Pompey's campaign against pirates

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pompey's_campaign_against_pirates
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Lex_Gabinia
gptkbp:capturedPirates over 20,000
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Gnaeus_Pompeius_Magnus
gptkbp:date 67 BC
gptkbp:duration about 3 months
gptkbp:fleetSize about 500 ships
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Pompey's_campaign_in_the_East
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Appian's_Roman_History
gptkb:Plutarch's_Life_of_Pompey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pompey's campaign against pirates
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:method divided Mediterranean into sectors
simultaneous naval operations
gptkbp:notableEvent rapid suppression of piracy
gptkbp:numberOfTroops about 120,000 men
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Mediterranean_pirates
gptkbp:precededBy increased pirate activity threatening Rome's grain supply
gptkbp:resettledPirates gptkb:Cilicia
gptkbp:result Roman victory
gptkbp:significance restored Roman control over Mediterranean
gptkbp:supportedBy Roman Senate (reluctantly)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lex_Gabinia_de_piratis_persequendis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6