A fermented fish sauce called garum was a staple of Greco-Roman cuisine and of the Mediterranean economy of the Roman Empire, as the first-century encyclopaedist Pliny the Elder writes in Historia Naturalis and the fourth / fifth-century connoisseur Apicius relates in his collection of recipes.

* The Roman encyclopaedist Pliny the Elder, in Natural History II. vi. 39, writes that the planet Mercury can be viewed " sometimes before sunrise and sometimes after sunset, but according to Cidenas and Sosigenes never more than 22 degrees away from the sun ".

During the Roman Empire ( 27 BC – AD 476 ) the encyclopaedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus ( ca.

Aulus Cornelius Celsus ( ca 25 BC — ca 50 ) was a Roman encyclopaedist, known for his extant medical work, De Medicina, which is believed to be the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopedia.

Alexis was known in Roman times ; Aulus Gellius noted that Alexis ' poetry was used by Roman comedians, including Turpilius and possibly Plautus.

The first “ Classic ” writer was Aulus Gellius, a 2nd-century Roman writer who, in the miscellany Noctes Atticae ( 19, 8, 15 ), refers to a writer as a Classicus scriptor, non proletarius (“ A distinguished, not a commonplace writer ”).

* Aulus Atilius Calatinus, Roman dictator

The Roman force, led by Aulus Plautius, then halted as Plautius sent for Claudius to come and finish the campaign.

In 43, Vespasian and the II Augusta participated in the Roman invasion of Britain, and he distinguished himself under the overall command of Aulus Plautius.

* Aulus Gellius, Roman author

* Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Roman historian

* Aulus Persius Flaccus, Roman poet

* Aulus Persius Flaccus, Roman poet

The Roman medical treatise De Medicina by Aulus Cornelius Celsus contained a description of lithotomy, and this work served as the basis for this procedure until the 18th century.

* Mithridates III, claimant to the throne of Parthia, supported by Aulus Gabinius, Roman governor of Syria, is defeated by Surena, general under Orodes, in the Battle of Seleucia.

* Cicero delivers his Pro Archia Poeta in defense of Aulus Licinius Archias ' claim to Roman citizenship.

* Aulus Hirtius, Roman politician and historian ( d. 43 BC )

* Aulus Sempronius Asellio, Roman praetor ( murdered by creditors )

Ancient Greek and Roman medical texts by Hippocrates, Theophrastus, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Pedanius Dioscorides, and Pliny the Elder discussed the use of opium and Solanum species.

* Jugurtha king of Numidia defeats a Roman army under Aulus Postumius Albinus.

Regardless of the cause, she did until Ptolemy Auletes returned in 55 BC, with Roman support, capturing Alexandria aided by Roman general Aulus Gabinius.

In 50 BC Cleopatra came into a serious conflict with the Gabiniani, powerful Roman troops of Aulus Gabinius who had left them in Egypt to protect Ptolemy XII after his restoration to the throne in 55 BC.

* In Thessaly, King Perseus of Macedon repulses a Roman army which is commanded by Aulus Hostilius Mancinus.

Aulus Atilius Calatinus is then elected dictator and leads an army into Sicily, becoming the first dictator to lead a Roman army outside Italy.

* A Roman army led by consuls Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina and Aulus Atilius Caiatinus capture Panormus in Sicily.

This attack caused such panic in Rome that Pompey the Great arranged for the tribune Aulus Gabinius to rise in the Roman Forum and propose a law, the Lex Gabinia, to allow Pompey to raise an army and destroy the pirates.

He stated that, “ only those spoils are ‘ opima ’ which are taken first, in a pitched battle, where general slays general .” Only two others in Roman history, Romulus, the founder of Rome, and Aulus Cornelius Cossus, were allegedly honored with this prize.

The victorious Roman general, Publius Cornelius Sulla, left the Athenians their lives and did not sell them into slavery ; he also restored the previous government, in 86 BC.

Among ancient sources, the poet Simonides, another near-contemporary, says the campaign force numbered 200, 000 ; while a later writer, the Roman Cornelius Nepos estimates 200, 000 infantry and 10, 000 cavalry, of which only 100, 000 fought in the battle, while the rest were loaded into the fleet that was rounding Cape Sounion ; Plutarch and Pausanias both independently give 300, 000, as does the Suda dictionary.

* Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina, Roman consul

File: Denarius Publius Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus 1 Obverse. jpg | Club over his shoulder on a Roman denarius ( ca.

Publius Cornelius Scipio, the consul who commanded the Roman force sent to intercept Hannibal, and Scipio Africanus ' father, had not expected Hannibal to make an attempt to cross the Alps, since the Romans were prepared to fight the war in Iberia.

* 86 BC – Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus.

In Hispania, a young Roman commander, Publius Cornelius Scipio ( later to be given the agnomen Africanus because of his feats during this war ), eventually defeated the larger but divided Carthaginian forces under Hasdrubal and two other Carthaginian generals.

In the meantime in Iberia, which served as the main source of manpower for the Carthaginian army, a second Roman expedition under Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major took New Carthage by assault and ended Carthaginian rule over Iberia in the battle of Ilipa.

The first Roman expedition to Iberia was unable to bring the Carthaginian troops in the hinterland of Massalia to a pitched battle, so it continued on its way to northern Iberia under Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, a move which proved decisive for the outcome of the war.

Likely born a free Roman citizen, by his own account Vitruvius served the Roman army under Julius Caesar with the otherwise poorly identified Marcus Aurelius, Publius Minidius, and Gnaeus Cornelius.

* Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and politician

* A Roman army under the consul Publius Cornelius Scipio is transported by sea to Massilia ( modern Marseille ) to prevent Hannibal from advancing on Italy.

* The Roman Senate, appalled by the early setback at Ticinus, orders Tiberius Sempronius Longus to travel from Sicily to reinforce Publius Cornelius Scipio's troops.

Roman and Numidian forces under the leadership of the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio and his Numidian ally, Masinissa, defeat a combined army of Carthaginians and their Numidian allies under the command of Hannibal and forces Carthage to capitulate.

* Following the Battle of Zama, the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio gains the surname " Africanus " in honour of his feats in North Africa against Carthage.

* Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus and Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus ( or Gaius Ateius Capito ) become Roman consuls.

* Publius Cornelius Dolabella is a Roman consul.

* Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian ( d. 117 AD )

* Roman legions face disaster in Dacia in the First Battle of Tapae, when Cornelius Fuscus, Praetorian prefect, launches a powerful offensive that becomes a failure.

* Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Roman grammarian, rhetorician and advocate ( d. 170 )

* Publius Cornelius Tacitus is Governor of the Roman province of Asia, Anatolia.

* Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman historian ( b. 56 )

* Publius Cornelius Dolabella, Roman general ( d. 43 BC )