Pompey in the Mirror of Byzantine Historiography

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Pompey and the Empire, between Historiography and History 1
5. Toward the Assignment of Extraordinary Commands to Pompey in 67–66 BCE 13
6. The Fallout from Pompey’s Extraordinary Powers in Rome’s Political and Institutional Context 37
7. Pompey’s Theatre Complex as the Mirror of a New Order 57
8. Pompey and the bellum navale of 67 BCE in Cicero’s De imperio Cn. Pompei 77
9. Pompey and Cicero, 67–59 BCE: New Order vs Rome-Centrism 103
10. Pompey in Cicero’s Speeches, 63–43 BCE 125
11. Pompey in the East 157
12. Pompey’s New Order in the Greek Literary Sources 181
13. An Honourable Man? Pompey’s Tactics, Strategy, and Stratagems during the Eastern Campaign 199
14. Pompey in the East: the Epigraphical Sources 213
15. The Impact of Pompey’s Campaigns on the Coinages of the Eastern Roman Provinces 287
16. Pompey the Great in Judea and in Ancient Jewish Sources 313
17. Pompey in the Mirror of Byzantine Historiography 349
18. Syro-Josephan and Syro-Eusebian Impressions of Pompey (Eighth-Twelfth Centuries) 361
19. Conclusions 397
20. General Index