A final factor in setting the right tone is to determine the purpose of the essay. An author's purpose is the reason for writing. There are three main types of author's purpose: to persuade, to inform or to entertain. If you are trying to convince your reader to believe or to do something, then you are persuading.
Caesar ignored them and at the Battle of Munda, defeated Pompey. There were many civil wars during Rome in the first century B.C., as many high-ranking patricians such as consuls fought to be more powerful than each other.
Pompey (106â48 bc) (Gnaeus Pompeius) Roman general. He fought for Sulla in 83 bc, and campaigned in Sicily, Africa and Spain. He was named consul with Crassus in 70 bc and fought a notable campaign against Mithridates VI of Pontus in 66 bc.