A. Gabinius Tr. Pl. preferred a law that the managing of the war against the Pyrats should be in such man∣ner committed vnto Pompey for three yeares space,* 1.1 that over the whole sea betweene Hercules his pillars, and in the maritime provinces vnto the foure hundreth Stadiū from the sea, he should haue power to cōmand any Kings, L. Presidents, or whole corporations to furnish him with all things necessarie for that warre.
C. Manilius Trib. Pleb. perswaded a law,* 1.2 that the ma∣naging of warre against Mithridates should bee commit∣ted vnto Cn. Pompeius. That the whole Province where L. Lucullus ruled, together with his whole army should be resigned vp vnto him. Moreover that Bithynia, where Glabrio ruled, should bee added, together with all those bands and forces, which hee had vpon the sea against the Pyrats, and all those provinces, over which the law Gabi∣nia