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People: Giuliano de Medici

Pompey, in his absence from Rome in …

Years: 66BCE - 66BCE

Pompey, in his absence from Rome in 66 BCE, has been nominated to succeed Lucullus as commander in the war in the east.

Pompey's command—proposed by the tribune Gaius Manilius, supported by Caesar, and justified by Cicero in pro Lege Manilia—is, like the Gabinian law, opposed by the aristocracy, but is carried nonetheless.