10˚ E10˚ E

20˚ E20˚ E

30˚ E30˚ E

40˚ E40˚ E 50˚ E50˚ E

40˚ N40˚ N

35˚ N35˚ N

25˚ N25˚ N

45˚ N45˚ N

6969

67-66 Pompey wages campaign against pirates

in the Mediterranean

82-81 Sulla sends Pompey against Marians

in Sicily and Africa

73-71 Third Servile War:Spartacus defeated by Crassus

– with help of Pompey; 6000 cruci�ed along Appian Way

64-63 ”Eastern Settlement” – Pompey makes Syria a Roman province

and Judea a Roman dependency

73-63 Third Mithridatic War:Pompey, replacing Lucullus, completes

defeat of Mithridates VI of Pontus;subdues Tigranes II the Great of Armenia

AchaiaAchaia

EgyptEgypt

CyrenaicaCyrenaica

ArmeniaArmenia

ParthiaParthia

ArabiaArabia

JudeaJudea

GalatiaGalatia

ThraceThrace

Roman RepublicRoman Republic

PtolemaicKingdomPtolemaicKingdom

64 BCE64 BCE

6363

66 BCE66 BCE

74 BCE74 BCE

74, 64 BCE74, 64 BCE

78, 64 BCE78, 64 BCE

ItaliaItalia

GalliaCisalpinaGalliaCisalpina

IllyricumIllyricum

SiciliaSicilia

Corsica et SardiniaCorsica et Sardinia

Africa proconsularisAfrica proconsularis

AsiaAsia

Ciliciaet CyprusCiliciaet Cyprus

Creta et CyrenaicaCreta et Cyrenaica

Bithynia et PontusBithynia et PontusMacedoniaMacedonia

SyriaSyria

CordueneCordueneSyracuseSyracuse

CarthageCarthage

CapuaCapua

ThuriiThurii

JerusalemJerusalem

DamascusDamascus

AntiochAntioch

AmaseiaAmaseia

SeleuciaSeleucia

TigranocertaTigranocerta

ArtaxataArtaxata

NisibisNisibis

RomeRome

AlexandriaAlexandria

Appian Way

MauritaniaMauritania

LusitaniaLusitania

NumidiaNumidia

Gallia TransalpinaGallia Transalpina

Hispania UlteriorHispania Ulterior

Hispania CiteriorHispania Citerior

80-72 Sertorius rebels against Sulla; battles Pompey and Metellus until assasinated by Perpenna

Sertorian WarSertorian War

Sucro RiverSucro River7575

Baetis River Baetis River 8080

SegontiaSegontia

7575SaguntumSaguntum

Crete

Bruttium

Cyprus

Alps

Caucasus

Euphrates R.

Tigris R.

Po R.

Nil

e R

.

Mediterranean Sea

CaspianSea

RedSea

PersianGulf

Black Sea

n500 miles / 800 km

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