CLST 201 : Timeline of Rome 2.docx
6 Mar 2013
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149 lex capurnia extortion court created (quaestio de rebus repetundis). 133 gaius marius served at numantia in spain. 125-121 romans crushed resistance of the gaullic tribes. 123-122 lex acilia jurors of the extortion court are now equites. 121 transalpine gaul becomes the 8th roman province. 114 gaius marius was made proprietor of farther spain. 112-105 jugurthine war in numibia -> king micipsa, son of massinissa, had two sons and had adopted jugurtha. Won, slaughtered all the defenders, including italian merchants trapped within. 109 jugurtha defeats roman army; then quintus caecilius metellus was given command. Gaius marius was one of his senior commanders. 107 sulla served as quaestor in jugurthine war; persuaded jugurtha"s ally bachus to betray. Claimed he alone was responsible for winning the war pissed off marius, who was his consul and commanding officer at the time. 107 gaius marius served his first consulship (became a novus homo). 106 lex servilia jurors of extortion court were senators.
