For the historians of his own and later Roman periods, Pompey fit the trope of the great man who achieved extraordinary triumphs through his own efforts, yet fell from power and was, in the end, murdered through treachery. [35] Pompey and Sertorius, both not wanting to wait for the arrival of Metellus (Pompey wanted the glory of finishing of Sertorius for himself and Sertorius did not relish fighting two armies at once), hastily engaged in the indecisive Battle of Sucro. A member of the senatorial nobility, Pompey entered a military career while still young and rose to prominence serving the later dictator Sulla as a commander in Sulla's civil war, his success at which earned him the cognomen Magnus – "the Great" – after Pompey's boyhood hero Alexander the Great. He then pursued the fugitives who ran out until they surrendered and brought him hostages. He was for a time a political ally and later enemy of Julius Caesar. He then granted peace to the Albanians and concluded truces with other tribes on the northern side of the Caucasus. This area of Anatolia came truly under Roman control after Pompey's victories. Pompey accepted gladly. Whether through ignorance or corruption, this information was wrong; Caesar's soldiers were very loyal to him. See photos of celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and Leonardo DiCaprio before they hit the big-time, and revisit their earliest onscreen roles. He set sail again and reached Athens. His son was not happy with the deal and remonstrated. He was a friend of Tiberius, but in AD 33, facing condemnation by that emperor, Theophanes' son and grandson took their own lives, reportedly because of the people of, Marcus Pompeius M. f. Cn. Crassus does not feature much in the writings of the ancient sources. Plutarch, "The Life of Caesar", 14, "The Life of Pompeius", 47. The image of Mithridates was made of gold and was four metre high. When he got there, 7,000 of the enemy forces went over to him. [186], Caesar thought this was decided because Ptolemy's forces included many of Pompey's soldiers who had been taken to Alexandria from Syria by Aulus Gabinius to restore Ptolemy XII when he had been deposed. Caesar then returned to Italy, crossed the Adriatic Sea and landed in what is now southern Albania, even though the Pompeian fleet controlled this sea.[179]. Parts of Cilicia Pedias became Roman territory. Pompey went ahead with his extra-legal triumph. During the campaign in Greece, he managed to regain the initiative, join his forces to that of Metellus Scipio (something that Caesar wanted to avoid) and trap his enemy. For other Romans named "Gnaeus Pompeius", see, First century BC Roman general and politician, 1st-century AD bust of Pompey, after an original from, Sertorian War, Third Servile War and first consulship, Eastern Campaigns: Third Mithridatic War, Syria and Judea, Beesley, A., The Gracchi Marius and Sulla, Chapter X; Simpson, G., The Collapse of Rome: Marius, Sulla and the First Civil War, Chapter 4, Beesley, A., The Gracchi Marius and Sulla, Chapter XIII, Valerius Maximus, Nine Books of Memorable Deeds and Sayings, 6.2.8. They were encamped near each other. A large network of pirates coordinated operations over wide areas with large fleets. [101], Cassius Dio also mentioned that Mithridates planned to reach the River Danube and invade Italy. Curio seconded the motion, but added that Pompey should also give up his provinces and armies to remove fear of conflict, which encountered opposition. In 83 BC, invited by a faction in one of the civil wars, Tigranes II of Armenia invaded Syria and virtually ended Seleucid rule. Claudius Marcellus called Caesar a robber and urged for him to be voted a public enemy unless he should lay down his arms. There was a false rumour that Caesar was marching on Rome. Pharnaces embalmed his body and sent it to Pompey as proof of his surrender. It let the cavalry through its ranks. Perpenna offered to produce letters to Sertorius from leading men in Rome who had invited Sertorius to Italy for seditious purposes. This measure must have been opposed by the aristocracy and it would have been unlikely that it would have been passed if the two consuls had opposed each other. He then fought Darius the Mede and put him to flight. He crossed the territory of the Scythians (partly by permission, partly by force) and the Heniochi, who welcomed him. Cassius Dio gave a brief account of Pompey's campaign in Judea and wrote that after this he went to Pontus, which fits with Plutarch writing that he went to Amisus.[114]. The lack of friendliness on the boat prompted Pompey to tell Septimius that he was an old comrade. In 53 BC, three candidates stood for the consulship for 52 BC. He was asked to stand for the consulship, even though he was only 35 and thus below the age of eligibility to the consulship, and had not held any public office, much less climbed the cursus honorum (the progression from lower to higher offices). He became hot-tempered, suspicious and cruel in punishment. [195] Pompey was a great forward planner, and had tremendous organizational skill, which allowed him to devise grand strategies and operate effectively with large armies. With the joining of Pompey and Metellus Scipio's large armies, Pompey's supporters were confident of victory, and encouraged him to take to the field against Caesar rather than follow a strategy of attrition. The islanders had been informed that Caesar was approaching. [1][10], Various surnames were borne by other Pompeii, including a number of freedmen and their descendants, but the majority of the Pompeii who lived in the time of the Republic bore no cognomen. [108], Aristobulus went to talk to Pompey and returned to the fortress three times to pretend he was complying with him. However, Cilicia was not actually part of this, and he campaigned in eastern Lycia and Pamphylia. The former claimed that first Aulus Gabinius and then Scaurus had taken bribes. The two men decided to stand for the consulship so that they could be more than a match for Caesar. The people praised him as the only politician who was willing to incur the enmity of both men for the good of Rome. Cato changed his mind and supported this on the ground that any government was better than no government. [64] Cassius Dio wrote that Gabinius’ bill was supported by everybody except the senate, which preferred the ravages of pirates rather than giving Pompey such great powers. Pirate tactics at sea disrupted maritime supplies. He had gone to Hispania with the remnants of the army of Lepidus in Sardinia and had wanted to fight this war independently to gain glory. The optimates favoured entrusting Pompey with restoring order. He was applauded and 'pelted him with garlands and flowers'. [104] This vast sum was used by Pompey to pay his soldiers and vividly illustrates the attractions of piracy and brigandage in this poorly controlled country. According to Plutarch many of the senators and other high ranking men who had joined Sertorius were jealous of their leader. Potheinus the eunuch, who was the boy king's regent, held a council with Theodotus of Chios, the king's tutor, Achillas, the head of the army, and others. On hearing of this, the consuls directed Pompey to quickly recruit more troops. He took and destroyed two strongholds being used by brigands; Lysias, ruled over by a Jewish brigand names Silas, and Syria's old military capital, Apameia. UK production underway on 'Father Christmas Is Back' with Kelsey Grammer, Liz Hurley.