Plutarch contrasts this man with Agesilaus II and claims he told defenders of a city "Stop quoting laws to us. We carry swords." His son Sextus held off Octavian and Antony's forces in Sicily until 36 BC. This man received accolades for defeating (*) Mithridates VI. The eunuch Pothinus convinced Ptolemy XIII to behead this man after battles at Dyrrhachium and Pharsalus forced him to flee to Egypt. For 10 points, name this Roman general who fought
Plutarch contrasts this man with Agesilaus II and claims he told defenders of a city "Stop quoting laws to us. We carry swords." His son Sextus held off Octavian and Antony's forces in Sicily until 36 BC. This man received accolades for defeating (*) Mithridates VI. The eunuch Pothinus convinced Ptolemy XIII to behead this man after battles at Dyrrhachium and Pharsalus forced him to flee to Egypt. For 10 points, name this Roman general who fought Julius Caesar in a civil war.
Plutarch contrasts this man with Agesilaus II and claims he told defenders of a city "Stop quoting laws to us.
{Pompey} the Great