Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Also known as: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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Pompey the Great (born September 29, 106 bce, Rome—died September 28, 48 bce, Pelusium, Egypt) was one of the great statesmen and generals of the late Roman Republic, a triumvir (61–54 bce) who was an associate and later an opponent of Julius Caesar. He was initially called Magnus (“the Great”) by his troops in Africa (82–81 bce), and he assumed the cognomen Magnus after 81. Pompey belonged to the senatorial nobility, although his family first achieved the office of consul only in 141. Fluent in Greek and a lifelong and intimate friend of Greek literati, he must have had the ...(100 of 2849 words)