84 - Pompey II: Empire of Venus Cost of Glory

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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