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Pompey "the Magnus" is worshiped in a cult; "In 61 BCE, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus – ‘Pompey the Great’, as he styled himself, in imitation of Alexander – celebrated a triumph for his victory over King Mithradates VI of Pontus, who once occupied extensive territories around the Black Sea coast and had his eye on more." [Beard: SPQR, p. 214]