Lex Manilia information

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...

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...

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...

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...

the Third Mithridatic War. Gaius Antonius elected Roman praetor. The lex Manilia, supported by Cicero gives Pompey command over all of Asia. Cicero becomes...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

glorify his leadership capabilities, providing justification for the Lex Manilia, which granted Pompey military command over the Third Mithridatic War:...

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...

the Third Mithridatic War. Gaius Antonius elected Roman praetor. The lex Manilia, supported by Cicero gives Pompey command over all of Asia. Cicero becomes...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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....