc vivo terram subitura Sacerdos. "
| | | |
| | 84| 837|Domitian takes the name of "Germanicus. " Receives the
| | | |censorship for life. Sat. iv. 12; ii. 121.
| | | |
| | | |Defeat of Galgacus in Britain. Sat. ii. 160, 161,
| | | |"Domitianus nobiles multos relegavit et optimates
| | | |occidit. " Chron. Euseb. Cf. Sat. iv. 151, _seq. _
| | | |
| | 86| 839|Domitian institutes the Capitoline Games. Suet. Dom.
| | | |4, "Certamen quinquennale triplex, Musicum, Equestre,
| | | |Gymnicum. " «Cf. A. D. 60. » Sat. vi. 387, "An Capitolinam
| | | |deberet Pollio quercum Sperare et fidibus promittere. "
| | | |Cf. ad Sulpic. 41.
| | | |
| | | |Dacian war. Sat. iv. 111, cum Schol.
| | | |
| | | |«Birth of Antoninus Pius. »
| | | |
|217| 89| 842|Quintilian teaches at Rome ("Publicam Scholam et
| | | |Salarium è fisco accepit," Hieron. ), Domitian's
| | | |nephews, among others. Some think Juvenal attended his
| | | |lectures. Sat. vi. 75, 280; vii. 186, 189.
| | | |
| | 90| 843|Domitian expels the philosophers (cf. A. D. 74). Tac.
| | | |Agr. 2. (Sat. iii.
may perhaps refer to this, "omni
| | | |bonâ arte in exsilium actâ," cf. l. 21. )
| | | |
| | | |Senecio put to death for writing a book in praise of
| | | |Helvidius Priscus. Cf. Sat. v. 36.
| | | |
| | | |Sulpicia's Satire. «Pliny prætor in his 29th year. »
| | | |
| | 91| 844|Domitian's triumphs over Dacians and Germans. «Sat. vi.
| | | |205, "Dacicus et scripto radiat Germanicus auro:" but
| | | |cf. A. D. 110. »
| | | |
| | | |Cornelia, a Vestal virgin, buried alive. (Vid. Suet.
| | | |Dom. 8. Plin. iv. Ep. 11. Cf. A. D. 83. ) This happened
| | | |after the death of Julia. Sat. ii. 32.
| | | |
|218| 98| 846|Sarmatian war. (Sat. ii. 1. ) Death of Agricola.
| | | |
| | | |Massa and Carus (i. 35, 36) referred by some to this
| | | |date.
| | | |
| | | |Influence of Paris. Sat. vi. 87, "Ludos Paridemque
| | | |reliquit. " Sat. vii. 87, "Paridi nisi vendat Agaven;"
| | | |and 90, _seq. _
| | | |
| | | |Palfurius Sura, Armillatus, Pegasus, Vibius Crispus
| | | |Placentinus, Acilius Glabrio, Fabricius Veiento,
| | | |Catullus Messalinus, Curtius Montanus, and Crispinus
| | | |flourish. Sat. iv. 50-150; vi. 82; i. 26; xi. 34.
| | | |
| | 94| 847|Lateranus consul. viii. 146, _seq. _, "Prætor majorum
| | | |cineres atque ossa volucri Carpento rapitur pinguis
| | | |_Damasippus_, et ipse, Ipse rotam stringit multo
| | | |sufflamine consul;" where some read "Lateranus;" others
| | | |say Lateranus is intended by Damasippus.
| | | |
| | | |This is probably the date of the event recorded in Sat.
| | | |iv. , "Illa tempora sævitiæ claras quibus abstulit Urbi
| | | |Illustresque animas impune et vindice nullo," l. 151.
| | | |Cf. Tac. Agric. 44, who says that after the death of
| | | |Agricola (A. D. 93) "Domitianus non jam per intervalla
| | | |ac spiramenta temporum sed continuo et velut uno ictu
| | | |Rempublicam exhausit," _et seq. _
| | | |
| | 95| 848|Death of Clemens, the consul.
| | | |
| | | |«Persecution of Christians. St. John at Patmos. »
| | | |
| | | |Flavia Domitilla exiled to _Pontia_. «Cf. xiii. 246,
| | | |"Aut maris Ægæi rupem, scopulosque frequentes Exulibus
| | | |magnis. "»
| | | |
| | | |The fourth book of the Sylvæ of Statius written.
| | | |
| | | |In the third book written A. D. 94, he mentions the
| | | |close of the Thebais. Cf. Sat. vii. 82, "Curritur ad
| | | |vocem jucundam et carmen amicæ Thebaidos, lætam fecit
| | | |quum Statius Urbem Promisitque diem. "
| | | |
| | | |The Thebaid had employed twelve years.
| | | |
| | 96| 849|Domitian killed in September, in his 45th year. Sat.
| | | |iv. 153, "Sed periit postquam cerdonibus esse timendus
| | | |Cœperat, hoc nocuit Lamiarum cæde madenti. "
| | | |
| | | |Nerva succeeds.
| | | |
|219| 97| 850|Nerva adopts Trajan. «Tacitus "Consul Suffectus. "»
| | | |
| | 98| 851|Death of Nerva, Jan. 25th, in his 63d year.
| | | |
| | | |Trajan (then at Cologne) succeeds.
| | | |
| | | |«Plutarch flourishes. Pliny, Præf. Ærarii Saturni. »
| | | |
| | 99| 852|Trajan enters Rome.
| | | |
| | | |«Martial, 10th book, 2d edition. Silius Italicus still
| | | |living. »
| | | |
| | 100| 853|Consulship of M. Cornelius Fronto with Trajan. Sat. i.
| | | |12, "Frontonis platani, convulsaque marmora clamant
| | | |Semper et assiduo ruptæ lectore columnæ. "
| | | |
| | | |Pliny and Tacitus impeach Marius Priscus, proconsul of
| | | |Africa. Fronto Catius defends him. Cf. Plin. ii. Epist.
| | | |xi. The case was tried before Trajan in person. Cf.
| | | |Sat. i. 47, "Et hic damnatus inani Judicio; quid enim
| | | |salvis infamia nummis? Exul ab octavâ Marius bibit, et
| | | |fruitur Diis iratis. " And viii. 120, "Quum tenues nuper
| | | |Marius discinxerit Afros. "
| | | |
| | | |Pliny's Panegyric, in his consulship.
| | | |
| | | |Death of S. John.
| | | |
| | | |«Martial returns to Bilbilis. Twelfth book of Epigrams. »
| | | |
|220| 101| 854|First Dacian war. "Trajanus primus aut solus etiam
| | | |vires Romanas trans _Istrum_ propagavit," Victor, p.
| | | |319; perhaps alluded to, Sat. viii. 169, "Syriæque
| | | |tuendis Amnibus et Rheno atque _Istro_. "
| | | |
| | | |Isæus flourishes. "Magna Isæum fama præcesserat: major
| | | |inventus est. Summa est facultas, copia, ubertas. "
| | | |Plin. ii. Epist. 3. Cf. Sat. iii. 73 (with the
| | | |Scholiasts), "Sermo promptus et Isæo torrentior. "
| | | |
| | 103| 856|Victories in Dacia. Peace granted to Decebalus.
| | | |
| | | |Trajan triumphs, and takes the name of "Dacicus. " (Cf.
| | | |110. ) «Pliny arrives at Bithynia. »
| | | |
| | 104| 857|Second Dacian war. Trajan takes the command.
| | | |
| | | |Hadrian serves. "Primæ legioni Minerviæ præpositus. "
| | | |Spartian. Hadr. 3.
| | | |
| | | |«Martial sends his 12th book to Rome. Vid. Ep. 18.
| | | |Pliny's letter about the Christians. »
| | | |
|221| 105| 858|Stone bridge over the Danube, by which Trajan conquers
| | | |the Dacians.
| | | |
| | 106| 859|Death of Decebalus. Dacia becomes a Roman province.
| | | |
| | | |Conquest of Arabia Petræa. 2d triumph of Trajan.
| | | |
| | 107| 860|Trajan's public works. Vid. Dio, lxviii. 15, τά τε
| | | |ἕλη τὰ Πόντινα ὡδοποίησε λίθῳ. κ. τ. λ. Cf. iii. 307,
| | | |"Armato quoties tutæ custode tenentur Et _Pomptina_
| | | |palus et Gallinaria pinus. "
| | | |
| | 110| 863|This road is finished. «Plutarch's Lives. »
| | | |
| | | |The _coins_ of Trajan of this year bear the words,
| | | |"GERMANICUS, DACICUS. " vi. 205, "_Dacicus_, et scripto
| | | |radiat _Germanicus_ auro. "
| | | |
| | 112| 865|Hadrian Archon at Athens.
| | | |
|223| 113| 866|The column of Trajan erected (cf. Dio, lxviii. 16), to
| | | |which some think there is an allusion in the line, x.
| | | |136, "Summo tristis captivus in arcu. "
| | | |
| | 114| 867|Trajan's expedition to the East, against the Armenians
| | | |and Parthians. He proceeds in the autumn through Athens
| | | |and Seleucia to Antioch.
| | | |
| | 115| 868|Earthquake at Antioch, in January or February, in which
| | | |the consul, M. Vergilianus Pedo, perished. Dio, lxviii.
| | | |24, 25.
| | | |
| | | |In the spring Trajan marches to Armenia. Sat. vi. 411,
| | | |"Nutare urbes, subsidere terram. "
| | | |
| | | |«Martyrdom of S. Ignatius. »
| | | |
| | 116| 869|Trajan enters Ctesiphon, and takes the title of
| | | |"Parthicus. " Sat. vi.
| | | |Sat. viii. 211, "Libera si dentur populo suffragia,
| | | |quis tam Perditus ut dubitet Senecam præferre Neroni. "
| | | |Sat. x. 15, "Temporibus diris igitur jussuque Neronis
| | | |Longinum, et magnos Senecæ prædivitis hortos clausit,"
| | | |_et seq. _
| | | |
| | | |Death of Lucan, in his 26th year. Sat. vii. 79. Tac.
| | | |Ann. xv. 70. Suet. Ner. 35.
| | | |
| | | |Death of Poppæa. Tac. Ann. xvi. 6. Sat. viii. 218, "Sed
| | | |nec Electræ jugulo se polluit, aut Spartani Sanguine
| | | |conjugii. "
| | | |
| | 66| 819|Death of Thrasea Pætus. Tac. Ann. xvi. 21-35.
| | | |
| | | |Martial comes to Rome, æt. 23.
| | | |
| | | |Nero sets out for Greece: meets Vatinius ("Sutrinæ
| | | |tabernæ alumnus," Tac. Ann. xv. 34) at Beneventum. Sat.
| | | |v. 47, "Tu Beneventani Sutoris nomen habentem Siccabis
| | | |calicem nasorum quatuor. "
| | | |
| | | |Lubinus places the banishment of Annæus Cornutus in
| | | |this year. Cf. ad Pers. v. 5.
| | | |
| | 67| 820|Death of Corbulo.
| | | |
| | | |Nero in Greece, celebrates the 211th Olympiad (the
| | | |Olympiad having been deferred for him, Suet. Ner.
| | | |19-22), and adds a musical contest. Sat. viii. 225,
| | | |"Gaudentis fœdo peregrina ad pulpita cantu Prostitui,
| | | |Graiæque apium meruisse coronæ. "
| | | |
| | | |«Jewish war committed by Nero to Vespasian. »
| | | |
| | 68| 821|Nero returns to Rome. Sat. viii. 230, "Et de marmoreo
| | | |citharam suspende Colosso. "
| | | |
| | | |Vindex revolts and proclaims Galba. Ib. 221, "Quid enim
| | | |Verginius armis Debeat ulcisci magis aut cum Vindice
| | | |Galba. "
| | | |
| | | |Galba accepts the empire in April.
| | | |
| | | |Death of Nero in June, in his 31st year.
| | | |
| | | |«Quintilian comes to Rome with Galba, and remains 20
| | | |years. »
| | | |
|212| 69| 822|Vitellius proclaimed, Jan. 2. Tac. Hist. i. 56, 57.
| | | |
| | | |Galba killed, Jan. 15, in his 73d year. Sat. vi. 559,
| | | |"Magnus civis obit et formidatus Othoni. "
| | | |
| | | |Otho acknowledged. Battle of Bedriacum. Death of Otho
| | | |at Brixellum in April, in his 37th year. Sat. ii. 106,
| | | |"Bedriaci in campo spolium affectare Palati. "
| | | |
| | | |Vitellius enters Rome in July, and is killed Dec. 21.
| | | |
| | | |Vespasian proclaimed July 1st, æt. 60.
| | | |
| | 70| 823|Vespasian enters Rome. Titus takes Jerusalem.
| | | |
| | 71| 824|Triumph of Titus and Vespasian. They passed through the
| | | |"Porta Idumæa. " Sat. viii. 160.
| | | |
| | | |Temple of Peace begun. Sat. ix. 22; i. 115.
| | | |
| | | |Temple of Janus closed for the sixth time.
| | | |
| | 72| 825|Commagene reduced to a province. Sat. vi. 550,
| | | |"Commagenus Aruspex. "
| | | |
| | 74| 827|Expulsion of Philosophers by Vespasian.
| | | |
| | 75| 828|Temple of Peace concluded. Suet. Vesp. 9.
| | | |
| | 76| 829|Birth of Hadrian. Cf. A. D. 138.
| | | |
| | 78| 831|Agricola in Britain. Tac. Agric. xviii. Sat. ii. 160.
| | | |
| | 79| 832|Death of Vespasian, June 23, in his 70th year.
| | | |
| | | |Titus succeeds. «Eruption of Vesuvius. Death of Pliny
| | | |the elder. Cf. Plin. vi. Epist. 16, 20. »
| | | |
| | 80| 833|Fire at Rome. Temple of Isis, and Capitol, burnt.
| | | |
|215| 81| 834|Death of Titus, Sept. 13.
| | | |
| | | |Domitian succeeds. Sat. iv. 37, "Flavius Ultimus, et
| | | |calvo serviret Roma Neroni. "
| | | |
| | 82| 835|Domitian rebuilds the Capitol (Suet. Dom. 5), and
| | | |patronizes learning. Sat. vii. 1, "Et spes, et ratio
| | | |studiorum in Cæsare tantum. "
| | | |
| | 83| 836|Domitian's expedition against the Catti and Sarmatæ.
| | | |
| | | |Three Vestal virgins punished. Sat. iv. 10, "Sanguine
| | | |adhuc vivo terram subitura Sacerdos. "
| | | |
| | 84| 837|Domitian takes the name of "Germanicus. " Receives the
| | | |censorship for life. Sat. iv. 12; ii. 121.
| | | |
| | | |Defeat of Galgacus in Britain. Sat. ii. 160, 161,
| | | |"Domitianus nobiles multos relegavit et optimates
| | | |occidit. " Chron. Euseb. Cf. Sat. iv. 151, _seq. _
| | | |
| | 86| 839|Domitian institutes the Capitoline Games. Suet. Dom.
| | | |4, "Certamen quinquennale triplex, Musicum, Equestre,
| | | |Gymnicum. " «Cf. A. D. 60. » Sat. vi. 387, "An Capitolinam
| | | |deberet Pollio quercum Sperare et fidibus promittere. "
| | | |Cf. ad Sulpic. 41.
| | | |
| | | |Dacian war. Sat. iv. 111, cum Schol.
| | | |
| | | |«Birth of Antoninus Pius. »
| | | |
|217| 89| 842|Quintilian teaches at Rome ("Publicam Scholam et
| | | |Salarium è fisco accepit," Hieron. ), Domitian's
| | | |nephews, among others. Some think Juvenal attended his
| | | |lectures. Sat. vi. 75, 280; vii. 186, 189.
| | | |
| | 90| 843|Domitian expels the philosophers (cf. A. D. 74). Tac.
| | | |Agr. 2. (Sat. iii.
may perhaps refer to this, "omni
| | | |bonâ arte in exsilium actâ," cf. l. 21. )
| | | |
| | | |Senecio put to death for writing a book in praise of
| | | |Helvidius Priscus. Cf. Sat. v. 36.
| | | |
| | | |Sulpicia's Satire. «Pliny prætor in his 29th year. »
| | | |
| | 91| 844|Domitian's triumphs over Dacians and Germans. «Sat. vi.
| | | |205, "Dacicus et scripto radiat Germanicus auro:" but
| | | |cf. A. D. 110. »
| | | |
| | | |Cornelia, a Vestal virgin, buried alive. (Vid. Suet.
| | | |Dom. 8. Plin. iv. Ep. 11. Cf. A. D. 83. ) This happened
| | | |after the death of Julia. Sat. ii. 32.
| | | |
|218| 98| 846|Sarmatian war. (Sat. ii. 1. ) Death of Agricola.
| | | |
| | | |Massa and Carus (i. 35, 36) referred by some to this
| | | |date.
| | | |
| | | |Influence of Paris. Sat. vi. 87, "Ludos Paridemque
| | | |reliquit. " Sat. vii. 87, "Paridi nisi vendat Agaven;"
| | | |and 90, _seq. _
| | | |
| | | |Palfurius Sura, Armillatus, Pegasus, Vibius Crispus
| | | |Placentinus, Acilius Glabrio, Fabricius Veiento,
| | | |Catullus Messalinus, Curtius Montanus, and Crispinus
| | | |flourish. Sat. iv. 50-150; vi. 82; i. 26; xi. 34.
| | | |
| | 94| 847|Lateranus consul. viii. 146, _seq. _, "Prætor majorum
| | | |cineres atque ossa volucri Carpento rapitur pinguis
| | | |_Damasippus_, et ipse, Ipse rotam stringit multo
| | | |sufflamine consul;" where some read "Lateranus;" others
| | | |say Lateranus is intended by Damasippus.
| | | |
| | | |This is probably the date of the event recorded in Sat.
| | | |iv. , "Illa tempora sævitiæ claras quibus abstulit Urbi
| | | |Illustresque animas impune et vindice nullo," l. 151.
| | | |Cf. Tac. Agric. 44, who says that after the death of
| | | |Agricola (A. D. 93) "Domitianus non jam per intervalla
| | | |ac spiramenta temporum sed continuo et velut uno ictu
| | | |Rempublicam exhausit," _et seq. _
| | | |
| | 95| 848|Death of Clemens, the consul.
| | | |
| | | |«Persecution of Christians. St. John at Patmos. »
| | | |
| | | |Flavia Domitilla exiled to _Pontia_. «Cf. xiii. 246,
| | | |"Aut maris Ægæi rupem, scopulosque frequentes Exulibus
| | | |magnis. "»
| | | |
| | | |The fourth book of the Sylvæ of Statius written.
| | | |
| | | |In the third book written A. D. 94, he mentions the
| | | |close of the Thebais. Cf. Sat. vii. 82, "Curritur ad
| | | |vocem jucundam et carmen amicæ Thebaidos, lætam fecit
| | | |quum Statius Urbem Promisitque diem. "
| | | |
| | | |The Thebaid had employed twelve years.
| | | |
| | 96| 849|Domitian killed in September, in his 45th year. Sat.
| | | |iv. 153, "Sed periit postquam cerdonibus esse timendus
| | | |Cœperat, hoc nocuit Lamiarum cæde madenti. "
| | | |
| | | |Nerva succeeds.
| | | |
|219| 97| 850|Nerva adopts Trajan. «Tacitus "Consul Suffectus. "»
| | | |
| | 98| 851|Death of Nerva, Jan. 25th, in his 63d year.
| | | |
| | | |Trajan (then at Cologne) succeeds.
| | | |
| | | |«Plutarch flourishes. Pliny, Præf. Ærarii Saturni. »
| | | |
| | 99| 852|Trajan enters Rome.
| | | |
| | | |«Martial, 10th book, 2d edition. Silius Italicus still
| | | |living. »
| | | |
| | 100| 853|Consulship of M. Cornelius Fronto with Trajan. Sat. i.
| | | |12, "Frontonis platani, convulsaque marmora clamant
| | | |Semper et assiduo ruptæ lectore columnæ. "
| | | |
| | | |Pliny and Tacitus impeach Marius Priscus, proconsul of
| | | |Africa. Fronto Catius defends him. Cf. Plin. ii. Epist.
| | | |xi. The case was tried before Trajan in person. Cf.
| | | |Sat. i. 47, "Et hic damnatus inani Judicio; quid enim
| | | |salvis infamia nummis? Exul ab octavâ Marius bibit, et
| | | |fruitur Diis iratis. " And viii. 120, "Quum tenues nuper
| | | |Marius discinxerit Afros. "
| | | |
| | | |Pliny's Panegyric, in his consulship.
| | | |
| | | |Death of S. John.
| | | |
| | | |«Martial returns to Bilbilis. Twelfth book of Epigrams. »
| | | |
|220| 101| 854|First Dacian war. "Trajanus primus aut solus etiam
| | | |vires Romanas trans _Istrum_ propagavit," Victor, p.
| | | |319; perhaps alluded to, Sat. viii. 169, "Syriæque
| | | |tuendis Amnibus et Rheno atque _Istro_. "
| | | |
| | | |Isæus flourishes. "Magna Isæum fama præcesserat: major
| | | |inventus est. Summa est facultas, copia, ubertas. "
| | | |Plin. ii. Epist. 3. Cf. Sat. iii. 73 (with the
| | | |Scholiasts), "Sermo promptus et Isæo torrentior. "
| | | |
| | 103| 856|Victories in Dacia. Peace granted to Decebalus.
| | | |
| | | |Trajan triumphs, and takes the name of "Dacicus. " (Cf.
| | | |110. ) «Pliny arrives at Bithynia. »
| | | |
| | 104| 857|Second Dacian war. Trajan takes the command.
| | | |
| | | |Hadrian serves. "Primæ legioni Minerviæ præpositus. "
| | | |Spartian. Hadr. 3.
| | | |
| | | |«Martial sends his 12th book to Rome. Vid. Ep. 18.
| | | |Pliny's letter about the Christians. »
| | | |
|221| 105| 858|Stone bridge over the Danube, by which Trajan conquers
| | | |the Dacians.
| | | |
| | 106| 859|Death of Decebalus. Dacia becomes a Roman province.
| | | |
| | | |Conquest of Arabia Petræa. 2d triumph of Trajan.
| | | |
| | 107| 860|Trajan's public works. Vid. Dio, lxviii. 15, τά τε
| | | |ἕλη τὰ Πόντινα ὡδοποίησε λίθῳ. κ. τ. λ. Cf. iii. 307,
| | | |"Armato quoties tutæ custode tenentur Et _Pomptina_
| | | |palus et Gallinaria pinus. "
| | | |
| | 110| 863|This road is finished. «Plutarch's Lives. »
| | | |
| | | |The _coins_ of Trajan of this year bear the words,
| | | |"GERMANICUS, DACICUS. " vi. 205, "_Dacicus_, et scripto
| | | |radiat _Germanicus_ auro. "
| | | |
| | 112| 865|Hadrian Archon at Athens.
| | | |
|223| 113| 866|The column of Trajan erected (cf. Dio, lxviii. 16), to
| | | |which some think there is an allusion in the line, x.
| | | |136, "Summo tristis captivus in arcu. "
| | | |
| | 114| 867|Trajan's expedition to the East, against the Armenians
| | | |and Parthians. He proceeds in the autumn through Athens
| | | |and Seleucia to Antioch.
| | | |
| | 115| 868|Earthquake at Antioch, in January or February, in which
| | | |the consul, M. Vergilianus Pedo, perished. Dio, lxviii.
| | | |24, 25.
| | | |
| | | |In the spring Trajan marches to Armenia. Sat. vi. 411,
| | | |"Nutare urbes, subsidere terram. "
| | | |
| | | |«Martyrdom of S. Ignatius. »
| | | |
| | 116| 869|Trajan enters Ctesiphon, and takes the title of
| | | |"Parthicus. " Sat. vi.
