Cicero, On Pompey's Command (De Imperio), 27-49
In republican times, one of Rome's deadliest enemies was King Mithridates of Pontus. In 66 BCE, after decades of inconclusive struggle, the tribune Manilius proposed a bill that would give supreme command in the war against Mithridates to Pompey the Great, who had just swept the Mediterranean clean...
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Open Book Publishers
2023
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| Online Access: | ONIX_20231005_9781783740796_1833 |
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