Perpenna's Treachery


Pompey and Metellus
are unable to best
Sertotius as a general
he survives every test
So they withdraw from Spain
to winter closer to home
Sertortious prepares an army
to march upon Rome

Sertotius second in command
a patrician named Perpenna
craves Sertotius place
as leader of the rebels
So he hatches a plot
to throw a large banquet
and kill Sertotius there
while he relaxes and drinks

When Sertortius is murdered
Perpenna becomes general
many of his troops >br> defect over to Pompey
Pompey vanquishes Perpenna
in a single battle
immediately he is captured
Pompey puts him to death

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