Pompey accepted the offer and a secret agreement was made between them, but nevertheless the people got wind of the matter, owing to the pains which Antistius took to favour Pompey.
Pompey rules with the advantage of his favoritism on everyone he meets
This man was bribed by Cinna, and was himself to kill Pompey, while others were to set fire to the tent of the commander. 2 But Pompey got information of the plot while he was at supper. He was not at all disturbed, but after drinking more freely even than usual and treating Terentius with kindness, as soon as he retired to rest stole out of the tent unperceived, set a guard about his father, and quietly awaited the event. Terentius, when he thought the proper time was come, arose, and approaching the couch of Pompey with drawn sword, stabbed the bed-clothing many times, supposing him to be lying there. 3 After this there was a great commotion, owing to the hatred felt towards the general, and a rush to revolt on the part of the soldiers, who tore down their tents and seized their arms. The general did not venture forth for fear of the tumult, but Pompey went up and down among the soldiers beseeching them with tears, and finally threw himself on his face in front of the gate of the camp and lay there in the way, weeping and bidding those who were going out to trample on him. As a consequence, everyone drew back out of shame, and all except eight hundred changed their minds and were reconciled to their general.
Was Terentius jealous of Strabo or Pompey?
But though he was so extremely cautious in such matters and on his guard, still he could not escape the censures of his enemies on this head, but was accused of illicit relations with married women, to gratify whom, it was said, he neglected and betrayed many public interests.
Did Pompey avoid love because he did not want to be a bad general or because he didn't want to gain enemies?
Pompey, accordingly, turned her over to Geminius, but never afterwards had any thing at all to do with her himself, although he was thought to be enamoured of her; and she p121 herself did not take this treatment as a mere courtesan would, but was sick for a long time with grief and longing. 4
Like Julius Caesar, Pompey, despite his modest and kind personality, allowed Roman society's masculine perception affect him. He believed loving a woman made him less masculine
King Alexander.
A beloved Roman emperor, magnifying his importance to the Romans
he had a countenance which helped him in no small degree to win the favour of the people, and which pleaded for him before he spoke
He had the ideal look of a trustworthy man according to the Romans, and his actions proved his noble character
"I hate the sire, but dearly love this child of his."1
The Romans trusted Pompey more for his character rather than his father's