559,
| | | |"Magnus civis obit et formidatus Othoni.
| | | |"Magnus civis obit et formidatus Othoni.
Satires
| | | |
| | | |Agrippa the younger appointed to Philip's tetrarchy,
| | | |and Trachonitis, and Abilene.
| | | |
| | 54| 807|Claudius poisoned by Agrippina's mushroom. Sat. v. 147,
| | | |"Boletum domino: sed qualem Claudius edit, Ante illum
| | | |uxoris post quem nil amplius edit. " (Cf. Mart. Ep.
| | | |xiii. 48; I. xxi. 4. ) Sat. vi. 620, "Minus ergo nocens
| | | |erit Agrippinæ Boletus. " The poison was procured from
| | | |Locusta. Sat. i. 71, 72.
| | | |
| | | |Nero succeeds, Oct. 13, a. æt. 17.
| | | |
| | | |Domitius Corbulo appointed to Armenia. Sat. iii. 251,
| | | |"Corbulo vix ferret tot vasa ingentia. " Cf. Tac. Ann.
| | | |xiii. 8.
| | | |
| | 55| 808|Death of Britannicus, who is poisoned by Nero, through
| | | |the agency of Locusta.
| | | |
| | 58| 811|Successful campaign of Corbulo in Armenia. Cf. Sat.
| | | |viii. Sabina Poppæa. Sat. vi. 462. Her husband Otho
| | | |sent into Lusitania, where he remains ten years. Cf.
| | | |Tac. Ann. xiii. 45.
| | | |
| | | |The Parthian war is perhaps alluded to in Persius, Sat.
| | | |v. 4. Vid. D'Achaintre in loc.
| | | |
| | 59| 812|Death of Agrippina (Tac. Ann. xiv. 4; Suet. Ner. 34),
| | | |during the Quinquatrus (xiv. -x. Kal. April). Sat. viii.
| | | |215.
| | | |
| | | |Consulship of L. Fonteius Capito. (Cf. an. 118. ) Sat.
| | | |xiii. 17, "Fonteio Consule natus. "
| | | |
| | 60| 813|Institution of the Neronia. "Certamen triplex
| | | |Quinquennale: Musicum, Gymnicum, Equestre. "
| | | |
| | | |Corbulo's successful campaign in Syria.
| | | |
|210| 61| 814|Boadicea's victory. Victory of Suetonius Paulinus.
| | | |
| | | |Galba in Spain. «Birth of Pliny the younger, a few
| | | |years after Tacitus. »
| | | |
| | 62| 815|Death of Burrus.
| | | |
| | | |Sofonius Tigellinus succeeds as "Præfectus Cohortibus
| | | |Prætoriis. " Cf. Tac. Ann. xiv. 57; xv. 37, 72. Sat. i.
| | | |155, "Pone Tigellinum," etc.
| | | |
| | | |Nero marries Poppæa. Death of Octavia. Tac. Ann. xiv.
| | | |60, 64.
| | | |
| | | |Pallas put to death for his money. Tac. Ann. xiv. 65.
| | | |Cf. A. D. 48.
| | | |
| | | |Death of Persius, in his 28th year.
| | | |
| | 64| 817|Nero in the theatre. Fires at Rome. Only four regions
| | | |remaining entire. Tac. Ann. xv. 40. Persecution of
| | | |Christians (c. 44), on whom the blame of the fire was
| | | |laid, and who were punished with the "Tunica Molesta. "
| | | |Sat. i. 156; viii. 235. Suet. Ner. 16.
| | | |
|211| 65| 818|Piso's conspiracy. Death of Seneca. 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.
