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[[Cicero]] states that Pompeius was among the orators he had heard in his youth. Pompeius was a supporter of the Dictator [[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]]. In 100 BC Pompeius was tribune of the [[plebs]]; was [[praetor]] in 91 BC and served his consulship with Sulla in 88 BC. When the civil war broke out between Sulla and [[Gaius Marius]], Pompeius was deprived of his consulship and fled to [[Nola]], where Pompeius met up with Sulla and his army. Sulla took the place in the war against Mithridates and left Pompeius in charge of [[Italy]].
While [[Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo]] was commanding the war against the [[Marsi]] tribe, the Optimates gave his army to Pompeius Rufus, the new consul. This caused Pompeius Rufus to be murdered by
Pompeius had married an unnamed Roman woman and they had a son a younger Quintus Pompeius Rufus, who married
==Son-in-law of dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla==
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'''Quintus Pompeius Bithynicus''' (108 BC-48 BC), was the son of the tribune [[Aulus Pompeius]]. He is the first member of the family to bear the [[cognomen]] Bithynicus. However, the origins of him gaining this cognomen are unknown.
Pompeius was a friend to Cicero, with whom he studied. Cicero considered this Pompeius as a great learner, who was an average orator. When the civil war broke out between [[Pompey]] and [[Julius Caesar]], Pompeius supported Pompey. After the battle at [[Pharsalia]] [[Greece]], he fled with Pompey, along with
==Grandson of dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla==
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