Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic the Gracchi Sulla Crassus Cato
Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic the Gracchi Sulla Crassus Cato
Charles William Chadwick Oman
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Pompey's private life was worthy of the old times of the Kepublic for its modesty, honesty, and purity. No one ever accused him of greed, of debauchery, or of malevolence ; " he was the slowest man at asking and the readiest at giving in Home, " I'lutarch. Nor was he merely honest and upright; he also possessed the virtue — rare above all others in that age — of humanity, shown not only to fellow-citizens, but 'ven to foreigner- :iud enemies. In all his Eastern and his Western campaigns, one of... the most remarkable points is his habitual kindliness and moderation to the vanquished. Not only open foreign foes, but even outcasts, like the pirates of Cilicia, found in him a merciful conqueror. Any THE CHARACTER OF POMPEY 237 other man would have crucified those robbers along the coasts which they had plundered. Pompey turned them into colonists in his new cities in the Isaurian region, where, strangely enough, they repaid his confidence by turning out good settlers. Even the Jews, whose feelings he had outraged by forcing his way into the Holy of Holies at Jerusalem, speak nothing of him but good.
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