
035- Crassus and Pompey
The History of Rome
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The Butcher of Askelom
Pompey Strabo was born in 106 BC, making him nine years younger than Crassus. The son of the not so beloved Nia's Pompeii Strabo, or Pompey the Crosside. After helping pacify northern Italy, Pompey was next given the task of ensuring the loyalty of Sicily. He tracked down paparious carbo, the consul who had fled from a turi at the end of the Civil War, and had him executed.
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