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Pompey disbanded the army, then went to Rome and demanded that the Senate should give his veterans land and that his dispositions in the east should be accepted. This was refused. So, why did he disband his army? If he had brought it to Rome, his demands would no doubt have been accepted. Pomepy had earlier been willing to bring down parts of Sulla´s attempt to restore the aristocratic republic, so it does not seem that he had any strong attachment to the republic.
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