84 - Pompey II: Empire of Venus
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Pompey becomes Rome’s greatest conqueror, and empire builder, but faces even greater trials back home in Rome.    People  Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, "Pompey the Great"Sulla Felix, the Dictator  Pompey  The Pirates  Posidonius the Stoic  Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus  Lucius Licinius Lucullus  Cicero, the Orator  Manilius, the Tribune  Julius Caesar  Theophanes of Mytilene  Queen Monime  Tigranes the Great of Armenia  Tigranes the Younger, Prince  Albani(ans) of Caucasus  Iberians of Caucasus  King Phraates of Parthia  The Parthians  Antiochus XIII, Seleucid King  Aretas, King of the Nabatean Arabs  Aristobulus of Judea  Hyrcanus of Judea  Aulus Gabinius  Josephus (Jewish Historian)  Marcus Licinius Crassus, Richest Man in Rome  Marcus Porcius Cato (the Younger)  Metellus Celer  Metellus Nepos  M. Calpurnius Bibulus  Publius Clodius Pulcher, Slum Lord  Milo  Julia  Domitius Ahenobarbus    Places  Sicily  Sardinia  Corsica  North Africa  Rhodes  Cilicia  Cappadocia  Galatia  Armenia  Artaxata   Mt Ararat  Sophene  Syria  Bithynia  Pontus  Caucasus  Colchis  Albania (Caucasus)  Iberia (Caucasus)  Bosphoran Kingdom (Crimea / Azov)  Damascus  Petra (Arabia)  Judea  Jordan River Valley  Jericho  Jerusalem  Campus Martius  Alban Hills / Lake / Villa  Luca  Image: The Triumph of Pompey, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, 1765. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Thanks to our sponsor Intercollegiate Studies Institute! www.isi.org.  Check out their programs on supporting quality thought and intellectual life in and after your college years.
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