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Regarding Pompey\'s title
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Sardaukar:1ykng1ok Wrote:Sertorious was one of the best military minds in Roman history. I have no doubt he'd given for example Scipio Africanus, Scipio Aemilianus, Marius, Sulla, Lucullus, Caesar or Agrippa etc. a good match any given day. Pompeius just was not very good to adapt and thus was quite helpless vs. Sertorius.

Yes he was good, no doubt.

But Caesar beat Pompey! Pompey was a great administrator/organizer,
but ws beaten by Caesar, who was no light weight in any skill required by a Roman General!

Yes. Pompey was excellent organizer indeed. That's how he won most of his battles and did some amazing feats (like defeating the pirates).

He just do not strike me as superb battlefield commander though, which was his downfall. But, considering he was facing one of the greatest captains of antiquity (Caesar), he did not do too badly. Also, he did not have full authority in his command then in Pharsalus and was hectored to give battle against his plan. His plan of attrition was good one, but it was made to come nothing by one battle he probably should have never fought.
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Re: Regarding Pompey\'s title - by Sardaukar - 09-22-2007, 07:06 AM
Re: Regarding Pompey\'s title - by Sardaukar - 09-23-2007, 02:36 PM
Pompey Magnus - by Quintus Sertorius - 10-04-2007, 12:48 PM
Re: Regarding Pompey\'s title - by SOCL - 10-04-2007, 12:54 PM
Re: Regarding Pompey\'s title - by Sardaukar - 10-04-2007, 04:20 PM
Re: Regarding Pompey\'s title - by M.H. White - 10-04-2007, 06:23 PM
Re: Regarding Pompey\'s title - by Sardaukar - 10-05-2007, 10:53 AM
Re: Regarding Pompey\'s title - by Sardaukar - 10-05-2007, 10:59 AM
Re: Regarding Pompey\'s title - by Sardaukar - 10-11-2007, 06:34 AM

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