Chronological table: the parallel lives of Pompey and Cicero
Year | Pompey | Cicero |
106 | Born (29 September ) | Born (3 January) |
90-88 | Military Service, including with Pompey’s father Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo (one of the consuls of 89) | |
89-87 | Military Service under his father Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, who dies in 87. | |
83-81 | Various campaigns: in support of Sulla (in Italy, Sicily, Africa) | |
81 | First triumph | First surviving public speech (pro
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79-77 | Rhetorical and philosophical studies in Rhodes and Athens | |
76-71 | Campaign in Spain against Sertorius as holder of a procon- sular imperium (granted by a reluctant senate); contribution to the suppression of the slave revolt upon his return; second triumph for his victories in Spain | Active in the law courts |
75 | Quaestor in Sicily | |
70 | Consul for the first time (with
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Prosecution of Verres |
69 | Aedile | |
67 | Campaign against the pirates as holder of an extraordinary command sanctioned by the lex Gabinia |
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66 | Praetor; speech in favour of the lex
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65-61 | Campaign against Mithridates as holder of an extraordinary command sanctioned by the lex Manilia; third triumph | |
63 | Consul; suppression of the
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58 | Pushed into exile on account of the execution of the Catilinarians (till 57) | |
55 | Consul for the second time
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52 | Consul sine collega (‘without colleague’), to restore order in the capital | |
51 | Pro-consul in Cilicia | |
48 | Pompey assassinated in the course of the civil war against Caesar | |
43 | Proscription by Mark Antony;
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A useful summary but why no mention of the `1st Triumvirate’ with Crassus and Caesar? Although this was not a legally-sanctioned body (in contrast to the `2nd. triumvirate’) it did exercise de facto control of the Roman state whilst it held together.