Gaius Pomptinus was a Roman politician and military officer. He was a legate under Marcus Licinus Crassus during the Third Servile War.
Politicians born in the 100s BC 6
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Gaius Pomptinus was a Roman politician and military officer. He was a legate under Marcus Licinus Crassus during the Third Servile War. During his term as praetor in 63 BC, he played a role in suppressing the Catilinarian conspiracy: he intercepted the communications between Catiline's urban conspirators and the Allobroges on the Mulvian bridge, giving the incriminating letters recovered to Cicero. After his praetorship he served as governor in Transalpine Gaul, possibly pro praetore, fighting the Allobroges. He may have remained in Gaul until 59 since his intended successor, the Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer who was consul in 60, died before taking up the post. If he stayed there until the end of 59 he would have been Caesar's direct predecessor.
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