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Events Milo is tried for the murder of Clodius, but despite Cicero's legal defence, he is found guilty. Milo is exiled in Massilia (today Marseille). Last year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars: Romans defeat Gauls led by Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia. Births Deaths January 18 Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo.