De Imperio Cn. Pompei (Pro Lege Manilia)
De Imperio Cn. Pompei (Pro Lege Manilia)
Cicero's first political speech before the full citizen assembly argues for handing Pompey extraordinary combined military command against Mithridates, praising the very kind of concentrated power the Republic's institutions were built to prevent.
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