(1) Dum haec geruntur, piratae omnia maria
infestabant ita, ut Romanis toto orbe victoribus sola
navigatio tuta
non esset. Quare id bellum Cn. Pompeio
decretum est. Quod intra paucos menses ingenti et
felicitate
et
celeritate confecit.
(2) Mox ei delatum
etiam bellum contra regem Mithridatem et Tigranem. Quo suscepto Mithridatem in Armenia Minore nocturno proelio vicit,
castra
diripuit,
viginti tantum de exercitu suo perdidit et duos
centuriones. Mithridates cum uxore fugit et duobus
comitibus.
(3)Neque multo post,
cum in suos
saeviret,
Pharnacis, filii sui, apud milites
seditione ad mortem
coactus
venenum hausit. Hunc finem habuit Mithridates.
(4)Periit
autem apud Bosphorum, vir ingentis
industriae consiliique. Regnavit annis sexaginta, vixit
septuaginta duobus, contra Romanos bellum habuit annis
quadraginta.
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Discussion Questions
What were infesting the seas?
What kinds of problems were they causing for the Romans?
Who was entrusted with the power to end this infestation?
What had powers and/or resources had the Senate given him to do so?
After the infestation of pirates was ended, he went to Armenia Minor, where he faced which individual?
How long did the King of Pontus rule? How long did he live? And how long
did he maintain a war against Rome?