[2] He, alongside Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus, put forward a bill to recall Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus from exile, but it was vetoed by Publius Furius.

This was opposed by the former consul and general Gaius Marius, who had a tribune of the Plebs, Publius Sulpicius Rufus, firstly bring forward a law which would enrol the Italian allies who had just received Roman citizenship across all of the Roman tribes, thereby giving Marius a large enough body of voters to pass a law to strip Sulla of his command.

[5] During the riots which followed, Sulla fled, Pompeius's son was killed,[1] and the consuls were forced to withdraw the Justitium.

[1] Unwilling to hand over his command, Strabo incited a mutiny that led to Pompeius being stabbed to death by his own soldiers.

[8] Pompeius also possibly held the position of Decemviri Sacris Faciundis until his death.