106 Born in Arpinum on 3 Jan.

89 Military service in the Marsic War under Cn. Pompeius Strabo

79-78 Travels in Greece and Asia

77 Returns to Rome — marries Terentia

75-74 Quaestor in Sicily

69 Curule aedile

68 First extant letter [ad Att. 1.5 #1]

66 Praetor

65 Birth of Marcus, M.f.. [ad Att. 1.2 # 3] beginning of campaign for the consulate

64 Elected consul

63 Consul, Catilinarian conspiracy

61 Return of Pompey to Rome. Trial of Clodius. [ad Att. 1.13 # 6]

58 Driven into exile by Clodius [ad Att. 3.3 # 8, ad Fam. 14.2 # 9 ]

57 Recalled from exile

56 Submits to triumvirate [ad Q. f. 2.4 # 12]

55 2nd consulship of Pompey & Crassus [ad Fam. 7.1 # 18, ad Q. f. 2.10 # 17, ad Att. 4.10 # 16]

54 Murder of Clodius [ad Q. f. 2.11]

51 Cicero in Cilicia

50 Leaves Cilicia [ad Fam. 15.6 # 29]

49 Civil War. Cicero joins Pompey in Greece. [ad Fam. 14.18 # 34; 14.7 # 39]

48 Battle of Pharsalus; murder of Pompey. Cicero returns to Italy [ad Fam. 14.12 # 42]

47 Caesar pardons Cicero [ad Fam. 14.20 # 42]

46 Cicero divorces Terentia. [ad Fam 9.18 # 45]

45 Death of Tullia

44 Assassination of Caesar