Sertorius, contemptuously calling Pompey Sulla's pupil, proves…

Sertorius, contemptuously calling Pompey Sulla's pupil, proves himself more than a match for his adversaries: he razes Lauron, a city allied to Rome, after a battle in which Pompey's forces are ambushed and defeated; he nearly captures Pompey at the battle of Sucro when Pompey decides to fight Sertorius without waiting for Metellus Pius; but is indecisively beaten at Saguntum.

However, Pompey writes to Rome for reinforcements, without which, he says, he and Metellus Pius will be driven out of Hispania.