Question

Which of the following is NOT a correct match? Select one: a. Marius: first to allow landless citizens to become soldiers b. Sulla: first general to seize Rome and name himself dictator without time limit c. Pompey: member of the First Triumvirate d. Cicero: led campaign against pirates in the Mediterranean e. Julius Caesar: extended Roman rule to France and Belgium

Answer 1

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The answer is d. Cicero: Led campaign against pirates in the Mediterranean

Step-by-step explanation:

Piracy in the Mediterranean:

• The current threat of piracy in the Mediterranean sea has been a threat since ancient times.
• The very first pirates were a coalition of different ethnicities who referred to themselves as the Sea People.
• Most notorious of the Mediterranean pirates are said to be the Cilicians, who gained power as the Seleucid Empire began to fall to Rome.

• When the piracy problem aggravated, Rome sent Marcus Antonius in 103 BCE and Publius Servilius Vatia in 78-74 BCE. But the piracy problem continued.
• In 67 BCE, Pompey the Great defeated the Cilician pirates by dividing the Mediterranean in 13 different districts and sending a fleet each to combat the pirates.