Plutarch's Life of Pompey the Great
By Plutarch (Rome)
The teenage general dubbed 'Magnus' by Sulla who cleared the Mediterranean of pirates in forty days, subdued the East, and met Caesar at Pharsalia. Moral focus: Military glory, civic vacillation, and the transience of human power.
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Lesson 1: The Young Warrior of Picenum
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
The Young Warrior of Picenum
Raising three legions at his own expense at age twenty-three to join Sulla; greeting Sulla as Imperator.
[Public Domain: Plutarch's Parallel Lives, translated by John Dryden / Thomas North.]
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Lesson 1: The Young Warrior of Picenum
Term Reading 1 of 12 • Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Lesson 2: The African Campaign & Sulla's Greeting
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Lesson 3: The Triumph upon the Chariot of Elephants
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Lesson 4: The War in Spain against Sertorius
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Lesson 5: The Pirate War (Lex Gabinia)
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Lesson 6: The Mithridatic War: Conquering the East
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Lesson 7: The Splendid Third Triumph in Rome
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Lesson 8: The Alliance with Caesar & Crassus
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Lesson 9: The Death of Julia & The Sole Consulship
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Lesson 10: 'I Have but to Stamp My Foot'
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Lesson 11: Pharsalia: The Fall of the Giant
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Lesson 12: The Shore of Pelusium in Egypt
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