Lex Manilia

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Lex Manilia was a Roman law passed in 66 BC that granted Pompey the Great supreme command against Mithridates VI in the Third Mithridatic War, significantly enhancing his power and prestige.

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Lex Manilia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman law ⓘ
plebiscite ⓘ
aimedTo protect Roman interests in Asia Minor ⓘ
secure victory in the Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
alternativeName lex Manilia de imperio Cn. Pompei ⓘ
dateEnacted 66 BC ⓘ
debatedIn Roman Senate ⓘ
Roman popular assemblies ⓘ
extendedImperiumOf Pompey the Great ⓘ
extendedPreviousPowersOf Pompey the Great ⓘ
followed Lex Gabinia ⓘ
geographicalScope Asia Minor and surrounding regions ⓘ
linked to: Anatolia

Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
grantedCommandAgainst Mithridates VI of Pontus ⓘ
Tigranes II of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Tigranes the Great
grantedCommandDuration until the end of the war ⓘ
grantedCommandOver Bithynia et Pontus ⓘ
linked to: Bithynia

Cilicia ⓘ
Crete ⓘ
Roman forces in the East ⓘ
Roman provinces in Asia Minor ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
grantedCommandTo Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great

Pompey the Great ⓘ
grantedImperium Pompey the Great ⓘ
grantedImperiumType imperium infinitum ⓘ
grantedSupremeCommandIn Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
hasLatinName lex de imperio Cn. Pompei ⓘ
hasPrimarySource Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia ⓘ
historicalContext late Roman Republic power struggles ⓘ
opposedBy Quintus Hortensius Hortalus ⓘ
linked to: Hortensius

Quintus Lutatius Catulus ⓘ
opposedByGroup some conservative senators ⓘ
passedBy Roman popular assembly ⓘ
comitia tributa ⓘ
politicalEffect concentrated military power in Pompey’s hands ⓘ
increased Pompey’s prestige ⓘ
weakened senatorial control over commands ⓘ
proposedBy Gaius Manilius ⓘ
proposedByOffice tribune of the plebs ⓘ
proposedIn Roman Republic ⓘ
relatedToLaw Lex Gabinia ⓘ
removedFromCommand Lucius Licinius Lucullus ⓘ
replacedCommander Lucius Licinius Lucullus ⓘ
Lucullus ⓘ
supportedBy Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
Marcus Tullius Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero

Roman business interests in Asia ⓘ
Roman equestrian order ⓘ

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