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The Date of the Death of Lucullus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

William H. Bennett
Affiliation:
Oxford

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Review Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1972

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References

1 ‘After … Caesar's consulate (59) [Lucullus] retired to live in refined luxury and lapsed into insanity before his death’ (Badian, E., Oxford Classical Dictionary [1970], 624Google Scholar). ‘Nicht lange darauf starb L. Im Juni 56 gedenkt Cicero seiner als nicht mehr unter den Lebenden Weilender (Prov. Cons. 22)’ (Gelzer, M., R.E. xiii. 409Google Scholar). ‘La date de sa mort ne nous est pas connue’ (Van Ooteghem, J., Lucullus [1963], 199Google Scholar).

2 Not earlier than 10 Dec. when the new tribunes entered office and before the 17th when the Saturnalia began (Shuckburgh, E. S., The Letters of Cicero [1899], i. 198 n. 1Google Scholar).

3 Cic. Fam. i. 1. 3: ‘Nam haec Idibus mane scripsi.’

4 Lenaghan, J., A Commentary on Cicero's De Haruspicum Response (1970), 26.Google Scholar