Politics of the Late Republic - Timeline

Sulla steps down from dictatorship

81

Sulla's consulship

80

Sulla becomes private citizen

79

Sulla dies

78

Cicero's quaestorship (Sicily)

75

Verres' governorship (Sicily)

73-71

Consulships of Pompey and Crassus

70

Cicero's prosecution of Verres

70

Cicero's aedileship

69

Caesar's quaestorship (Spain)

69

lex Gabinia granting Pompey imperium against the pirates

67

Tiberius Gracchus murdered

133

Gaius Gracchus elected tribune. Extension of the Agrarian law. Soldiers equipped at public expense.

123-122

Birth of Julius Caesar.

100

Proscriptions under Sulla.

82

Third Servile War (Spartacus)

73-71

lex Manilia granting Pompey imperium against Mithradates

66

Death of Mithradates. Pompey returns to Italy.

63

Caesar's aedileship

65

Cato's quaestorship

64

Cicero's consulship

63

lex agraria of Rullus

63

Pro Rabirio

63

Trial of Murena

63

Catilinarian conspiracy

63

senatus consultum ultimum on the conspirators (December)

63

Bona Dea scandal

62

Cato's tribuneship

62

Caesar's praetorship

62

Trial of Clodius

61

Caesar's governorship (Further Spain)

61

Caesar returns from Spain

60

First Triumvirate is formed: Pompey, Crassus and Caesar

60

Caesar's consulship

59

Pompey marries Julia, Caesar's daughter

59

Clodius adopted into Plebeian family

59

Caesar granted imperium to pacify Gaul

59

Clodius' tribuneship

58

Cicero is exiled

58

Caesar departs for Gaul

58

Cato is sent to annex Cyprus

58

Cicero's return from exile

57

Pompey five years imperium to stabilise corn supply to Rome

57

Gang warfare and rioting in Rome

57

Conference at Luca

56

Cato returns

56

Second consulship of Pompey and Crassus

55

Caesar given a further five year command of Gaul

55

Pompey given five year command of Spain in absentia

55

Crassus given five year command in Syria

55

Death of Julia

54

Pompey in Rome, governing Spain in absense

54

Caesar in Gaul and crosses over to Britain

54

Crassus in Syria for Parthian campaign

54

Cato's praetorship

54

Riots in Rome

54

Continued riots in Rome; no consul elected

53

Death of Crassus at Carrhae

53

Clodius killed by Milo

52

Pompey appointed sole conul (to August)

52

Cato fails to become consul

51

Cicero's governship (Cilicia)

51-50

Curio's tribuneship

50

Caesar crosses the Rubicon into Italy

49

Civil war

49

Senate is evacuated from Rome with Pompey to Greece; Cato and Cicero support Pompey

49

Caesar's second consulship

48

Caesar's dictatorship (11 days)

48

Defeat of Pompey by Caesar at Pharsalus (August)

48

Death of Pompey in Egypt

48

Caesar's dictatorship in absentia

47

Caesar returns briefly to Italy then sails for North Africa to confront anti-Caesarians led by Cato

47

Suicide of Cato after defeat at Thapsus

46

Caesar's dictatorship and third consulship; returns to Rome, then leaves for Spain to deal with last anti-Caesarians

46

Last of Pompeians defeated by Caesar at Munda in Spain

45

Caesar returns to Rome to great honours

45

Caesar's dictatorship and fourth consulship

45

Cicero writes eulogy to Cato; Caesar writes Anti-Cato

45

Caesar becomes dictator perpetuo and assumes fifth consulship

44

Assassination of Julius Caesar, 15 March (ides of March)

44

Octavian named as heir and returns from Epirus

44

Antony receives command of Gaul

44

Cicero starts to deliver the Philippics

44

Outbreak of civil war; Mark Antony is declared enemy of the state

43

Siege of Mutina

43

Deaths of the consuls Hirtius and Pansa

43

Octavian occupies Rome and assumes consulship (August)

43

Formation of the Second Triumvirate - Octavian, Antony and Lepidus (November)

43

Prospcriptions

43

Death of Cicero (7 December)

43