Year 56 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Republic, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Philippus (or, less frequently, year 698 Ab urbe …

The Luca Conference was a 56 BC meeting of the three Roman politicians of the First Triumvirate — Caesar, Pompey and Crassus — that took place at the town of Luca (modern Lucca, in …

The Battle of Morbihan, also known as the Battle of Quiberon Bay, was a naval battle fought in the summer of 56 BC between the Gallic tribe of the Veneti and a Roman fleet sent by Julius …

CE is an abbreviation for Common Era. It means the same as AD (Anno Domini) and represents the time from year 1 and onward. BCE is short for Before Common Era. It can be used instead …

ROM << Despite pressure from Pompeius and Lentulus Spinther, the Romans do not agree to restore Ptolemy as king of Egypt.

The meeting at Luca, 56 bc When Pompey left on his trip to Sardinia and Africa, he went via Luca, clearly annoyed with Cicero over the question of the ager Campanus, though he did not show …

2024年6月17日 · This article analyses the public attack on Clodia Metelli, a Roman aristocratic woman, by the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in a trial in 56 BCE. Drawing on modern scandal …

2022年7月29日 · In 56 BCE, the Sotiates were led by their chief Adiatuanos in the defence of their oppidum against the Roman officer P. Licinius Crassus. After a failed sortie attempt with 600 …

2024年12月1日 · 56 BCE: Campaigns against the Veneti in northwestern Gaul further asserted Roman dominance. 54 BCE: The revolt led by the Eburones signaled local resistance; …

As tribune 56 he attacked Pompey again over his desire for an Egyptian command and proposed a bill to abrogate the command of P. *Cornelius Lentulus Spinther; he procured a ‘Sibylline …