1st-century AD bust of Pompey, after an original from c. 55–50 BC
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-as of [5 MARCH 2024]–
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(’29 september 106 BC’ – ’28 september 48 BC’)
*died @ ‘age 57’*
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(classical latin: [ˈgnae̯.ʊs pɔmˈpɛj.jʊs ˈmaŋ.nʊs]
(usually known in english as pompey / ˈpɒmpiː/)
(or “pompey the great”)
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*”gnaeus pompeius magnus” was a ‘military’ + ‘political’ leader of the late ‘roman republic’*
(he came from a wealthy italian provincial background, and his father had been the first to establish the family among the ‘roman nobility’)
(pompey’s immense success as a general while still very young enabled him to advance directly to his first consulship without meeting the normal requirements for office)
(his success as a military commander in Sulla’s Second Civil War resulted in Sulla bestowing the nickname Magnus, “the Great”, upon him)
(he was consul 3 times and celebrated 3 triumphs)
(in mid-60 BC, ‘pompey’ joined ‘marcus licinius crassus’ and ‘gaius julius caesar’ in the unofficial military-political alliance known as the ‘1st triumvirate’, which pompey’s marriage to caesar’s daughter ‘julia’ helped secure)
(after the deaths of ‘julia’ and ‘crassus’, pompey sided with the optimates, the conservative faction of the ‘roman senate’)
(‘pompey’ and ‘caesar’ then contended for the leadership of the ‘roman state’, leading to a ‘civil war’)
(when ‘pompey’ was defeated at the ‘battle of pharsalus’ in ’48 BC’, he sought refuge in ‘egypt’, where he was assassinated)
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*28 SEPTEMBER 48 BC*
(‘pompey the great’ is assassinated on the orders of ‘king ptolemy’ of ‘egypt’ after landing in ‘egypt’)
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(his ‘career’ and ‘defeat’ are significant in rome’s subsequent transformation from ‘republic’ to ’empire’)
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