Lucullus objected to losing his Asiatic command to this man.
This man's body was burnt on a pyre by his freedman Philip. He was proclaimed a perfect commander because he had military knowledge, excellence, prestige, and luck in a speech by Cicero. One of his rivals quipped that "the enemy would have won if they had a commander who was a winner" instead of this man. Lucullus objected to losing his Asiatic command to this man. He worked with Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius to put down the revolt of (*) Sertorius. This victor at Dyrrachium was assigned Hispania at the Lucca conference. He was given extraordinary powers by the Lex Gabinia to hunt down Cilician pirates. Pothinus convinced Ptolemy XIII to betray this man in Egypt and send his head to a rival who had beaten him at the battle of Pharsalus. For 10 points, name this Roman who was part of the First Triumvirate along with Crassus and Julius Caesar.
This man's body was burnt on a pyre by his freedman Philip. He was proclaimed a perfect commander because he had military knowledge, excellence, prestige, and luck in a speech by Cicero.
Pompey the Great [or Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus]