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84 - Pompey II: Empire of Venus
Episode 84

84 - Pompey II: Empire of Venus

Cost of Glory

April 9, 20241h 49m

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Show Notes

Pompey becomes Rome’s greatest conqueror, and empire builder, but faces even greater trials back home in Rome. 

 

People 

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, "Pompey the Great"
Sulla Felix, the Dictator 

Pompey 

The Pirates 

Posidonius the Stoic 

Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus 

Lucius Licinius Lucullus 

Cicero, the Orator 

Manilius, the Tribune 

Julius Caesar 

Theophanes of Mytilene 

Queen Monime 

Tigranes the Great of Armenia 

Tigranes the Younger, Prince 

Albani(ans) of Caucasus 

Iberians of Caucasus 

King Phraates of Parthia 

The Parthians 

Antiochus XIII, Seleucid King 

Aretas, King of the Nabatean Arabs 

Aristobulus of Judea 

Hyrcanus of Judea 

Aulus Gabinius 

Josephus (Jewish Historian) 

Marcus Licinius Crassus, Richest Man in Rome 

Marcus Porcius Cato (the Younger) 

Metellus Celer 

Metellus Nepos 

M. Calpurnius Bibulus 

Publius Clodius Pulcher, Slum Lord 

Milo 

Julia 

Domitius Ahenobarbus 

 

Places 

Sicily 

Sardinia 

Corsica 

North Africa 

Rhodes 

Cilicia 

Cappadocia 

Galatia 

Armenia 

Artaxata  

Mt Ararat 

Sophene 

Syria 

Bithynia 

Pontus 

Caucasus 

Colchis 

Albania (Caucasus) 

Iberia (Caucasus) 

Bosphoran Kingdom (Crimea / Azov) 

Damascus 

Petra (Arabia) 

Judea 

Jordan River Valley 

Jericho 

Jerusalem 

Campus Martius 

Alban Hills / Lake / Villa 

Luca 

Image: The Triumph of Pompey, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, 1765. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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