10-17-2011, 06:07 PM
I think if you look at Pompeys record in Spain, he was totally out classed by the opposition. Did someone not pull his fat out of the fire?
Trajan took his men on a Quixotic campaign in the east, gaining territory, only to lose it.
Although as Romans Scipio, Pompey, and Trajan all have certain aspects to admire, it can hardly be said that Caesar was not a a man given to clemency. To argue his reason is pure supposition.
I never commented on Scipio who I agree is another Roman worthy of status.
Pompey, while having certian atributes which are admireable, I think to say he was the better man is also looking for a saint where there were none.
Josephus was prone to flattery where it gained him grace, so he may well have
had good to say of Pompay.
Trajan took his men on a Quixotic campaign in the east, gaining territory, only to lose it.
Although as Romans Scipio, Pompey, and Trajan all have certain aspects to admire, it can hardly be said that Caesar was not a a man given to clemency. To argue his reason is pure supposition.
I never commented on Scipio who I agree is another Roman worthy of status.
Pompey, while having certian atributes which are admireable, I think to say he was the better man is also looking for a saint where there were none.
Josephus was prone to flattery where it gained him grace, so he may well have
had good to say of Pompay.
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Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
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