Pompey facts and dates

Question 1

77-71BC

Answer 1

Settled uprisings outside Rome. Annexed lands

Question 2

71BC

Answer 2

Settled Spartacus uprising. He took all the credit for it even though Crassus was there for a lot longer. Crasses got ovation while Pompey got a triumph. Resentments formed

Question 3

70BC

Answer 3

Pompey and Crassus consuls

Question 4

67BC

Answer 4

Lex Gabinia. Imperium over pirates. supported by JC

Question 5

66BC

Answer 5

Pro Imperium. Cicero speech. Went through tribunes to get imperium over mithridates. Optimates angry at Cicero. Builds amicitea. Backed by JC

Question 6

55BC

Answer 6

Crassus and Pompey consuls again

Question 7

Pompeys attitude to conquered people

Answer 7

He would be very fair 
He would offer citizenship to people who helped him 
Clemencia for enemies
Established provinces
sent money back to Rome
Made him very powerful 
Had many clients and amicitea
Conquered Asia Minor and East

Question 8

Why did Cicero support Pompey

Answer 8

Thought that Pompey was the person to bring Concordia ordinum
Shared love for Rome and he knew that Pompey would do what is best for the Republic
Very influential and powerful so a good ally that could increase his own political position and power

Question 9

What were Pompeys ambitions

Answer 9

He was a very ambitious Populist
Wanted to be powerful and influential
Never wanted to be dictator
Wanted popularity over everything else
Wanted to be the person that the senate and people turned to in times of crisis
Kept his options open depending on which side suited him better, so not purely populares

Question 10

Pompeys incredible achievements

Answer 10

consulship 7 years too early
Imperium twice
Pro consul
Held offices on cursus Honorum when way too young
Consulship without even being senator
People loved him, Even wanted him to becoe dictator when rome was in crisis in 50BCA
Annexed Asia Minor and East Asia
Governor In Spain
Controller of Grain Supply