UQ ANCH1250, Pompey the Great, general information and source material
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| show | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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| How does Plutarch explain how Pompey got given the name great? | show 🗑
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| show | Sulla
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| In his early years, what wars did he fight in? | show 🗑
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| show | Age 25 in 81 BCE
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| What social class was Pompey? | show 🗑
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| show | 70 BCE, aged 35
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| What was unusual about Pompey's consulship? | show 🗑
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| What did he achieve before his first consulship? | show 🗑
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| show | 1. Africa - 81
2. Hispania - 71
3. Asia - 61
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| When dealing with public and private disagreements, Diodorus Siculus says Pompey's decisions were ... | show 🗑
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| Cicero describes Pompey's first act as consul ... | show 🗑
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| What comment did Lucians Philippus state in response to Pompey's imperium, according to Cicero? | show 🗑
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| What does Pompey's coin of wreaths symbolise? | show 🗑
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| Which story from Plutarch's lives highlights Pompey's ambition? | show 🗑
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| show | They opposed it
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| What was Pompey's pirate command? | show 🗑
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| How long did it take Pompey to complete his pirate command? | show 🗑
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| show | Lucullus fell from favor and Pompey had had great success with the pirates
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| In a political speech, what words does Cicero use to describe Pompey's military excellence? | show 🗑
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| What does Cicero's political speech highlight? | show 🗑
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| What did Pompey achieve in the east? | show 🗑
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| What is the story of Tigranes according to Plutarch? | show 🗑
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| show | Crassus
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| What was Pompey and Crassus' relationship like? | show 🗑
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| What reforms did Pompey make during his consulship? | show 🗑
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| show | Settlement of the pirates and expansion of Cicilia, renewed treaties and created arrangements with neighboring kings
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| show | Diplomacy and negotiated surrender which caused an extremely low death total
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| How did Rome benefit from Pompey's 3rd triumph according to Plutarch? | show 🗑
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| How does Plutarch describe the extent of Pompey's three triumphs? | show 🗑
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| show | "he did not put to death any of the captives [pirates]"
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| What does Cicero say about Pompey and Tigranes? | show 🗑
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| What was happening in Rome when Pompey returned? | show 🗑
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| show | To suppress Catiline; however, the senate opposed
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| show | Cato, but he refused
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| show | Cato and his obstructions
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| show | Caesar, Pompey and Crassus
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| show | Needed ratification of his arrangements in the east and land for his veterans
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| show | An on and off again alliance - more dysfunctional than not
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| What was the triumvirate originally? | show 🗑
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| How was the 1st triumvirate alliance reinforced? | show 🗑
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| What did Caesar's consulship give to Pompey? | show 🗑
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| show | "He [Pompey] is confessedly working for absolute power. What else signifies this sudden marriage connection"
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| show | "My beloved Pompey, to my greatest sorrow, has been the author of his own downfall"
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| What did the increased ambitus or electoral corruption do? | show 🗑
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| show | - Give him imperium as grain commissioner for 5 years
- Proposed by Cicero
- Did not allow him to have any legions of men
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| show | Pompey and Crassus wanted to run for consulship after the cut off date. They purposefully delayed elections because of violence, they were elected an interregnum.
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| show | It was very biased
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| What did Pompey and Crassus achieve in 55? | show 🗑
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| How did Pompey afford to create his theatre? | show 🗑
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| What was the consequence of Julia's death? | show 🗑
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| What happened in the 53 consul elections? | show 🗑
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| What was Pompey's sole consulship called? | show 🗑
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| Why was Pompey given a sole consulship? | show 🗑
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| show | Tried Milo for the death of Clodius and enacted a broad reform programme
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| Was Pompey's sole consulship different to a dictatorship? | show 🗑
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| Who were Pompey's new allies? | show 🗑
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| Who was Pompey's next marraige alliance to? | show 🗑
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| show | Q. Metellus Scipio
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| What type of reforms did Pompey make? | show 🗑
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| show | He should end it and that he should give up his provences.
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| Why did Pompey and the senators leave Rome? | show 🗑
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| What is the Rubicon? | show 🗑
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| show | 17 January 50
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| When did Caesar cross the Rubicon? | show 🗑
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| show | - His renown was being attacked
- Pompey had been corrupted
- Tribune's veto's ignored
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| show | Pompey
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| What was Pompey's side called? | show 🗑
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| What did the republican side say it was defending? | show 🗑
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| show | Those who opposed Caesar, not those who supported Pompey, which caused problems later on
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| show | Late 49 BCE
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| show | Evacuate Ital in order to defend it. Sail for Greece,. bloackde Italy and control the seas and grain supply
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| What was Pompey's strategic/policy reasoning? | show 🗑
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| What was Cicero's perspective on leaving Rome for Greece and restricting the grain supply? | show 🗑
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| What did Pompey place a large emphasis on with outside of Italy? | show 🗑
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| show | "they had appropriated a small pie e of land for the auduries, in order that these might seem to take place under some form of law"
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| What happened in Dyrrhachium? | show 🗑
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| show | - Pompey was over confident
- While they had greater numbers, they were less experiences
- They remained stationary
- Caesar made an opportune surprise attack
- Caesar won.
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| show | Dyrrachium
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| What does Plutarch write about Parsalia? | show 🗑
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| show | "he [Pompey] was forced to change his mind and was turned against his better judgement in the wake of the others hopes and desires"
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| Where did Pompey seek support from after the battle at Parsalia? | show 🗑
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| show | Murdered on arrival by Ptolemy's agents - head was chopped off
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| show | "I cannon but grieve for his fate. I knew him for a man of good character, clean life and serious principle"
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| show | "lamented his son-in-law's torn-off head"
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| What did Pompey's sons do after Pompey's death? | show 🗑
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| When was the revival of the Pompeian cause? | show 🗑
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| show | No, Caesar defeated them at Munda in 45
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| What does Plutarch say about the extent of Pompey's power under his pirate command? | show 🗑
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| Why was Pompey given the pirate command according to Plutarch? | show 🗑
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| show | "If you lose Pompey, who else will you have?"
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| Who was in support of Pompey taking on the pirate command? | show 🗑
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| What was the Roman state's reaction to Pompey's pirate commands initial success, according to Plutarch? | show 🗑
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| According to Plutarch, how did Pompey defeat the pirates? | show 🗑
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| According to Plutarch, what were the consequences of Pompey's successful campaign? | show 🗑
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| What was the Roman state's reaction to Pompey's return after his successful pirate command according to Plutarch? | show 🗑
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| show | The pirates were "treated leniently by him ... [after] putting them under arrest, he did them no further harm ... [those who] surrendered to him, he spared their lives ... [those who did no} he punished"
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| According to Plutarch, what did Pompey do to the pirates after they were captured? | show 🗑
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| What did other pirates being hunted by Metellus do, according to Plutarch? | show 🗑
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| What explanation does Appian give for why pirates turned to piracy? | show 🗑
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| show | "his leniency towards them ... won over large numbers... for those who were defeated by his troops and experience his clemecy went over to his side ver readily"
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| show | "bought them down to ... Dyme where there was a dearth of population; it is now occupied by a colony of Romans "
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| What does the coin stamped with Magn. Pr. Con. with the bust of Jupiter on it symbolise? | show 🗑
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| When was the first triumvirate formed? | show 🗑
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| When was Pompey given his pirate command? | show 🗑
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