-58

This page relates to the year -58 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Fine of the 1st reign of Ptolémée {{XII}} '' Aulète '' Néos Dionysos, which is reversed by the crowd of Alexandria, furious to see that it had not done anything to prevent the annexation of Cyprus by the Romains. From -58 with -55, it takes refuge near the Romans who restore it on his throne.
Beginning of the reign of Bérénice {{IV}} (fine in -55), girl of Ptolémée {{XII}} '' Aulète '' and older sister of Cléopâtre {{VII}}.

the island of Cyprus is annexed by Rome (Caton d' Utique) by treaty of succession to the detriment of the Egypt.

With Rome, Consul At of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Aulus Gabinius.
Clodius Pulcher is elected Tribun of the plebs. He institutes the free distribution of corn to the plebs.

Beginning of the War of Gaules . Jules César invades the Gaulle (fine in -51). By the law Vatinia , the people confer on César a military command. César leaves at the end March for its proconsulat Gaules. There will remain nine years there.
the Helvètes and the Suèves are driven out of Gaulle by Jules César.

Dice its arrival, César intervenes with the call of the Eduens, in war against the Séquanes which called upon Suève Arioviste. Migration of 368 000 Helvètes, of which 92 000 combatants, who walk to fix themselves as a Gaulle, also worries Eduens. They gather with Genava, Oppidum Allobroge, to cross the the Rhone. César makes cut the bridge of Genava. The negotiations fail. The Helvètes try to pass by North, by the country of Séquanes, with their 2 800 oxcarts. Arrived in country éduen, they are attacked and massacred by the Roman legions. Their chief Divico request a truce. César claims hostages. Rétorque Divico that Helvètes are accustomed to taking hostages but not giving some. The war begins again. César beats Helvètes with Montmort (Morvan), close to Bibracte (Bataille of Bibracte), then obliges them to regain their country and to rebuild their houses there. It is turned over against Arioviste, destroyed its army on the the Rhine (Bataille of Ochsenfeld) and pushes back the Suèves in Germanie. legendary Foundation of Mulhouse

the departure of César leaves Crassus and Pompée in Rome. Cicéron, by fear of César, vainly endeavors to bring closer Pompée Sénat. Pushed back by the Senate, Pompée is ridiculed in public place by the partisans of Clodius Pulcher ( February).

Cicéron, shown to have made carried out without judgment of the citizens (of the accomplices of Catilina), is exiled in Greece at the instigation of Licius Pison and Clodius Pulcher, then appointed governor in Cilicie. It will return to Rome 18 months later

Clodius Pulcher, in favor of César, terrorizes Rome. It makes grant to the urban proletariat the formal and inconditionné right of association ( lex Clodia of collegiis ). The clubs multiply in Rome. The war of the streets, which will take a permanent form, will be mainly their work. Clodius sets up the popular riot in system and organizes it like a true business.
At the time of the brought charge with Vanitius, the partisans of Clodius invade the court and expel the praetor chair.
the Senate orders the dissolution of the Sodalité S.

L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, father-in-law of César, maintains a coterie Greek thinkers epicureans in his luxurious villa of Herculanum.

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