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Pompey's influence was based on his reputation as a military commander, and popularity with the Roman people. [97] Crassus' wealth allowed him to construct extensive patronage networks, but he lacked the military clout essential for political success in the late Republican era .
This command effectively tasked Pompey with the conquest and reorganization of the entire eastern Mediterranean, further solidifying his influence. Supported by Caesar, Pompey conducted his campaigns from 65 BC to 62 BC with remarkable military prowess and administrative efficiency, resulting in the annexation of much of Asia under firm Roman ...
Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius (c. 67 – 35 BC), also known in English as Sextus Pompey, was a Roman military leader who, throughout his life, upheld the cause of his father, Pompey the Great, against Julius Caesar and his supporters during the last civil wars of the Roman Republic.
Crassus, a personal enemy of Pompey, also opposed Pompey's settlements and land bills in 60 BC, successfully mobilising his support among the lower-ranked senators to defeat Pompey's proposals. [26] His opposition to Pompey may have been in attempt to win over the senators blocking his own goals, but this was evidently unsuccessful. [ 23 ]
Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) was a civil war during the late Roman Republic between two factions led by Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey). The main cause of the war was political tensions relating to Caesar's place in the republic on his expected return to Rome on the expiration of his governorship in Gaul.
In the following year, 66 BCE, the Senate granted Gnaeus Pompey, one of the influential generals of Rome, command of Roman forces in the east to end the war. [ 42 ] Pompey led his forces into Pontus where he engaged Mithridates at the of the Lycus River in central Pontus by the end of the year.
Rome sought to expand its influence and establish itself as the overlord of the Middle East. After conquering the Kingdom of Pontus and receiving the subjugation of Tigranes II of Armenia the Romans marched on the Kingdom of Iberia , whose king, Artoces had been an ally of Mithridates VI of Pontus , Rome's premier enemy during the 80's, 70's ...
A portrait bust of Pompey the Great, the originator of the lex Pompeia de ambitu. The lex Pompeia de ambitu was a law of the Roman Republic, passed in 52 BCE, aimed at prosecuting bribery and corruption in elections. It was proposed and enacted by Pompey the Great, who used it to prosecute and exile his political enemies.