Pompey the Great

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Pompey the Great was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, known for his military conquests, political alliance and rivalry with Julius Caesar, and pivotal role in Rome’s transition from republic to empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman general
Roman statesman
consul of the Roman Republic
military commander
triumvir
alliedWith Optimates
annexedTerritory Judea
Syria
birthDate 106 BC
birthPlace Picenum
Roman Republic
causeOfDeath assassination
child Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger
Pompeia Magna
Sextus Pompeius
citizenship Roman Republic
cognomen Magnus
colleagueInTriumvirate Julius Caesar
Marcus Licinius Crassus
commandedRegion Hispania
linked to: Iberian Peninsula

the Eastern provinces
the Mediterranean Sea
linked to: Mediterranean Sea
commandType extraordinary command against pirates
consulship consul of 55 BC
consul of 70 BC
sole consul of 52 BC
deathDate 48 BC
deathPlace Egypt
Pelusium
defeated Mithridates VI of Pontus
forces of Sertorius’s followers in Hispania
pirates of the Mediterranean
enteredCity Jerusalem
era Late Roman Republic
familyName Pompeius
linked to: Pompey the Great
father Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo
fullName Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
linked to: Pompey the Great
givenName Gnaeus
heldOffice consul
proconsul
honorificTitle Magnus
honorificTitleGivenBy Sulla
house gens Pompeia
influenced transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire
killedBy agents of Ptolemy XIII of Egypt
knownFor military conquests
political ambition
rivalry with Julius Caesar
role in the First Triumvirate
lostBattle Battle of Pharsalus
linked to: Pharsalus
lostBattleTo Julius Caesar
memberOf First Triumvirate
notableBattle Battle of Pharsalus
linked to: Pharsalus

Battle of the Colline Gate
notableCampaign Third Mithridatic War
campaign against the pirates in the Mediterranean
war against Sertorius in Spain
occupation general
politician
politicalAlly Julius Caesar
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Sulla
politicalRival Julius Caesar
portrayedInWork Appian’s Roman History
Lucan’s Pharsalia
Plutarch’s Life of Pompey
religion Roman polytheism
spouse Aemilia Scaura
Antistia
Cornelia Metella
Julia
Mucia Tertia
supportedBy Roman Senate

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Roman Republic notableFigure Pompey the Great
Pompey’s Pillar namedAfter Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Cicero ally Pompey
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Optimates notableMember Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
subject linked to: optimates
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Julius Caesar partnerInTriumvirateWith Pompey
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Julius Caesar opposedBy Pompey
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Caesar’s civil war hasMainBelligerent Pompey
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Caesar’s civil war hasCommander Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Pompey the Great fullName Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Pompey the Great familyName Pompeius
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Roman civil wars hasParticipant Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Late Roman Republic hasKeyFigure Pompey the Great
Cato the Younger opposedPerson Pompey the Great (at times)
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Cato the Younger supportedPerson Pompey the Great (during civil war against Caesar)
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Posidonius of Apamea notableStudent Pompey the Great
Pontus conqueredBy Pompey the Great
Mithridates VI Eupator opponent Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Battle of Pharsalus combatant Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
subject linked to: Pharsalus
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Pharsalus associatedWithFigure Pompey the Great
Aristobulus II opponent Pompey the Great
Hyrcanus II influencedBy Pompey the Great
Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE hasParticipant Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE commandedBy Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Antioch on the Orontes conqueredBy Pompey the Great
Baiae visitedBy Pompey
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Antipater the Idumaean ally Pompey the Great
Roman Syria annexedBy Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Antony and Cleopatra mainCharacter Pompey
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Antony and Cleopatra containsCharacter Pompey
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Hasmonean civil war involved Pompey the Great
Amud el-Sawari misattributedTo Pompey the Great
Pamplona foundedBy Pompey the Great
Third Servile War associatedCommander Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo familyName Pompeius
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Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo parent of Pompey the Great
Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo child Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Atticus friendOf Pompey the Great
Brundisium associatedWith Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Theatre of Pompey builder Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Theatre of Pompey commissionedBy Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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First Triumvirate hasMember Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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First Triumvirate hasMember Pompey the Great
First Triumvirate grantedBenefitTo Pompey the Great
Rubicon River associatedWithPerson Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Dyrrhachium involvedInConflictBetween Pompey
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Gaius Julius Caesar formedAllianceWith Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Gaius Julius Caesar conflictWith Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Commentarii de Bello Civili mainAdversaryDepicted Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Commentarii de Bello Civili portraysFigure Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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