Today we'll be talking all about Pompey's defeat of Cilician Pirates and finally putting an end to Mithridates. In our next episode, we will take you through his conquest and organization of Syria and Palestine. For further reading:

Plutarch - Life of Pompey

Appian of Alexandria - Mithridatic Wars

Cassius Dio - Books 36 & 37

We also reference Cicero's speech to the Senate, On the Command of Gnaeus Pompey, or Pro Lege Manilia, which argued for Pompey's supreme command in the east.