[From A History of Roman Literature: From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius
By Charles Thomas Cruttwell, M.A. (1877)]

[1]240	Livius begins to exhibit.
239	Ennius born.
235	Naevius begins to exhibit.
234	Cato born.
225	Fabius Pictor served in the Gallic War.
219	Pacuvius born.
218	Cincius Alimentus described the passage of Hannibal into Italy.
217	Cato begins to be known.
216	Fabius Pictor sent as ambassador to Delphi.
207	The poem on the victory of Sena entrusted to Livius.
204	Cato quaestor; brings Ennius to Rome.
201	Naevius dies (?).
191	Cato military tribune.
190	Cincius still writes.
189	Ennius goes with Fulvius into Aetolia.
185	Terence born. [2]
184	Cato censor. Plautus dies.
179	Caecilius flourished.
173	Ennius wrote the twelfth book of the "Annals".
170	Accius born.
169	Ennius dies. Cato's speech "pro lege Voconia".
168	Caecilius dies.
166	Terence's "Andria".
165	Terence's "Hecyra".
163	Terence's "Hautontimorumenos".
161	Terence's "Eunuchus" and "Phormio".
160	Terence's "Adelphoe".
159	Terence dies.
154	Pacuvius flourished.
151	Albinus, the consul, writes history (Gell. xi. 8).
150	Cato finishes the "Origines".
149	Cato, aged 85, accuses Galba. Dies in the same year. C. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, the historian.
148	Lucilius born.
146	Cassius Hemina flourished. C. Fannius, the historian, serves at Carthage.
142	Antonius, the orator, born.
140	Crassus, the orator, born. Accius, aged 30, Pacuvius, aged 80, exhibit together.
134	Sempronius Asellio served at Numantia. Lucilius begins to write.
123	Caelius Antipater flourished.
119	Crassus accuses Carbo.
116	Varro born.
115	Hortensius born.
111	Crassus and Scaevola quaestors.[3]
109	Atticus born.
107	Crassus tribune.
106	Cicero born.
103	The Tereus of Accius. Death of Turpilius.
102	Furius Bibaculus born at Cremona.
100	Aelius Stilo.
98	Antonius defends Aquillius.
95	First public appearance of Hortensius. Lucretius born (?).
92	Crassus censor. Opilius teaches rhetoric.
91	Crassus dies. Pomponius flourished.
90	Scaurus flourished.
89	Cicero serves under the consul Pompeius.
88	Cicero hears Philo and Molo at Rome. Rutilius resident at Mitylene. Plotius Gallus first Latin teacher of Rhetoric.
87	Antonius slain. Sisenna the historian. Catullus born (?).
86	Sallust born.
82	Varro of Atax born. Calvus born.
81	Cicero "pro Quinctio". Valerius Cato Grammaticus. Otacilius, first freedman who attempts history.
80	"Pro Roscio."
79	Cicero at Athens; hears Antiochus and Zeno.
78	Cicero hears Molo at Rhodes.
77	Cicero returns to Rome.
76	Asinius Pollio born (?).
75	Cicero quaestor in Sicily.
74	Cicero again in Rome.
70	"Divinatio" and "Actio I. in Verrem". Virgil born.
69	Cicero aedile.
67	Varro wins a naval crown under Pompey in the Piratic War (Plin. "N. H." xvi. 4).
66	Cicero praetor. "Pro lege Manilia. Pro Cluentio." M. Antonius Gnipho flourished.
65	"Pro Cornelia." Horace born.
64	"In toga candida."
63	Consular orations of Cicero. "Pro Murena."
62	"Pro P. Sulla."
61	Annaeus Seneca born.
59	Livy born(?). Aelius Tubero with Cicero in Asia. "Pro A. Thermo. Pro L. Flacco."
58	Cicero goes into exile.
57	Cicero recalled. Calidius a good speaker.
56	"Pro Sextio. In Vatinium. De Provinciis Consularibus."
55	"In Calpurnium Pisonem. De Oratore." Virgil assumes the "toga virilis".
54	"Pro Vatinio. Pro Scauro. De Republica."
52	"Pro Milone." Lucretius dies(?). [4]
51	Cicero proconsul in Cilicia.
50	Death of Hortensius. Sallust expelled from the senate.
49	Cicero at Rome. Varro lieutenant of Pompey in Spain.
48	Lenaeus satirizes Sallust. Cicero in Italy.
47	Cicero at Brundisium. Hyginus brought to Rome by Caesar. Catullus still living (C. 52).
46	The "Brutus" written. Calvus dies. Sallust praetor. "Pro Marcello. Pro Ligario."
45	Cicero's "Orator". "Pro Deiolaro."
44	The first four Philippics. Death of Caesar.
43	The later Philippics. Death of Cicero. Birth of Ovid.
42	Horace at Philippi.
40	Cornelius Nepos flourished. Perhaps Hor. Sat. i. 2. Epod. xiii.
39	Ateius Philologus born at Athens. Perhaps Virg. Ecl. vi. viii. Hor. Od. ii. 7. Epod iv.
38	Perhaps Ecl. vii. Hor. Sat. i. 3.
37	Varro (aet. 80) writes "de Re Rustica." Perh. Ecl. x. Sat. i. 5, and 6. Epod. v.
36	Cornelius Severus(?) Hor. Sat. i. 8.
35	Bavius dies. Hor. Sat. i. 4, 9, 10.
34	Sallust dies. Sat. ii. 2. Epod. iii.
33	Sat. ii. 3. Epod. xi. xiv.
32	Atticus dies. Sat. ii. 4, 5. Epod. vii.
31	Messala consul. Sat. ii. 6. Epod. i. and ix.
30	Gallus made praefect of Egypt. Cassius Severus dies. Tibullus El. i. 3. The "Georgics" published. Hor. Sat. ii. 7, 8, and perhaps 1, Epod ii.
29	Livy writing his first book. Propertius I. 6.
28	Varro dies.
27	Od. i. 35. Vitruvius writing his work.
26	Gallus dies (aet. 40). Second book of Propertius published (?). [5]
25	Livy's first book completed before this year. Hor. Od. ii. 4.
24	Quintil. Varus dies (= the poet of Cremona, mentioned in the ninth Eclogue [?]).
23	The first three books of the Odes published.
22	Marcellus dies. Virgil reads the sixth Aeneid to Augustus and Livia. Third book of Propertius (?).
21	Hor. writes Ep. i. 20 (aet. 44).
20	First book of Epistles.
19	Virgil dies at Brundisium. His epitaph: "Mantua me genuit: Calabri rapuere: tenet nunc Parthenope: cecini pascua rura duces." Tibullus dies. Domitius Marsus writes.
18	Livy working at his fifty-ninth book.
17	Porcius Latro. The "Carmen Saeculare". Varius and Tucca edit the Aeneid.
16	Aemilius Macer of Verona dies. Od. iv. 9, to Lollius.
15	Death of Propertius. Victories of Drusus. Od. iv. 4.
14	The fourth book of the Odes(?).
13	Cestius of Smyrna teaches rhetoric.
12	Death of Agrippa.
11	The Epistle to Augustus (Ep. ii. 1).
10	Passienus and Hyginus Polyhistor.
9	Ovid's "Amores".
8	Death of Horace.
7	Birth of Seneca (?).
6	Albucius Silo a professor of rhetoric.
5	Tiro, Cicero's freedman, dies (aet. 100).
4	Porcius Latro commits suicide. Ovid now in his fortieth year.
2	Ovid's "Art of Love".
A.D.
1	The "Remedium Amoris".
2	Velleius Paterculus serves under C. Caesar.
4	Pollio dies. Velleius serves with Tiberius in Germany.
7	Velleius quaestor.
8	Verrius Flaccus, the grammarian, flourished. Ovid banished to Tomi, in December (Tr. 1, 10, 3). "Aut hanc me gelidi tremerem cum mense Decembris Scribentem mediis Adria vidita quis."
9	The "Ibis" of Ovid.
11	Death of Messala. [6]
12	The "Tristia" finished.
13	The Epistles from Pontus were being written.
14	Death of Augustus. Velleius praetor.
18	Death of Ovid at 60; of Livy at 76. Valerius Maximus accompanied Sex. Pompeius to Asia.
19	The elder Seneca writes his "recollections."
24	Cassius Severus in exile. Pliny the elder born (?).
25	Death of Cremutius Cordus. Votienus banished.
26	Haterius flourished.
30	Asinius Gallus imprisoned.
31	Valerius Maximus wrote ix. 11, 4 ("extern."), soon after the death of Sejanus.
33	Death of Cassius Severus the orator. His works proscribed. Death of Asinius Gallus.
34	Persius born.
40	Lucan brought to Rome.
41	Seneca's "de Ira". Exile of Seneca at the close of this year.
42	Asconius Pedianus flourished.
43	Martial born.
45	Domitius Afer flourished.
48	Remmius Palaemon in vogue as a grammarian.
49	Seneca recalled from exile, and made Nero's tutor.
56	Seneca's "de Clementia".
57	Probus Berytius a celebrated grammarian.
59	Death of Domitius Afer.
61	Pliny the younger born (?).
62	Death of Persius. Seneca in danger, Burrus being dead.
63	The "Naturales Quaestiones" of Seneca.
65	Death of Seneca ("Ann." xv. 60).
66	Martial comes to Rome.
68	Quintilian accompanies Galba to Rome. Silius Italicus consul.
69	Silius in Rome.
75	The dialogue "de Oratoribus", written (C. 17).
77	Pliny's "Natural History". Gabinianus, the rhetorician, flourished.
79	Death of the elder Pliny.
80	Pliny the younger begins to plead.
88	Suetonius now a young man, Tacitus praetor.
89	Quintilian teaches at Rome. His professional career extends over 20-years.
90	Philosophers banished. Pliny praetor. "Sulpiciae Satira" (if genuine).
95	Statii Silv. iv. 1. The "Thebaid" was nearly finished.
96	Pliny's accusation of Publicius Certus.
97	Frontinus curator aquarum. Tacitus consul suffectus.
98	Trajan.
99	The tenth book of Martial. Silius at Naples.
100	Pliny and Tacitus accuse Marius Priscus. Pliny's panegyric.
103	Pliny at his province of Bithynia.
104	His letter about the Christians. Martial goes to Bilbilis.
109	Pliny (aet. 48) at the zenith of his fame.
118	Juvenal wrote Satire xiii. this year.
132	Salvius Julianus's Perpetual Edict.
138	Death of Hadrian.
143	Fronto consul suffectus.
164	Height of Fronto's fame.
166	Fronto proposes to describe the Parthian war.
180	Death of Marcus Aurelius.

A large number of other dates will be found in the body of the work,
especially for the later period; but as they are not absolutely certain,
they have not been inserted here.

Footnotes

[1] From the "Romische Zeittafeln" of Dr E. W. Fischer, and from Clinton, "Fasti Hellenici" and "Romani". Only those dates which are tolerably certain are given.

[2] Clinton places his birth in 193; but see Teuff. S 97, 6.

[3] Others place this event in 109 B.C.

[4] Others place this event in 55 B.C.

[5] Or, perhaps, in 24 B.C.

[6] Jerome places it in 13 A.D.

Contents - A History of Roman Literature:

133 B.C.	Tiberius Gracchus tribune
123 - 122 B.C.	Gaius Gracchus tribune
111 - 105 B.C.	Jugurthine War
104 - 100 B.C.	Marius consul.
90 - 88 B.C.	Social War
88 B.C.	Sulla and the First Mithridatic War
88 B.C.	Sulla's march on Rome with his army.
82 B.C.	Sulla becomes dictator
71 B.C.	Crassus crushes Spartacus
71 B.C.	Pompey defeats Sertorius' rebellion in Spain
70 B.C.	Consulship of Crassus and Pompey
63 B.C.	Pompey defeats Mithridates
60 B.C.	First Triumvirate: Pompey, Crassus, & Julius Caesar
58 - 50 B.C.	Caesar conquers Gaul
53 B.C.	Crassus killed in (battle) of Carrhae
49 B.C.	Caesar crosses the Rubicon
48 B.C.	Pharsalus (battle); Pompey killed in Egypt
46 - 44 B.C.	Caesar's dictatorship
44 B.C.	End of Civil War
43 B.C.	Second Triumvirate: Marc Antony, Lepidus, & Octavian
42 B.C.	Philippi (battle)
36 B.C.	Naulochus (battle)
31 B.C.	Actium (battle)
27 B.C.	Octavian emperor