The Life of Pompey Magnus Part I | The Rising Sun

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Pompey the Great is that guy, trust me.

A quick note about Pompey's triumph. We don't actually know the date of his triumph, but we think it was in 81, so his age is around 24, 25ish.

Primary Sources
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Plutarch, Life of Lucullus
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Lucullus*.html
Appian The Civil Wars Liber II https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/appian/civil_wars/2*.html
Cassius Dio Liber XXXVI https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/36*.html
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Cicero, Against Verres
Cicero, On Pompey's Command
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The Oxford Classical Dictionary
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