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Pompey

Also known as Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Cn. Pompeius Magnus, Pompey Magnus, Pompey the Great

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey ( ) or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the dictator Sulla, after whose death he achieved much military and political success himself.

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Pompey the Great was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the first century BC who rose to power as a follower of the dictator Sulla and went on to achieve significant military and political success in his own right. He matters historically because he was a major political figure during the final decades of the Roman Republic, a period of crucial transformation in Roman history.

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Military person.battles: Social War Sulla's civil war Battle of the Asio River Battle of Utica Sertorian War Battle of Lauron Battle of Valentia Battle of Sucro Battle of Saguntum Battle near Osca Third Servile War Campaign against the pirates Battle of Korakesion Hasmonean civil war Siege of Jerusalem Third Mithridatic War Battle of the Lycus Battle of the Pelorus Battle of the Abas Caesar's civil war Siege of Brundisium Battle of Dyrrhachium Battle of Pharsalus
Military person.awards: 3 Triumphs
Person.name: Pompey
Person.image: (Venice) Pompey the Great, Museo Archeologico Nazionale.jpg
Person.alt: White bust
Person.caption: Bust of Pompey, copy of an original from 70–60 BC, Venice National Archaeological Museum
Person.native_name: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Person.native_name_lang: la
Person.birth_date: 29 September 106 BC
Person.birth_place: Picenum, Italy
Person.death_place: Pelusium, Egypt
Person.death_cause: Assassination
Person.resting_place: Albanum, Italy
Person.father: Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo
Person.relations: Pompeia gens
Person.office: Consul (70, 55, 52 BC)
Military person.embed: yes

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Regio V Picenum
Place of death: Pelusium
Spouse: Cornelia Metella
Father: Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo
Occupation: military personnel
Political party: optimates
Languages spoken: Latin
Native language: Latin
Religion: ancient Roman religion
Participant in: Hasmonean Civil War
Military branch: Roman army
Military rank: legatus
Image: Pompey the Great.jpg

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Commons category: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
date of birth: 0106-00-00
date of death: 0048-00-00
Commons gallery: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
topic's main category: Category:Pompey
name in native language: Cn. Pompeius Cn.f.Sex.n. Clu. Magnus
gens: Pompeia gens
cause of death: stab wound
different from: Pompeii
manner of death: homicide
social classification: equites
member of: First Triumvirate
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Early life and career
Pompey during Sulla's civil war
Sicily, Africa and Lepidus' rebellion
Sertorian War
First consulship
Campaign against the pirates
Third Mithridatic War and re-organisation of the east
Third Mithridatic War
Re-organisation of the East
Return to Rome and the First Triumvirate
From confrontation to civil war
The Road to Pharsalus
Death
Marriages and issue
Generalship
Literary heritage
Chronology of Pompey's life and career
Footnotes
References
Bibliography
Further reading

A member of the senatorial nobility, Pompey entered into a military career while still young. He rose to prominence serving Sulla as a commander in the civil war of 83–81 BC. Pompey's success as a general while young enabled him to advance directly to his first consulship without following the traditional cursus honorum (the required steps to advance in a political career). He was elected as consul on three occasions (70, 55, 52 BC). He celebrated three triumphs, served as a commander in the Sertorian War, the Third Servile War, the Third Mithridatic War, and in various other military campaigns. Pompey's early success led dictator Sulla to give him the cognomen Magnus – "the Great" – after his boyhood hero Alexander the Great. His adversaries gave him the nickname adulescentulus carnifex ("teenage butcher") for his ruthlessness.

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