Pompey’s return to Rome was one of a kind, his accomplishments and the wealth brought with them was never encountered till this moment in Roman history. By historical records we can track his return back to Rome from Asia. He stopped in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, he decided to build theater in Rome like the one in this city, also he stopped in Rhodes, and Athens and gave money to compensate and help rebuilding the city that was destroyed by the last Sulla’s war with King Mithridates during the First Mithridate War.
We can read from Plutarch that there were rumors in Rome that Pompey may march his army on the city and enforce his Dictatorship over the Rome, so many of the elite Romans who was not in a good standing with Pompey run away …show more content…
His great achievements in Asia earned him his third “TRIUMPH”, he celebrates it on his 45th birthday in 61 BC. He was the only one till this moment who waited seven months after his victory return to celebrate his Triumph. Plutarch wrote: “…that it surpassed all previous triumphs…”. The Triumph itself was one of kind, something from size and content that never before were experienced in Rome. The historical records show the magnitude of that event, in front was paraded inscriptions describing the concurred nations, from Plutarch:
“…the Kingdom of Pontus, Armenia, Cappadocia, Paphlagonia, Media, Colchis, Caucasian Iberia, Caucasian Albania, Syria, Cilicia, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Judaea and …show more content…
The captives led in the triumph were the leaders of the pirates, the son of Tigranes the Great with his wife and daughter, a sister and five children of Mithridates VI, Aristobulus II, the king of Commagene and Albanian and Iberian hostages.
Pompey delivered to the treasury 20,000 talents in gold and silver (equal to 480 million sesterces), he paid to each of his soldiers 6,000 sesterces, when the annual soldier pay was 450! Pompay made good fortune from his military endeavors and won the support and popularity with the masses. His triumphs were for victories in Africa, Hispania and
We can read from Plutarch that there were rumors in Rome that Pompey may march his army on the city and enforce his Dictatorship over the Rome, so many of the elite Romans who was not in a good standing with Pompey run away …show more content…
His great achievements in Asia earned him his third “TRIUMPH”, he celebrates it on his 45th birthday in 61 BC. He was the only one till this moment who waited seven months after his victory return to celebrate his Triumph. Plutarch wrote: “…that it surpassed all previous triumphs…”. The Triumph itself was one of kind, something from size and content that never before were experienced in Rome. The historical records show the magnitude of that event, in front was paraded inscriptions describing the concurred nations, from Plutarch:
“…the Kingdom of Pontus, Armenia, Cappadocia, Paphlagonia, Media, Colchis, Caucasian Iberia, Caucasian Albania, Syria, Cilicia, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Judaea and …show more content…
The captives led in the triumph were the leaders of the pirates, the son of Tigranes the Great with his wife and daughter, a sister and five children of Mithridates VI, Aristobulus II, the king of Commagene and Albanian and Iberian hostages.
Pompey delivered to the treasury 20,000 talents in gold and silver (equal to 480 million sesterces), he paid to each of his soldiers 6,000 sesterces, when the annual soldier pay was 450! Pompay made good fortune from his military endeavors and won the support and popularity with the masses. His triumphs were for victories in Africa, Hispania and