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JULIAN
99BC
1,685,198
Jan 5 Solar Eclipse.
Jun 2 Solar Eclipse.
Jun 16 Lunar Eclipse.
Jul 1 Solar Eclipse.
Nov 25 Solar Eclipse.
Dec 10 Lunar Eclipse.
Dec 25 Solar Eclipse.
Cornelius Nepos = Born.
Roman Consuls = Aulus Postumius Albinus & Marcus Antonius.
Second Sicilian Servile (Slave) = Ended.
Titus Lucretius Carns (Philosopher, Poet) = Born (Or 98 or 97BC).
98BC
May 23
Jun 7
Nov 15
Dec 2
(67)
1,685,563
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
P. Nigidius Figulus = Born.
Roman Consuls = Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos & Titus Didius.
97BC
Apr 27
May 12
May 26
Oct 20
Nov 4
Nov 19
1,685,928
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus & Publius Licinius Crassus.
96BC
Apr 16
May 1
Oct 9
Oct 27
1,686,293
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lucretius = Born.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Crassus Longinus & Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.
Rome = Took Cyrenaica (Willed by Ptolemy Apion).
Solar Eclipse in China.
95BC
Mar 21
Apr 6
Sep 15
Sep 29
1,686,658
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Antiochus X Eusebius = King.
Demetrius III Eukairas = King.
Lucius Africanus = Alive.
Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato Minor, Cato the Younger, Cato of Utica) = Born (Or 94BC).
Roman Consuls = Lucius Licinius Crassus & Quintus Mucius Scaevola.
Titus Annius Papianus Milo (Tribune) = Born.
8th Emperor Zhaodi (Liu Fuling) of China = Born.
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(68)
94BC
1,687,023
Mar 11 Solar Eclipse.
Mar 26 Lunar Eclipse.
Sep 6 Solar Eclipse.
Sep 19 Lunar Eclipse.
Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus = King (Or 92BC).
Roman Consuls = Gaius Coelius Caldus & Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.
Titus Lucretius Carus (Philosopher, Poet) = Born.
93BC
Feb 14
Mar 1
Aug 10
Aug 24
1,687,388
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Publius Clodius = Born.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Valerius Flaccus & Marcus Herennius.
92BC
Feb 2
Feb 18
Jul 15
Jul 20
Aug 13
1,687,753
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Claudius Pulcher & Marcus Perperna.
Rutilius Rufus = Condemned to death.
91BC
Jan 8
Jan 23
Jul 4
Jul 20
Dec 28
1,688,118
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
M. Lucius Licinius Crassus the Elder (Consul, Orator) = Died.
Marcus Livius Drusus (Senator, Tribune) = Assassinated.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (Consul) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Marcius Philippus & Sextus Julius Caesar.
Roman Civil (Marsic, Social) War (Italian States Uprising) (RE: Citizenship) (Or 90BC).
…Sulla = Won against Marius.
Uprising in China…Empress Wei (Wife of 7th Emperor Wudi) = Died = Suicide.
9th Emperor Xuandi (Liu Bingyi) of China = Born.
90BC
Jan 12
Jun 10
Jun 25
Jul 10
Dec 4
Dec 18
(69)
1,688,483
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Asclepiades (Physician) = At Rome.
“De Architectura” = By Vitruvius.
Pharisees = Revolted in Judaea.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Julius Caesar & Publius Rutilius Lupus.
“Shih Chi” = Written by Ssuma Chhien.
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89BC
1,688,848
Jan 3 Lunar Eclipse.
May 29 Lunar Eclipse.
Jun 14 Solar Eclipse.
Nov 23 Lunar Eclipse.
Dec 7 Solar Eclipse.
First Mithridatic War = Began (Or 88BC).
…First Pontus/Rome War…King Mithridates IV Eupator of Pontus).
Pharaoh Ptolemy IX Alexander of Egypt = Died…Brother, Ptolemy VIII Lathyrus = Returned.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius =Fought in Roman Social War.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo & Lucius Porcius Cato.
All Free Italians = Roman Citizens.
…Roman Senate = Falsely agreed to recognize rights of people.
88BC
May 4
May 19
Oct 28
Nov 12
Nov 26
1,689,213
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Aristarchus of Samothrace = Died.
P. Sulpicius Rufus = Died.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix & Quintus Pompeius Rufus.
Uprising in Athens…Consul General Lucius Cornelius Sulla fought civil war to the East of Italy.
…Consul General Lucius Cornelius Sulla = Attacked Rome.
…Social (Marsic) War = Ended…Roman Citizenship = Extended to Roman Allies.
87BC
Apr 23
May 8
Oct 18
Nov 1
1,689,578
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Antiochus XII Dionysus Epiphanes = King.
Apollodorus of Artemita = Died.
Catullus (Poet) = Born.
Haley’s Comet.
M. Antonius the Elder = Died.
Roman General Gaius Marius = Took Rome.
Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Consul) = Died.
King Mithradates II of Parthia…Succeeded by
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Octavius & Lucius Cornelius Cinna I.
Rome = Took Athens.
7th Emperor Wudi (Wuti, Wu-Ti) of China = Died…Succeeded by 8th Emperor Zhaodi (Or 86BC).
86BC
Mar 30
Apr 13
Apr 28
Sep 23
Oct 8
Oct 22
(70)
1,689,943
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Accius = Died.
Battle of Chaeronea…General Lucius Cornelius Sulla won against Mithridates VI of Pontus.
…Sulla = Took Greece & Destroyed Piraeus.
Caius (Gaius) Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) (Historian, Politician) = Born.
Gaius Marius (Consul, General) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Marius VII & Lucius Cornelius Cinna II.
Sima Qian = Died
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85BC
1,690,308
Mar 20 Lunar Eclipse.
Apr 3 Solar Eclipse.
Sep 11 Lunar Eclipse.
Sep 26 Solar Eclipse.
General Gaius Marius = Died.
King Juba of Numidia = Born.
Marcus Junius Brutus (Senator) = Born.
Nabataeans = Ruled Damascus (Until 65BC).
First Pontus/Rome War = Ended.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Papirius Carbo I & Lucius Cornelius Cinna III.
Ssu-ma Ch’ien (Grand Historian) of China = Died.
84BC
Feb 21
Mar 8
Mar 23
Aug 17
Sep 1
1,690,673
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Gaius Valerius Catullus (Poet, Writer) = Born.
Lucius Cornelius Cinna IV (Consul) = Died.
1st Mithritatic War = Ended.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Papirius Carbo II & Lucius Cornelius Cinna IV.
Vitruvius = Ideas on Architecture.
83BC
Feb 24
Feb 25
Jul 23
Aug 6
Aug 22
1,691,038
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Marcus Antonius = Born.
Second Mithridatic War (2nd Pontus/Rome War)…Sibylline Books = Burned in fire in Rome.
…Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius & General L. Cornelius Sulla = Joined forces.
…General L. Cornelius Sulla = Back at Rome = Dictator.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Norbanus & Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus.
82BC
Jan 16
Jan 31
Feb 14
Jul 13
Jul 28
(71)
1,691,403
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Amphitheatre = Founded @ Pompeii.
General Cornelius Sulla = Dictator of Rome…Killed 8,000 Prisoners.
History of Rome = By Alexander Polyhistor of Miletus.
Licinius Macer Calvus = Born.
M. Rufus Caelius = Born.
Marcus Antonius (Emperor Octavian) = Born (Or 81BC).
Second Mithridatic War (2nd Pontus/Rome War, Roman Civil War) = Ended (Or 81BC).
Quintus Mucius Scaevola (Consul, Pontifex Maximux) = Died = Killed (Proscription of Marius).
Roman Consuls = Gaius Marius & Gnaeus Papirius Carbo III.
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81BC
1,691,768
Jan 6 Lunar Eclipse.
Jan 21 Solar Eclipse.
Jun 17 Solar Eclipse.
Jul 1 Lunar Eclipse.
Jul 16 Solar Eclipse.
Dec 11 Solar Eclipse.
Dec 26 Lunar Eclipse.
Pharaoh Ptolemy VIII Lathyrus = Died…Succeeded by son, Ptolemy X Alexander & Queen Bernice.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella & Marcus Tullius Decula.
Rome = Declined to accept Egypt per King Alexander’s Will.
Sulla = Destroyed Samnium & Ruled Rome.
80BC
Jan 9
Jun 7
Jun 21
Dec 9
Dec 15
1,692,133
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Amphitheater = Founded At Pompeii.
Book of II Maccabees = Written.
Forum Baths, Pompeii = Founded.
Latin Literature Golden Age = Began.
Dictator General Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Sylla) of Rome = Resigned = Retired (Or 79BC).
Pharaoh Ptolemy X Alexander & Queen Bernice = Died = Murder.
…Succeeded by Ptolemy XI Auletes.
General Quintus Sertorius of Lusitanians = Defended against Romans.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix II & Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius.
Sang Hung-Yang (Minister of State) = Died.
Sertorius = Ruled Spain.
Small Theatre, Pompeii = Founded.
Temple of Vesta, Tivoli = Founded.
79BC
May 12
May 27
Jun 10
Nov 5
Nov 19
Dec 4
1,692,498
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Cherry Trees = To Rome from Asia Minor.
Roman Consuls = Appius Claudius Pulcher & Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus.
78BC
May 1
May 17
Oct 26
Nov 11
(72)
1,692,863
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Armillary Sphere = Invented by Hsienyü Wang-Jen.
Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey the Great) = Won against Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.
Karli Chaitya = Founded.
General Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (Dictator, Senator) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Marcus Aemilius Lepidus & Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Different one than 102BC).
Sisenna (Historian) = Praetor.
Tabularium, Rome = Founded.
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77BC
1,693,228
Apr 6 Solar Eclipse.
Apr 22 Lunar Eclipse.
May 6 Solar Eclipse.
Sep 30 Solar Eclipse.
Oct 14 Lunar Eclipse.
Oct 30 Solar Eclipse.
Antigones of the Jews = Died.
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (Triumvir) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Decimus Junius Brutus & Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus.
Spanish & Italina Civil War.
76BC
Mar 26
Apr 11
Sep 19
Oct 4
1,693,593
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
King Alexander Jannaeus of Judaea…Succeeded by Salome Alexandra = Ruled Palestine (Or 75BC).
C. Asinius Pollio = Born.
Hyrcanus II = High Priest of Jerusalem (Until 30BC).
Roman Consuls = Gaius Scribonius Curio & Gnaeus Octavius.
Third Pontus/Rome War = Began.
75BC
Mar 1
Mar 16
Aug 25
Sep 8
Sep 23
1,693,958
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Celts last attacked Britain…Brought deep ploughs & coins.
Third Mithridatic War = Began.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Aurelius Cotta & Lucius Octavius.
10th Emperor Yuandi (Liu Shi) of China = Born.
74BC
Feb 18
Mar 5
Aug 17
Aug 29
(73)
1,694,323
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Bithynia = Willed to Romans by King Nicomedes.
Third Mithridatic War = Began…King Mithridates IV Eupator of Pontus = Took Bithynia.
King Nicomedes III (IV) of Bithynia = Died.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Licinius Lucullus & Marcus Aurelius Cotta.
Stilo Praeconinus = Died.
8th Emperor Zhaodi of China = Died…succeeded by grandson, Liu He for 27 Days.
…Sunga Dynasty = Ended…Succeeded by 9th Emperor Xuandi (Or 72BC).
73BC
Jan 25
Feb 8
Jul 20
Aug 4
1,694,688
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Battle of Granicus River…Luculus = Won against Mithridates VI of Pontus.
…Lucius Licinius Lucullus = Took Pontus.
C. Aurelius Cotta = Born.
King Herod the Great of Judaea = Born.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Cassius Longinus & Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus.
Gladiator Sparticus = Led Slave Revolt (Until 71BC)…3rd Servile War.
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72BC
1,695,053
Jan 13 Solar Eclipse.
Jan 28 Lunar Eclipse.
Jun 24 Lunar Eclipse.
Jul 9 Solar Eclipse.
Jul 24 Lunar Eclipse.
Dec 19 Lunar Eclipse.
King Ariovistus of the Suevi = Attacked Gaul.
General Pompey the Great = Stopped Sparticus’ Revolt.
General Quintus Sertorius = Assassinated.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus & Lucius Gellius Publicola.
Sunga Dynasty = Ended in China.
71BC
Jan 2
Jan 17
Jun 13
Jun 29
Dec 8
Dec 22
1,695,418
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Crassus & Pompey = Put down Sparticus’ Slave Revolt…Sparticus (Gladiator, Slave) = Died in battle.
…3rd Servile War = Ended in Italy…6,000 slaves were crucified along Appian Way.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes & Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura.
Empress Xu (1st wife of 9th Emperor Xuandi) of China = Suicide.
70BC
May 21
Jun 4
Jun 19
Nov 13
Nov 28
Dec 13
(74)
1,695,783
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Amphitheatre, Pompeii = Founded.
C. Verres = In court for extortion.
Cornelius Gallus = Born.
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (Nobleman, Patron, Statesman) = Born.
Han Yen-Shou (Author) = Died.
Hillel = Born.
Phrates III = King of Parthians (Until 57BC).
Publius Vergilius Maro (Vergil, Virgil) (Poet) = Born.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey) Magnus I & Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives I.
…Consuls = Gave Tribunes back their rights.
“Verrine Orations” = By Cicero.
69BC
May 10
May 24
Nov 2
Nov 16
1,696,148
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Antiochus XIII Asiaticus = King (Until 68BC).
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt = Born.
Hyrcanus II of Palestine = Deposed…Succeeded by Antipater.
Moon = Occulted Mars.
Roman Consuls = Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus & Quintus Hortensius Hortalus.
Rome = Took Armenia.
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68BC
1,696,513
Apr 13 Lunar Eclipse.
Apr 28 Solar Eclipse.
May 13 Lunar Eclipse.
Oct 7 Lunar Eclipse.
Oct 22 Solar Eclipse.
Nov 5 Lunar Eclipse.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Caecilius Metellus & Quintus Marcius Rex.
Rome = Took Crete (68-67BC).
67BC
Apr 3
Apr 17
Sep 27
Oct 12
1,696,878
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Aristobulus II Maccabeus = Ruled Palestine (Until 63BC).
Cilicia = Roman Province.
Philip II = King (Until 66BC).
Pompey = Attacked Pirates.
Roman Consuls = Manius Acilius Glabrio & Gaius Calpurnius Piso.
Salome Alexandra of Judaea…Succeeded by Hyrcanus II…Civil War Began.
Sulla’s Wife Cornelia = Died.
66BC
Mar 8
Mar 23
Apr 7
Sep 2
Sep 17
(75)
1,697,243
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Julius Caesar = Overseer of Public Games.
General Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) = Led war against Mithridates IV at Pontus.
…To Caspian & Euphrates…Attacked Syria & Took Palestine (Or 65BC).
…3rd Pontus/Rome War (Third Mithridatic War) = Ended (Or 63 or 61BC).
Roman Consuls = Lucius Volcacius Tullus & Manius Aemilius Lepidus.
65BC
Feb 27
Mar 13
Aug 21
Sep 6
Dec 8
1,697,608
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) (Poet) = Born.
Antiochus XIII Asiaticus = King again (Until 64BC).
Cicero = Defended Cornelius.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Aurelius Cotta & Lucius Manlius Torquatus.
Roman Empire = Now Extended to the Caucasus Mountains.
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64BC
1,697,973
Jan 31 Lunar Eclipse…Rare occurance: Lunar eclipse in one month…not in second month…but again in third.
Feb 15 Solar Eclipse.
Mar 1 Lunar Eclipse…SEE Also Jan-Mar,1565BC, Jan-Mar,1109BC and Jan-Mar,1045BC.
Jul 28 Lunar Eclipse.
Aug 11 Solar Eclipse.
Bithynia & Pontus = Roman Province.
Gaius Julius Caesar = Murder Court President.
Pompey = Ruled Damascus & Jerusalem.
Pompey the Great = Took Syria...Seleucid Dynasty = Ended...Mithridates IV Eupator of Pontus=Suicide.
(Or 63BC) … Syria = Ruled by Rome.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Marcius Figulus & Lucius Julius Caesar.
Rome = Ruled Tyre.
Strabo (Geographer, Historian) = Born (Or 63BC).
Syria = Roman Province (Or 63BC).
Titus Livius (Livy) (Historian, Writer) = Born. (Or 59BC).
“Wedding of Peleus and Thetis” = By Catullus.
63BC
Jan 21
Feb 4
Jul 2
Jul 17
Aug 1
Sep 23
Nov 8
Dec 26
1,698,338
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Gaius Octavius (Augustus Caesar, Octavian) (Emperor) = Born.
Consul Marcus Tullius Cicero = Roman Senator.
Solar Eclipse.
Didymus = Born.
Gnaeus Pompeius the Great = Took Palestine…King Aristobulus II of Judaea = Died.
…Hasmonian Maccabean Dynasty = Ended in Judea.
…Hrycanus II Maccabeus = High Priest of Judaea (Until 40BC).
Julius Caesar = Pontifex Maximus.
General Marcus Antonius = Born.
Marcus Tullius Tiro = Secretary to Cicero.
…Shorthand = Invented by Marcus.
General Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa = Born.
Pompey = Reset Gaza.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (Consul) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Antonius Hibrida & Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Strabo (geographer, historian) = Born.
Uprising of Lucius Sergius Catilina.
…Lucius Sergius Catilina (Politician) = Died.
62BC
Jan 10
Jan 24
Feb 6
Jul 7
Jul 23
Dec 16
(76)
1,698,703
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Venus passed between Earth and Sun (Nov 23, -62 on Astronomical Calendar).
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Battle of Pistoria Etruria…Governor Lucius Sergius Catiline of Africa = Died.
Florence = Founded (Or 59BC).
Julius Caesar = Divorced Pompeia.
Pons Fabricius, Rome = Founded.
“Pro Archia” = By Cicero.
Quintus Roscius (Actor) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Decimus Junius Silanus & Lucius Licinius Murena.
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61BC
1,699,068
Jan 1 Lunar Eclipse.
May 27 Lunar Eclipse.
Jun 11 Solar Eclipse.
Jun 25 Lunar Eclipse.
Nov 20 Lunar Eclipse.
Dec 5 Solar Eclipse.
Dec 20 Lunar Eclipse.
Gaius Julius Caesar = Victorious in Spain.
Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey the Great) = Back at Rome.
P. Clodius = On Trial.
Ptolemy XII of Egypt.
Roman Consuls = Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus & Marcus Valerius Messala Niger.
60BC
May 17
May 31
Nov 9
Nov 24
1,699,433
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Chief Ariovistus of Suebi = Allied with Rome.
“De rerum natura” = By Lucretius.
Gaius Julius Caesar = Back at Rome from Spain.
…Julius Caesar = Published Senate Decisions.
Hillel the Elder = Born.
“Historical Library” = Begun by Diodorus of Sicily.
Orgetoris of the Helvetii = Died.
Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Consul) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Afranius & Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer.
Romans = At Switzerland.
First Triumverate = Generals Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinias Crassus & Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
59BC
Apr 21
May 6
May 20
Oct 15
Oct 29
Nov 14
1,699,798
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
“Acta Diurna” (daily newspaper) = Founded.
Calpurnia & Julius Caesar = Wed.
Julia (Caesar’s daughter) & Pompey = Wed.
Livy (historian) = Born.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Julius Caesar I & Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus.
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(77)
58BC
1,700,163
Apr 10 Solar Eclipse.
Apr 26 Lunar Eclipse.
Oct 6 Solar Eclipse.
Oct 20 Lunar Eclipse.
Cicero = Went into exile = Banished.
General Gaius Julius Caesar = Crossed Alps to France = Took Gaul = Governor = Proconsul.
…Gallic Wars = Began
…Battle of Bibracte = Helvetii lost to Julius Caesar.
…Chief Ariovistus of Suebi = Lost battle to Julius Caesar.
Gaius Octavius (father of Augustus Caesar) = Died.
King Ptolemy XI Auletes of Egypt = Ousted.
Publius Clodius Pulcher = Toman Tribune.
Roman Consuls = Aulus Galbinius & Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
Rome = Took Cyprus from Egypt…Cilicia & Cyprus = Roman Province.
57BC
Mar 16
Apr 1
Sep 9
Sep 23
Oct 9
1,700,528
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Cicero = Back from exile to Rome.
Julius Caesar = Took Belgica.
Oracles I = King of Parthians (Until 38BC).
Roman Consuls = Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther & Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos.
Romans = Destroyed Machaerus Fortress.
Three Kingdoms = Founded in Korea.
Titus Annius Papianus Milo = Roman Tribune.
56BC
Mar 5
Mar 21
Aug 30
Sep 13
1,700,893
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Gaul = Taken.
Julius Caesar = To Western France & To Aquitaine.
Lucius Lucinius Lucullus Ponticus (General) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus & Lucius Marcius Philippus.
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55BC
1,701,258
Feb 8 Solar Eclipse.
Feb 22 Lunar Eclipse.
Aug 4 Solar Eclipse.
Aug 19 Lunar Eclipse.
Aug 26 Romans under Julius Caesar = Attacked Britain & Deal.
Albius Tibullus (Poet) = Born.
“De Oratore” = By Cicero.
House of Livia, Rome = Founded.
Julius Caesar = Took Northern France (Gaul).
Julius Caesar = Took Netherlands.
Julius Caesar = Crossed Rhine River to Germany.
Lucretius (Poet) = Died.
Parthians = Fought Romans (Until 38BC).
Ptolemy XI Auletes = Returned to Throne of Egypt.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus II & Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives II.
…Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives = Died.
Theatre of Pompey.
Titus Lucretius Carus (Philosopher, Poet, Writer) = Died.
54BC
Jan 28
Feb 12
Jul 25
Aug 9
(78)
1,701,623
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Britain = Was attacked again by Julius Caesar, personally.
…Julius Caesar = Won against Chief Cassivellanunus in Britain.
…Julius Carsar = Fought Chief Ambiorix of Gauls.
Caius Valerius Catullus (Poet) = Died.
Crassus = Was defeated in Parthia.
“De Republica” = By Cicero (Or 51BC).
Dionysius of Halicarnassus = Born.
Julia (Daughter of Julius Caesar, Wife of Pompey) = Died.
Julian Forum = Founded at Rome.
“Pro Caelio” = By Cicero.
Roman Consuls = Appius Claudius Pulcher & Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.
Seneca the Elder = Born.
Tibullus (Poet) = Born.
53BC
Jan 4
Jan 18
Feb 3
Jun 28
Jul 14
Dec 23
1,701,988
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Battle of Carrhee…Marcus Licinius Crassus = Died…Parthians = Won against Rome.
Julius Caesar = Took Gergovia, France…Won against Vercingetorix of Gaul.
Julius Caesar = Crossed Rhine River again to Germany.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus I & Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus.
Yang Hsiung (Astronomer) = Alive.
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52BC
1,702,353
Jan 7 Solar Eclipse.
Jun 4 Solar Eclipse.
Jun 18 Lunar Eclipse.
Jul 4 Solar Eclipse.
Nov 28 Solar Eclipse.
Dec 12 Lunar Eclipse.
Dec 27 Solar Eclipse.
Armillary Sphere = Invented by Kêng Shou-Chhang.
“Commentaries” = By Julius Caesar (52-51BC).
“De Bello Gallico” (“Gallican Wars”) = By Julius Caesar (Or 51BC).
Julius Caesar = Took Fort Alesia, France after Siege.
…Vercingetorix = Surrendered…Revolt of Vercingetorix = Ended.
“Pro Milone” = By Cicero.
Consul Publius Clodius Pulcher (Tribune) = Died…Succeeded by Pompey.
Roman Consuls = Cneius (Gnaeus) Pompeius Magnas III & Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio.
51BC
May 24
Jun 8
Nov 17
Dec 1
1,702,718
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
11th Emperor Chengdi (Liu Ao) of China = Born.
Council of Shih-Chhü.
Julius Caesar = Finished taking Gaul….Gallic Wars = Ended.
Parthia = Attacked Syria.
Posidonius of Apamea (Philosopher) = Died (Or 50BC).
Ptolemy XI Auletes = Died…Ptolemy XII (XIII) = Pharaoh…Cleopatra VII = Queen (Until 30BC).
Roman Consuls = Marcus Claudius Marcellus & Servius Sulpicius Rufus.
50BC
Apr 29
May 13
May 30
Oct 23
Nov 8
Nov 22
(79)
1,703,083
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Antronicus = Re-discoverdd Aristotle’s Writings.
Bridge = Across Rhine River.
“Fêng Chio Shu” = By Ching Fang.
“Ho Thu Wei Kua Ti Hsiang” = Written.
Liu Hsin (Biographer) = Born.
Lucius Afranius = Alive.
Oboe = Musical Instrument in Rome.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Claudius Marcellus & Lucius Aemilius Lepidis Paullus.
Sextus Propertius (Poet) = Born.
Tibulus (Poet) = Born.
Tower of Winds = Founded at Athens, Greece.
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49BC
1,703,448
Roman Consuls = Gaius Claudius Marcellus & Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus.
Rome = Took Massilia (Marseilles, France)…Gallic Wars = Ended.
Roman Senate = Ordered Gaius Julius Caesar to resign.
Jan 10 Gaius Julius Caesar = Crossed the Rubicon River into Italy…Stalian Civil War = Began.
Gnaeus Pompeius = Fled.
Apr 19 Lunar Eclipse.
May 4 Solar Eclipse.
Oct 12 Lunar Eclipse.
Oct 27 Solar Eclipse.
Alexander Maccabeus = Died (Or 48BC).
Aristobulus II Maccabeus = Died.
9th Emperor Xuandi of China = Died…Succeeded by son, 10th Emperor Yuandi.
48BC
Mar 24
Apr 7
Apr 22
Jun 29
Sep 16
Sep 28
Oct 2
1,703,813
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Battle of Pharsalus (Pharsalas, Pharsalia), Egypt…Julius Caesar = Defeated Gnaeus Pompey.
Solar Eclipse.
General Cneius (Gnaeus) Pompeius Magnus = Assassinated.
Lunar Eclipse.
Alexandria’s Library = Was burned (Or 47BC).
Chang Chhang (Author) = Died.
M. Rufus Caelius = Died.
P. Nigidius Figulus = Died.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Julius Caesar II & Publius Servilius Isauricus.
…Julius Caesar = Dictator (Or 47BC)…1st Roman Emperor.
Tower of Winds, Athens = Founded.
47BC
Mar 13
Mar 27
Sep 5
Sep 21
1,704,178
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Antipater = Procurator of Judaea = governor of Galilee, Judea & Samaria.
Aulus Gabinius = Died.
Battle of Zela.
“De Bello Civili” = Julius Caesar.
Gnaeus Pompeius = Died = Assassinated at order of Cleopatra.
…Julius Caesar = Took Egypt (3 months with Queen Cleopatra VIII).
…Ptolemy XIV Caesarion of Egypt.
…Julius Caesar = To Rome again = Dictator.
Herod = Governor of Galilee.
Livius Macer Calvus = Died.
Pharnaces = Died.
Ptolemy XII = Drowned in Nile River…Succeeded by brother Ptolemy XIII.
…Queen Cleopatra VII = Continued also.
Roman Consuls = Publius Vatinius & Quintus Fufius Calenus.
Titus Annius Papianus Milo (Tribune) = Died.
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46BC
1,704,543
80 extra days were added to calendar by order of Julius Caesar.
= Made 1st Day of Spring on Correct Day of Solar Cycle.
= In agreement with Sosigenes of Egypt (Astronomer).
= With help of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.
= Julian Calendar = Founded.
= Julius Caesar ordered Leap Year Every 4 Years.
Extra Day #46 Lunar Eclipse.
Extra Day #62 Solar Eclipse.
Extra Day #78 Lunar Eclipse.
Apr 26 Julius Caesar = Won against Scipio.
May 25 Lunar Eclipse.
Jun
Gaius Julius Caesar = To Rome with Queen Cleopatra.
…Julius Caesar = 10-Year Dictator.
Jun 8 Solar Eclipse.
Nov
Julius Caesar = To Spain.
Nov 18 Lunar Eclipse.
Dec 3 Solar Eclipse.
Africa = At War…Became Roman Province.
Basilica Julia, Rome = Founded.
“Brutus” = By Cicero.
Carthage & Corinth = Rebuilt.
Forum of Caeesar = Founded.
King Juba of Numidia = Died.
Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger (Cato of Utica) = Suicide.
“The Paradoxes of the Stoics” = By Cicero.
“Pro Marcello” = Speech by Cicero.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (Consul) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Julius Caesar III & Marcus Aemilius Lepidus I.
Chief Vercingetorix of Gaul = Died.
45BC
Apr 29
May 13
May 28
Oct 22
Nov 7
Nov 21
1,704,988
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Battle of Munda.
Gaius Julius Caesar = Back at Rome … Life-time Dictator.
…Great nephew, Gaius Octavius = Adopted son of Gaius Julius Caesar = Octavianus
…Octavianus = Heir to Gaius Julius Caesar.
“Hortensius” = By Cicero.
No Horse-Drawn Vehicles Allowed in Rome.
Quintus Cassius Longinus = Died.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Julius Caesar IV = Sole Consul.
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44BC
1,705,353
Mar 15 Julius Caesar = Assassinated (On Ides of March) by Marcus.
= As Shakespeare later quotes Julius Caesar “Et tu, Brute” (“You too, Brutus?”)
= Assassins included: Senator Decimus Junius Brutus, General Gaius Cassius Longinus
& Publius Servilius Casca Longus.
=Leap Years Began to be Held On the 4th Year ... (Every 3 Years) ... Rather than Every 4 Years.
= Augustus Caesar = Life-time Dictator…2nd Roman Emperor.
= Cleopatra = Back to Egypt.
= Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII = Murdered by Queen Cleopatra.
Apr 18 Solar Eclipse.
May 2 Lunar Eclipse.
Oct 11 Solar Eclipse.
Oct 27 Lunar Eclipse.
Caesar = Rebuilt Corinth.
“De Officiis” = By Cicero.
Nigidius Figulus (Astrologer) = Died.
“Philippics” = By Cicero.
Roman Consuls = Marcus Antonius I & Gaius Julius Caesar V.
…Marcus Antonius = Led Rome.
Strabo = To Rome.
43BC
Mar 24
Apr 8
Apr 23
Sep 17
Oct 2
Oct 17
Leap Year
1,705,718
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
D. Laberius = Died.
Decimus Junius Brutus (Conspirator) = Killed by Marcus Antonius.
Herod Antipater = Died.
Lyons, France = Founded.
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (Consul) = Died.
“Philippics” = By Marcus Tullius Cicero (Tylly).
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) (Poet) = Born.
Rhodes = Sacked by Cassius.
Roman Consuls = Aulus Hirtius & Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus.
Second Triumverate = Marcus Antonius, Gaius Octavianus & Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.
…300 Senators and 2000 knights were put to death.
…Including Marcus Tullius Cicero (Orator, Statesman, Writer).
42BC
Mar 13
Mar 27
Sep 5
Sep 21
Oct
1,706,084
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Battle of Philippi, Macedonia…Marcus Antonius & Octavian = Won against Republicans.
…Senator Marcus Junius Brutus & General Gaius Cassius = Both committed Suicide.
Nov 16 Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus (Roman Emperor) (Stepson of Augustus) = Born.
C. Helvius Cinna = Alive.
Third Chinese Army = Went over Pamirs.
M. Clodius Marcellus (Son of Octavia) = Born.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Munatius Plancus & Marcus Aemilius Lepidus II.
Temple of Julius Caesar.
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41BC
1,706,449
Feb 15 Solar Eclipse.
Mar 2 Lunar Eclipse.
Mar 16 Solar Eclipse.
Aug 11 Solar Eclipse.
Aug 25 Lunar Eclipse.
Sep 9 Solar Eclipse.
General Marcus Antonius = Met Queen Cleopatra.
Perusine War
Roman Consuls = Lucius Antonius Pietas & Publius Servilius Isauricus II.
Vergilius (Vergil, Virgil) (Poet) = To Rome.
40BC
Feb 4
Feb 19
Aug 1
Aug 15
Oct
Leap Year
1,706,814
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Treaty of Brundisium.
Antigonus Mattathias Maccabeus = Ruled (Until 37BC).
Asclepiades of Bithynia (Founder) = died.
4th “Ecologue” = By Virgil.
Herod the Great = King of Judaea (Or 39BC).
Huan Than (Author) = Born.
Marc Antony = Won against Licinius Antoninus.
…Fulvia (Wife of Marc Antony) = Revolted against Augustus Caesar & Died.
…Marcus Antonius & Octavia = Wed.
…Octavian & Scribonia = Wed.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Asinius Pollio & Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus II.
Temple of Fortuna Virilis, Rome = Founded.
Tomb of the Julii, S. Rémy = Founded.
39BC
Jan 10
Jan 25
Jul 7
Jul 21
Aug 5
Dec 30
1,707,180
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Julia (Daughter of Augustus) = Born.
Octavian & Scribonia = Divorced…Octavian (Augustus Caesar) & Livia Drusilla = Wed (Or 38BC).
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) = Treasury Clerk.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Calvisius Sabinus & Lucius Marcius Censorinus.
General Ventidius Bassus = Defeated Parthians as far as Euphrates River.
38BC
Jan 15
Jun 25
Jul 9
Dec 4
Dec 19
1,707,545
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
“Ecologues” by Virgil = Republished (“Bucolics”) (Or 37BC).
“Laocoon” = Sculpted.
Marcus Antonius = To Egypt.
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (Drusus Senior) = Born.
Phrates IV = King of Parthians (Until 32BC).
Roman Consuls = Appius Claudius Pulcher & Gaius Norbanus Flaccus.
60 Musical Notes = Used in China.
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37BC
1,707,910
May 29 Solar Eclipse.
Jun 13 Lunar Eclipse.
Nov 22 Solar Eclipse.
Dec 7 Lunar Eclipse.
Herod the Great = King of Judah (Jews) (Until 4BC).
Marcus Antoninus = Sent Octavia back to Italy…Then he announced he had twin sons by Queen Cleopatra.
…Marcus Antoninus & Queen Cleopatra = Wed (Or 36BC).
King Orodes of Parthia = Died.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Caninius Gallus & Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa I.
Zealot Party = Founded among Jews.
36BC
May 19
Jun 2
Oct 28
Nov 12
Nov 27
Dec 9
1,708,276
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Date carved on stone @ Chiapa da Corzo, Yucatan.
Marcus Agrippa, Octavian & Lepidus = Defeated Sextus’ Navy.
Phrates IV of Parthia = Defeated Marcus Antoninus’ 32,000 Romans.
Pompeius = Died.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Gellius Publicola & Marcus Cocceius Nerva.
35BC
Apr 23
May 9
Oct 18
Nov 1
1,708,641
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
King Aristobulus III Maccabeus of Jews = Died (Or 34BC).
“Epodes” & “Satires = By Horace (35-29BC).
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Author, Historian, Politician) = Died (Or 34BC).
Roman Consuls = Lucius Cornificius & Sextus Pompeius.
…Commander Sextus Pompeius = Captured & Killed.
34BC
Mar 30
Apr 14
Apr 29
Sep 23
Oct 8
Oct 22
Leap Year
1,709,006
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Armenia = Roman Province.
Dalmatia = Roman Province.
Marcus Antoninus = Made Caesarion (Older son of Cleopatra) his son.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Scribonius Libo & Marcus Antonius II.
Sallust (Historian) = Died.
33BC
Mar 18
Apr 2
Sep 12
Sep 26
1,709,372
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus II & Lucius Volcacius Tullus.
Second Triumverate = Ended.
10th Emperor Yuandi of China = Died…Succeeded by son, 11th Emperor Chengdi.
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32BC
1,709,737
Feb 22 Lunar Eclipse.
Mar 7 Solar Eclipse.
Mar 23 Lunar Eclipse.
Aug 17 Lunar Eclipse.
Sep 1 Solar Eclipse.
Sep 15 Lunar Eclipse.
Marcus Antonius = Divorced Octavia…Gaius Octavius = Declared war.
Octavian (Emperor Caesar Augustus) = Had Antony deposed.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Sosius & Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.
T. Pomponius Atticus = Died.
31BC
Feb 11
Feb 25
Aug 7
Aug 22
Sep
Leap Year
1,710,102
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Sea Battle of Actium…Octavian & General Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa = Won against Marcus Antonius.
Roman Consuls=Imperator Caesar Augustus III (Agrippa Octavian) & Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus.
… Marcus Antonius III (in the East).
Strabo = Began his travels.
Tres Zapotes Olmec/Maya stone from now = Discovered Jan. 16, 1939AD by Matthew W. Stirling.
Vera Cruz Stela = Was dated now.
30BC
1,710,468
Jan 17 Solar Eclipse.
Feb 1 Lunar Eclipse.
Feb 16 Solar Eclipse.
Summer Octavian closed in on Antony & Cleopatra in Egypt…Cleopatra Fled.
…Marcus Antonius = Suicide when he thought Cleopatra was dead.
…Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt = Suicide when she learned Marcus Antonius died.
Jul 12 Solar Eclipse.
Jul 27 Lunar Eclipse.
Aug 10 Solar Eclipse.
Agesander = Alive.
Arch @ Pola = Founded.
Arch of Tiberius, Orange = Founded.
Emperor Augustus Caesar = Took Alexandria … Rome = Took Egypt.
…Augustus Caesar = Killed Ptolemy XIV Caesarion…31st Dynasty = Ended.
…Ptolemaic Period = Ended.
…Egypt = Roman Province…Roman Period Began.
Diodorus Siculus = Alive.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus = to Rome.
“Epodes” = Finished by Horace.
“Georgics” = By Vergil (Virgil) (Or 29BC).
Hellenistic Period = Ended in Greece.
Hillel (Scholar) = Born (Or 29BC).
John Hyrcanus II Maccabeus = Executed.
Pantheon = Founded at Rome by Agrippa (Or 27BC).
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus IV & Marcus Licinius Crassus.
“Satires” = Finished by Horace.
…Middle Stoicism Period = Ended…New Stoicism Period = Began (Until 200AD).
Shunga Dynasty = Ended in India.
Temple of Portunus, Rome = Founded.
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29BC
1,710,833
Jan 6 Solar Eclipse.
Jan 20 Lunar Eclipse.
Jun 30 Solar Eclipse.
Jul 16 Lunar Eclipse.
Dec 10 Lunar Eclipse.
Dec 25 Solar Eclipse.
“Elegies 1” = By Sextus Propertius.
Mariamme (Wife of Herod the Great) = Killed.
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus V & Sextus Appuleius.
Rome = Sacked Thebes, Egypt.
Rome = Took Sofia (Serdica, Sofiya)
Emperor Augustus Caesar (Gaius Octavius) = Declared Peace.
Titus Livius = To Rome.
28BC
Jan 8
Jun 6
Jun 21
Nov 30
Dec 15
1,711,198
Leap Year
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Alexandra Maccabees = Died.
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus VI & Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa II.
Sun Spots = Observed in China.
Vitruvius = Began Writing “On Architecture”.
27BC
Jan 16
Jan 23
May 12
May 26
Jun 10
Nov 4
Nov 20
Dec 4
1,711,564
Gaius Octavian = Gave Rule back to Senate & Became Augustus Caesar (Emperor) of Rome = Princeps.
Roman Empire = Founded. (Or 31 or 30BC).
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Arch @ Rimini = Founded.
Marcus Terentius Varro (Writer) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus VII & Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa III.
Temple under Pantheon = Founded by General Marcus Agrippa.
26BC
May 1
May 13
Oct 24
Nov 9
1,711,929
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
12th Emperor Aidi (Liu Xin) of China = Born.
Cornelius Gallus = Died.
“Elegies 2” = By Sextus Propertius.
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus VIII & Titus Statilius Taurus II.
Three Sequences Calendar (San thung Li) = Invented by Liu Hsin.
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25BC
1,712,294
Apr 5 Lunar Eclipse.
Apr 20 Solar Eclipse.
May 4 Lunar Eclipse.
Sep 29 Lunar Eclipse.
Oct 13 Solar Eclipse.
Oct 28 Lunar Eclipse.
“Aeneid” = By Virgil.
Arch @ Aosta = Founded.
Arch @ S Rémy = Founded
Cornelius Nepos (Biographer, Historian) = Died.
Galatia = Roman Province (Or 24BC).
M. Claudius Marcellus (Son of Octavia) & Julia (Daughter of Augustus = Wed.
Mausoleum of Augustus = Founded.
“The Milearius aureum” = Sculpted in Rome.
Ovid = Began Writing “Amores”.
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus IX & Marcus Junius Silanus.
24BC
Mar 25
Apr 9
Sep 18
Oct 3
1,712,660
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Cornelius nepos = Died.
“Odes 1” = By Horace.
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus X & Gaius Norbanus Flaccus.
23BC
Feb 27
Mar 15
Mar 29
Aug 24
Sep 7
Sep 23
1,713,025
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
M. Claudius Marcellus = Died…General M. Vipsanius = In line after Augustus.
“Odes 3” = By Horace.
Roman Consuls = Aulus Terentius Varro Murena & Imperator Caesar Augustus XI.
…Augustus = Resigned as Consul…Became life-long Tribune & Counselor (“Princeps”).
Theatre of Marcellus, Rome = Founded.
Wrestling = In Japan.
22BC
Feb 17
Mar 4
Aug 13
Aug 28
Leap Year
1,713,390
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lin Xin = King of Dingtao.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Arruntius & Marcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus.
21BC
Jan 22
Feb 7
Feb 21
Jul 18
Aug 1
Aug 16
1,713,756
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Diodorus Siculus (Historian) = Alive.
Roman Consuls = Marcus Lollius & Quintus Aemilius Lepidus.
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20BC
1,714,121
Jan 11 Lunar Eclipse.
Jan 26 Solar Eclipse.
Jul 7 Lunar Eclipse.
Jul 21 Solar Eclipse.
Dec 17 Solar Eclipse.
Dec 31 Lunar Eclipse.
“Epistles 1” = By Horace.
Philo Judaeus (Philosopher) = Born.
Roman Consuls = Marcus Appuleius & Publius Silius Nerva.
Statue of Marcellus = Sculpted by Cleomenes of Athens.
Statue of Augustus = Sculpted by Velletri.
Thermae of Agrippa, Rome = Founded.
Tomb of Caecilia Metella, Rome = Sculpted.
“Wu Ching Thung I” = By Liu Hsiang.
19BC
Jun 13
Jun 28
Jul 12
Dec 7
Dec 22
1,714,486
Leap Year
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Agrippa = Took Northern Spain.
Albinus Tibullus (Poet) = Died.
Augustus = Consul Imperium = Back at Rome.
King Herod I the Great = Began to rebuild Temple in Jerusalem (19BC-64AD).
M. Velleius Paterculus = Born.
Publius Vergilius Maro (Vergil, Virgil) = Died…”Aeneid” = Was Incomplete.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Sentius Saturninus & Quintus Lucretius Vespillo.
Roman Riots.
18BC
Jun 1
Jun 16
Nov 11
Nov 25
Dec 10
1,714,852
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Julia (Daughter of Agrippa & Julia = Born.
“Lex Julia adulteries coercindis” (Roman marriage Laws) = By Augustus Caesar.
General M. Vipsanius Agrippa = Tribune.
Pont du Gard, France = Founded.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus & Publius Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus.
Empress Xu (1st wife of 11th Emperor Chendi) of China = Deposed.
17BC
1,715,217
May 5 Lunar Eclipse.
May 21 Solar Eclipse.
Summer Roman Secular Games.
Oct 30 Lunar Eclipse.
Nov 13 Solar Eclipse.
Arminius = Born.
“Carmen Saeculare” (“Secular Hymn”) = By Horace.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Furnius & Gaius Junius Silanus.
Tibullus = Died.
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16BC
1,715,582
Apr 12 Solar Eclipse.
Apr 26 Lunar Eclipse.
May 11 Solar Eclipse.
Oct 5 Solar Eclipse.
Oct 20 Lunar Eclipse.
Nov 4 Solar Eclipse.
“Elegies 4” = By Propertius.
Maison Carrée, Nîmes = Founded.
(More) “Odes” = By Horace.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus & Publius Cornelius Scipio.
Wang Mang = Marquis of Xindu.
Empress Wang (3rd wife of 9th Emperor Xuandi) of China = Died.
15BC
Apr 4
Apr 16
Sep 25
Oct 9
1,715,948
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Annas = High Priest in Jerusalem (Until 5BC).
Danube = Part of Roman Empire.
Germanicus Caesar = Born.
Philo Judaeus (Philosopher, Writer) = Born.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Pontifex & Marcus Livius Drusus Libo.
Rome = Attacekd Celts in Austria.
Rome = Took Bavaria.
Rome = Took Rhaetia.
Rome = Took Tyrol, Austria.
Rome = Took Austria (Celts).
Sextus Propertius (Poet) = Died.
Vitruvius = Alive.
14BC
Mar 6
Mar 20
Apr 4
Aug 29
Sep 13
Sep 27
1,716,313
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Augar & Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi.
Bishop St. Simeon = Born.
Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome = Founded.
13BC
Feb 23
Mar 9
Aug 19
Sep 3
Leap Year
1,716,678
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Younger (Consul, Statesman) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Publius Quinctilius Varus & Tiberius Claudius Nero.
Theatre of Marcellus = By Caesar.
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12BC
1,717,044
Jan 29 Solar Eclipse.
Feb 12 Lunar Eclipse.
Feb 27 Solar Eclipse.
Jul 24 Solar Eclipse.
Aug 8 Lunar Eclipse.
Aug 23 Solar Eclipse.
Drusus = To Germany.
“Epistles 2.1” by Horace = Published.
General Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (Tribune) = Died…Tiberius in line after Augustus.
…Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar = Put down Pannonia Revolt.
M. Aemilius Lepidus = Died…Augustus = Pontifex Maximus.
Pyramid of Caestius, Rome = Founded.
Roman Consuls = Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus & Publius Sulpicius Quirinius.
11BC
Jan 18
Feb 1
Jul 13
Jul 29
Dec 23
1,717,409
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Haley’s Comet.
Octavia (Wife of Marcus Antonius, Sister of Augustus) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Paullus Fabius Maximus II & Quintus Aelius Tubero.
Theatre of Marcellus.
10BC
Jan 7
Jan 22
Jun 18
Jul 3
Aug 1
Dec 13
Dec 27
1,717,774
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Roman Emperor Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero I = Born.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Augustus Caesar = Corrected Leap Years to every 4 years…Next Leap Year = 9BC.
“Geography” = By Strabo.
Herod Agrippa I = Born.
“Hung Fan Wu Chuan” = By Lius Hsiang.
Roman Consuls = Africanus Fabius Maximus & Iullus Antonius.
9BC
Jun 6
Jun 22
Nov 16
Dec 1
Dec 15
Leap Year (On 4th Year)
1,718,139
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
…Next 3 Leap Years to be eliminated to re-correct calendar for period of Leap Years which were observed
every 3 years.
…No Leap Years in 5BC, 1BC or 4AD).
…Next Leap Year = 8AD…Per Augustus Caesar.
Aretas IV = King of Damascus (Until 40AD).
Ara Pacis Augustae = Dedicated.
“Ars Amatoria” = By Ovid.
Drusus & Tiberius of Rome = To Elbe River, Germania.
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (Drusus Senior) = Died.
13th Emperor Pingdi (Liu Jizi) of China = Born.
Roman Consuls = Nero Claudius Drusus & Titus Quinctius Crispinus Sulpicianus.
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8BC
1,718,505
May 13 Solar Eclipse.
May 27 Lunar Eclipse.
Nov 5 Solar Eclipse.
Nov 21 Lunar Eclipse.
Caius (Gaius) Cilnius Maecenas (Nobleman, Patron, Statesman) = Died.
Census = Under Augustus Caesar.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) (Poet) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Gaius Asinius Gallus & Gaius Marcius Censorinus.
Virgil (Poet) = Died.
7BC
Apr 17
May 2
May 16
Oct 11
Oct 26
Nov 10
1,718,870
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Arch @ Susa = Founded.
11th Emperor Cheng di of China = Died…Succeeded by 12th Emperor Aidi.
…Wang Mang = Regent.
Conjunction of Planets Jupiter & Saturn in Constellation Pisces per Jewish prediction of coming Messiah.
…Jesus Christ = Born (?) (Or 5 or 4BC).
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Historian) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso & Tiberius Claudius Nero II.
Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome = Rebuilt.
Temple of Concord, Rome = Rome.
6BC
Apr 7
Apr 21
Sep 30
Oct 15
1,719,235
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Roman Consuls = Decimus Laelius Balbus & Gaius Antistius Vetus.
Rome = Ruled Anatolia.
Rome = Took Judaea.
Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus = Tribune = Exiled to Rhodes.
5BC
Mar 10
Mar 25
Apr 8
Sep 3
Sep 17
Oct 3
Not a Leap Year
1,719,600
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Augustus Caesar had ordered there be no leap years in 5BC, 1BC or 4AD to re-correct calendar.
16th Emperor Guang Wudi (Liu Xiu) of China = Born.
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus XII (Part of the Year) & Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
70-Day Nova = Seen from Earth (?) per Chinese & Korean Records.
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4BC
1,719,965
Feb 27 Solar Eclipse.
Mar 15 Lunar Eclipse.
Apr 12 King Herod I the Great = Died…Succeeded by sons,
… Archelaus = Tetrarch of Judaea & Idumaea (Samaria) (Until 6AD).
…Herod Antipas = Tetrarch of Galilee & Perea (Until 39AD).
…Philip = Tetrarch of Iturea & Trachonitis (Transjordan) (Until 34AD).
Aug 21 Solar Eclipse.
Sep 7 Lunar Eclipse.
Apollonius of Tyana (Philosopher, Vegitarian) = Born.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (Dramatist, Playwrite, Philosopher, Statesman) = Born (Or 3BC).
Roman Consuls = Gaius Calvisius Sabinus & Lucius Passienus Rufus.
3BC
Feb 2
Feb 17
Mar 4
Jul 29
Aug 12
Aug 28
1,720,330
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Egyptians = Took Oath of Devotion & Loyalty to Augustus & his descendants.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) (poet) = Died.
Roman Consuls = Lucius Cornelius Lentulus & Marcus Valerius Messalla Messallinus.
Roman Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba = Born.
2BC
Jan 22
Feb 7
Jul 19
Aug 2
Dec 28
1,720,695
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
“Ars Amandi” (“Ars Amatoria”) = By Publius Ovidius Naso.
2nd Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar = “Pater Patriae”.
Forum of Augustus = Dedicated.
Julia (Daughter of Augustus ) = Exiled to Pandateria for 5 Years.
Roman Consuls = Imperator Caesar Augustus XIII (Part of Year) & Marcus Plautius Silvanus.
Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus = Recalled from Exile.
1BC
Jan 11
Jun 21
Jul 6
Jul 19
Dec 15
Dec 30
Not a Leap Year
1,721,060
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Solar Eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse.
12th Emperor Aidi of China = Died…Succeeded by 13th Emperor Pingdi.
Apollonius of Tyana = Alive.
Mean Tropical Year was 365.2423081682 Days … (Or 365.24231545 Days).
Meleager = Alive.
Roman Consuls = Cossus Cornelius Lentulus & Lucius Calpurnius Piso.
φ Vel = Light Set Out to Reach Earth in 2000AD.
***There was no Year “0” ... Either BC or AD***
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