Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo

Funny enough, the day I'm recording this.

And his father was a man named Pompeius Strabo.

Strabo means squinty, by the way.

Strabo was hated in Rome, but he was effective in war.

During his adolescence, Rome fought the Social War from 91 to 87 BC, where many of Rome's Italian allies rebelled after demanding Roman citizenship.

Cicero briefly served in the military during this conflict, apparently under the command of Pompeius Strabo, the father of Pompey the Great.

Military life, however, was not where Cicero's talents lay.

Soon after, Rome descended into civil war between the supporters of Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla.