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Pompey the Great: The Military Genius Who Reshaped Rome’s Eastern Empire Before Falling to Caesar

Explore how Pompey the Great, Rome’s military genius, reshaped the eastern empire by defeating piracy and Mithridates VI, yet ultimately fell to Julius Caesar, illustrating the fatal contradictions of the late Roman Republic.

Sulla’s March on Rome and the Invention of Republican Dictatorship

Sulla’s decision to lead Roman legions against...

Pompey the Great: Conqueror of the East, Power Lost in the West

A rising star at twenty-five, Pompey the...