Florus, Epitome bellorum omnium annorum DCC  2.13.8  (ca. A.D. 117-138): Causa tantae calamitatis eadem quae omnium, nimia felicitas. Si quidem Quinto Metello Lucio Afranio consulibus cum Romana maiestas toto orbe polleret recentesque victorias, Ponticos et Armenios triumphos, in Pompeianis theatris Roma cantaret, nimia Pompei potentia apud ostiosos, ut, solet, cives movit invidiam. The cause of this great calamity was the same which caused all our calamities, namely, excessive good fortune. In the consulship of Q. Metellus and L. Afranius, when the majesty of Rome held sway throughout the world and Rome was celebrating in the theaters of Pompeius her recent victories and her triumphs over the peoples of Pontus and Armenia, the excessive power enjoyed by Pompeius excited, as often happens, a feeling of envy among the ease-loving citizens. (E. S. Foster, trans.)