De Imperio Cn. Pompei
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De Imperio Cn. Pompei was a speech delivered by Cicero
in 66 BC
in support of the proposal made by Gaius Manilius
, a tribune of the people, that Pompey the Great be given sole command against Mithridates in the Third Mithridatic War
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Cicero advertised Pompey as the only man with the skills for the campaign but also attempted to avoid offending the senatorial aristocracy unnecessarily. However by supporting Pompey Cicero had publicly committed himself.
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief...
in 66 BC
66 BC
Year 66 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Tullus...
in support of the proposal made by Gaius Manilius
Gaius Manilius
Gaius Manilius was a Roman tribune of the people in 66 BCE.At the beginning of his year of office he succeeded in getting a law passed , which gave freedmen the privilege of voting together with those who had manumitted them, that is, in the same tribe as their patroni; this law, however, was...
, a tribune of the people, that Pompey the Great be given sole command against Mithridates in the Third Mithridatic War
Third Mithridatic War
The Third Mithridatic War was the last and longest of three Mithridatic Wars fought between Mithridates VI of Pontus and his allies and the Roman Republic...
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Cicero advertised Pompey as the only man with the skills for the campaign but also attempted to avoid offending the senatorial aristocracy unnecessarily. However by supporting Pompey Cicero had publicly committed himself.