Pompey II: Empire of Venus

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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