| Year | Pompey | Cicero |
|---|---|---|
| 106 | Born (29 September) | Born (3 January) |
| 90-88 | Military Service, including with Pompey’s father Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo (one of the consuls of 89) | |
| 89-87 | Military Service under his father Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, who dies in 87. | |
| 83-81 | Various campaigns: in support of Sulla (in Italy, Sicily, Africa) | |
| 81 | First triumph | First surviving public speech (pro Quinctio) |
| 79-77 | Rhetorical and philosophical studies in Rhodes and Athens | |
| 76-71 | Campaign in Spain against Sertorius as holder of a proconsular imperium (granted by a reluctant senate); contribution to the suppression of the slave revolt upon his return; second triumph for his victories in Spain | Active in the law courts |
| 75 | Quaestor in Sicily | |
| 70 | Consul for the first time (with Crassus) | Prosecution of Verres |
| 69 | Aedile | |
| 67 | Campaign against the pirates as holder of an extraordinary command sanctioned by the lex Gabinia | |
| 66 | Praetor; speech in favour of the lex Manilia (de imperio Gn. Pompei) | |
| 65-61 | Campaign against Mithridates as holder of an extraordinary command sanctioned by the lex Manilia; third triumph | |
| 63 | Consul; suppression of the Catilinarian conspiracy | |
| 58 | Pushed into exile on account of the execution of the Catilinarians (till 57) | |
| 55 | Consul for the second time (with Crassus) | |
| 52 | Consul sine collega (‘without colleague’), to restore order in the capital | |
| 51 | Pro-consul in Cilicia | |
| 48 | Pompey assassinated in the course of the civil war against Caesar | |
| 43 | Proscription by Mark Antony; death |
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