De Imperio Cn. Pompei
Portrait of Pompey the Great
De Imperio Cn. Pompei, also known as Pro Lege Manilia, 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.[1][2]
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.
References
- ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero (1966). De Imperio Cn. Pompei ad Quirites oratio: pro lege Manilia. Bristol Classical Press. ISBN 978-0-86292-182-8.
- ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero (1905). M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes: Pro Sex. Roscio ; De imperio Cn. Pompei ; Pro Cluentio ; In Catilinam ; Pro Murena ; Pro Caelio. Oxford University Press. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-0-19-814605-6.
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