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Synopsis: Juba accompanies Gaius Caesar on his Eastern expedition.\xa0\n\u201cTigranes\u2026marched forth with an army of such huge proportions that he actually laughed heartily at the appearance of the Romans present there.\xa0 He is said to have remarked that, in cases where they came to make war, only a few presented themselves, but when it was an embassy, many came.\u201d\xa0 \u2013 Cassius Dio, Rome, Book 36\xa0\n\u201cPompey\u2026announced to his soldiers that Mithridates was dead\u2026Upon this the army filled with joy and, as was natural, gave itself up to sacrifices and entertainments, feeling that in the person of Mithridates ten thousand enemies had died.\u201d\xa0 \u2013 Plutarch, The Life of Pompey\xa0\n\nMap of the Near East c. 1 BC:\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Near_East_1BC.jpg\nNear East Family Trees:\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/3_Near_East_A.pdf\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/4_Near_East_B.pdf\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices