Cicero was arguing that Pompey the Great should be given military command against Mithridates VI, king of Pontus on the Black sea coast of what is now Turkey.

• 他坚决主张应该授予伟大的庞培军事指挥权，以抵抗黑海岸边的本都（今土耳其）国王米特拉达梯六世的入侵。