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Caesarian Civil War
49 BC - 45 BC
The main fighting ends in 48 with the battle of Pharsalus,
but insurgents remain until 45.
Social War
91 BC - 88 BC
Second Sullan Civil War
Rome defeats her former Italian allies and solidifies her
hold on Italy.
83 BC - 82 BC
Caesar crosses the Rubicon River
January 10, 0049 BC
Cicero suppresses Lucius Sergius Catilina’s attempted
revolution.
Caesar invades Italy, beginning a civil war against Gnaeus
Pomepeius Magnus
Sulla's Dictatorship
60 BC - 53 BC
First Sullan Civil War
82 BC - 81 BC
88 BC - 87 BC
Bloody period known for “proscriptions”
Sulla dies
78 BC
Consulship of Caesar and Pompey
70 BC
Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaus Pompeius Magnus, Marcus
Licinius Crassus share rule of Rome
Milo's slaves kill Publius Clodius Pulcher
52 BC
March 15, 0044 BC - October 23, 0042 BC
Antony and Octavian defeat Brutus, Cassius and the
Republican faction
Catilinarian Conspiracy
63 BC
First Triumvirate
Liberators' Civil War
Gaius Julius Caesar Assassinated
March 15, 0044 BC
Battle of Pharsalus
48 BC
Second Triumvirate
Gaius Julius Caesar defeats the forces of Gnaeus Pompeius
Magnus and becomes de facto ruler of Rome
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Marcus Antonius and
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus share rule of Rome
Battle of Actium
September 31 BC
43 BC - 33 BC
Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra; becomes de facto
ruler of Rome and thus first emperor.
The end of the Roman Republic.
Roman History
102 BC
97 BC
92 BC
87 BC
82 BC
77 BC
72 BC
67 BC
62 BC
57 BC
52 BC
47 BC
42 BC
37 BC
32 BC
Cicero defends Sextus Roscius Amerinus
80 BC
Sulla supports the prosecution.
Cicero’s victory puts him at risk.
Cicero studies in Athens
Marcus Tullius Cicero Born
January 3, 0106 BC
Highest government post
79 BC - 77 BC
Cicero prosecutes Verres
70 BC
Cicero leaves Rome, partly because Sulla is ill-disposed
towards him.
Verres had been an unusually corrupt and brutal
governor in Sicily
Catilinarian Conspiracy
63 BC
Cicero marries Terentia
79 BC
Quintus Tullius Cicero Born
104 BC
Cicero serves in Social War
M. Tullius’ Younger Brother
Cicero serves under Strabo and Sulla.
90 BC - 88 BC
Cicero divorces Terentia
46 BC
Cicero elected Consul
63 BC
Cicero's daughter Tullia born
78 BC
Cicero elected Praetor
66 BC
Cicero elected Quaestor
75 BC
He serves in Sicily and is noted by its inhabitants for his
honesty.
Cicero elected Curule Aedile
69 BC
Cicero's son Marcus born
65 BC
Cicero testifies against Clodius
62 BC
In the same year, he marries Publilia, a young girl who
had been his ward.
Publius Clodius Pulcher exiles Cicero
58 BC - 57 BC
Cicero defends Caelius
56 BC
Clodius was accused of violating the rites of the Bona Dea,
a major scandal involving Julius Caesar’s wife. Cicero’s
testimony against Clodius made him a permanent enemy.
Cicero opposes Antony
43 BC
Cicero defends Titus Annius Milo
52 BC
Cicero delivers the “Philippics,” speeches against Antony,
and backs Octavian.
Milo had killed Clodius, Cicero’s enemy
Clodia, Clodius’ sister, was behind the prosecution; Cicero
attacks her and her brother in the speech.
Cicero appointed Proconsul of Cilicia
Tullia dies
45 BC
51 BC - 50 BC
Marcus Tullius Cicero Executed
December 7, 0043 BC
Marcus Tullius Cicero
102 BC
97 BC
92 BC
87 BC
82 BC
77 BC
72 BC
67 BC
62 BC
57 BC
52 BC
47 BC
42 BC
37 BC
32 BC