By place Roman Republic •
Consuls:
Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus and
Gaius Asinius Pollio. •
Siege of
Perusia: trying a last attempt to break the siege, which fails;
Lucius Antonius surrenders to
Octavian. His life is spared, but the
citizens are
executed or sold into
slavery.
Fulvia flees with her children and is exiled to
Sicyon, where she dies of a sudden
illness. • Spring –
Quintus Salvidienus Rufus marches to
Transalpine Gaul to take command of the eleven
legions, after the death of
Quintus Fufius Calenus. Octavian divorces
Claudia and marries
Scribonia, a sister of
Lucius Scribonius Libo and a follower of
Sextus. • May –
Gaius Claudius Marcellus, a distinguished member of the
Claudii, dies. He leaves
Octavia the Younger (the elder sister of Octavian) widowed. She will later marry
Mark Antony. •
Sextus Pompey dispatches
Menas with four legions and captures
Sardinia, driving out Octavian's governor
Marcus Lurius. He seizes the capital,
Caralis and occupies
Corsica. Sextus besieges
Cosenza in
Bruttium and
Thurii in
Lucania, ravaging the territory with his cavalry. • Sextus' fleet raids the ports of
Puteoli and
Ostia. The populace hold the Triumvirs responsible for prolonging the war, provoking a riot on the
Forum. Octavian, with the
Praetorian Guard, goes to intercept the riot, and only escapes with his life because Antony summons troops to rescue his junior colleague. •
Treaty of Brundisium: The
Triumvirs agrees to divide the
Roman Republic into
spheres of influence.
Gaius Octavian styles himself "
Imperator Caesar" and takes control of the Western provinces. Mark Antony is given the Eastern provinces; the River
Drin, the
boundary between the provinces
Illyricum and
Macedonia, is to serve as their frontier.
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus controls
Hispania and
Africa. The treaty is cemented by the marriage of Antony and Octavia the Younger.
Asia minor •
Quintus Labienus occupies
Cilicia and marches, with an
army, into
Anatolia. Most cities
surrender without
resistance, except for
Alabanda and
Mylasa. The Parthians restore their territory to nearly the limits of the old
Achaemenid Empire. Labienus proclaims himself "Parthian Emperor" of
Asia Minor.
Egypt • Mark Antony leaves
Alexandria. After receiving news of the outcome at Perusia while en route to
Phoenicia, he sets sail for
Italy meeting the
ambassadors of Sextus Pompey in
Athens.
Igodomigodo Kingdom • Ogiso Igodo dissolves the Ik’edionwere Council (western Africa). establishes the Royal Council with members of the disbanded Ik’edionwere Council and the Odibo-Ogiso group. He names his combined territories,
Igodomigodo with its capital at Ugbekun.
Greece •
Athenodorus, a philosopher, encounters a
ghost in Athens. This popular story is one of the first
poltergeist stories in history.
Parthia •
Pacorus crosses, with the help of
Quintus Labienus, the
Euphrates and invades
Syria. The capital
Antioch surrenders, and the Parthians take Phoenicia and Judea. However, they cannot besiege the fortified city of
Tyre, because they have no fleet. •
Parthians conquer
Jerusalem.
Hyrcanus II is removed from power, while
Antigonus the Hasmonean becomes king of Judea under Parthian rule.
Herod the Great flees
Jerusalem to
Rome. There he is titled king of
Judea by Mark Antony.
China • The
Ji Jiu Pian dictionary, published about this year during the
Han dynasty, is the earliest known reference to the
hydraulic-powered
trip hammer device. == Births ==