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    The lex Manilia (Law of Manilius) was a Roman law passed in 66 BC granting Pompey the military command in the East against Mithridates VI of Pontus. Previously...
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  • a Roman tribune of the plebs in 66 BC. He is primarily known for his Lex Manilia, the bill which gave Pompey the Great command of the war against Mithridates...
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  • did not march on Cappadocia nor Pontus but delayed in Bithynia. The lex Manilia proposed by the plebeian tribune Gaius Manilius gave the command of the...
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  • The gens Manilia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are frequently confused with the Manlii, Mallii, and Mamilii. Several of...
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    pass the lex Manilia, giving him extensive powers throughout Asia Minor in order to defeat Mithridates, in addition to those granted by the lex Gabinia...
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    supported the lex Gabinia in 67 BC granting Pompey an extraordinary command against piracy in the Mediterranean and also supported the lex Manilia in 66 BC...
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  • Cicero is elected praetor and is allocated the extortion court. The lex Manilia is proposed, granting command of the war against Mithradates to Pompey...
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    going so badly that the Senators of both parties combined to get the Lex Manilia passed by the Tribal Assembly removing command of the east from Lucullus...
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  • the estate. The Falcidius mentioned by Cicero in his speech for the Lex Manilia had the praenomen Caius. He had been Tribune of the Plebs and legatus...
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    and peace and to conclude treaties on his own discretion. The law, the Lex Manilia, was approved by the Senate and the People and Pompey officially took...
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  • the Third Mithridatic War. Gaius Antonius elected Roman praetor. The lex Manilia, supported by Cicero gives Pompey command over all of Asia. Cicero becomes...
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  • This is a partial list of Roman laws. A Roman law (Latin: lex) is usually named for the sponsoring legislator and designated by the adjectival form of...
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    the Senate chose the best commander they had. In 66 BC Rome passed the Lex Manilia appointing Pompey, a popular, as Summus Imperator, a term that would...
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  • his speech in favour of the Lex Manilia, 66 BC. Publius Falcidius, tribune of the plebs in BC 40, was the author of the Lex Falcidia de Legatis, which...
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    These extraordinary powers were further extended in the next year by the Lex Manilia. In took him only three months during 67 BC to clear the seas. Meanwhile...
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  • glorify his leadership capabilities, providing justification for the Lex Manilia, which granted Pompey military command over the Third Mithridatic War:...
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    Early career (before exile) (66 BC) Pro Lege Manilia or De Imperio Cn. Pompei (in favor of the Lex Manilia, or on the command of Pompey) (64 BC) In Toga...
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  • Licinius Lucullus. He gave up his province in 66 BC to comply with the lex Manilia that gave command of the provinces of the east to Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus...
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  • Licinius Lucullus, whom Pompey had replaced in command pursuant to the lex Manilia of 66 BC, challenged his rival's actions: instead of approving Pompey's...
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    Mithridates VI, king of Pontus, in the East (in 66 BC), thanks to the lex Manilia, proposed by the plebeian tribune Gaius Manilius, and politically supported...
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  • was a supporter of Pompey. The prosecution was in retaliation for the lex Manilia, which gave Pompey command of the Roman armies in the east during the...
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  • BCE Pro Lege Manilia or De Imperio Cn. Pompei In favor of the Lex Manilia, or On the command of Pompey Cicero argues for the Lex Manilia Cicero 66 BCE...
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  • the Third Mithridatic War. Gaius Antonius elected Roman praetor. The lex Manilia, supported by Cicero gives Pompey command over all of Asia. Cicero becomes...
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    Sea. By 66 BC he was back in Rome, where he gave his support to the Lex Manilia, which gave Pompey command of the war against King Mithridates VI of...
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  • 3.163 and 173 Plut. "Crassus" 9.7 Cic. "Manil." 68. Cicero, "Pro lege Manilia" or "De imperio Cn. Pompei". see Kleiner Pauly under Cassius 15. Broughton...
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  • "Life of Sulla", 16, 17. Appian, Bella Mithridatica 66. Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia, 3. Valerius Maximus, viii. 1. § 3. Cassius Dio, xxxix. 56. Cicero, Pro...
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  • prostitute Manilia. Mancinus being injured from the stones brought his case to the tribunes, but was appealed as it "would not have been to her (Manilia's) advantage...
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  • thanks to the patronage of Pompey. His name is mostly associated with the lex Gabinia, a law he passed as tribune of the plebs in 67 BC that granted Pompey...
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  • vol. I, p. 517. Cicero, In Verrem, i. 2, 17, 18, Brutus, 68, Pro Lege Manilia, 2. § 5; 9, Epistulae ad Atticum, xii. 21, Philippicae, ii. 5. Pseudo-Asconius...
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    "The Life of Pompeius", 35. Cassius Dio, xxxv. 10-12. Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia, 9. Livy, Epitome, 98. Pliny the Elder, vi. 3. Broughton, vol. II, pp....
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