his old house on the Carinae but not extravagant enough to incite envy. Chronology of Pompey's life and career 29 September 106 BC – Born in Picenum; 89 BC – Serves under his father at Asculum (during the Social War); 83 BC – Aligns with Sulla, after his return from the First Mithridatic War against King Mithridates VI of Pontus, raising a legion and cavalry in hopes of joining him; 82 BC – Marriage to Aemilia at the behest of Sulla, but Aemilia is already pregnant and eventually dies during childbirth; 82–81 BC – Defeats Gaius Marius' allies in Sicily and Africa; 81 BC – Returns to Rome and celebrates first triumph; 80 BC – Pompey marries Mucia, of the Mucii Scaevolae family; 79 BC – Pompey supports the election of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, who openly revolts against the Senate a few months later. Pompey suppresses the rebellion with an army raised from Picenum and puts down the rebellion, killing the rebel Marcus Junius Brutus, father of Brutus, who would go on to assassinate Julius Caesar; 76–71 BC – Campaign in Hispania against Sertorius; 71 BC – Returns to Italy and participates in the suppression of a slave rebellion led by Spartacus, obtaining his second triumph; 70 BC – First consulship (with Marcus Licinius Crassus); 67 BC – Defeats the pirates and goes to the province of Asia; 66–61 BC – Defeats King Mithridates of Pontus, ending the Third Mithridatic War; 64–63 BC – Marches through Syria, the Levant, and Judea; 29 September 61 BC – Third triumph; April 59 BC – The first triumvirate is constituted. Pompey allies with Julius Caesar and Crassus, marrying Caesar's daughter Julia (wife of Pompey); 58–55 BC – Governs Hispania Ulterior by proxy, while the Theater of Pompey is constructed; 55 BC – Second consulship (with Marcus Licinius Crassus), and the Theater of Pompey is finally inaugurated; 54 BC – Julia dies, and the first triumvirate ends; 52 BC – Serves as sole consul for an intercalary month, but has a third ordinary consulship with Metellus Scipio for the rest of the year, marrying his daughter Cornelia Metella; 51 BC – Forbids Caesar (in Gaul) to stand for consulship in absentia; 50 BC – Falls dangerously ill with fever in Campania, but is saved "by public prayers"; 49 BC – Caesar crosses the Rubicon river and invades Italy, while Pompey retreats to Greece with