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This article refers to the Roman General. However, Pompey is also the nickname of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England, and also of its principal football club, Portsmouth F.C.Pompey is not to be confused with the Roman city of Pompeii.
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ( Latin: CN·POMPEIVS·CN·F·SEX·N·MAGNVS), known in English as Pompey ( September 29 106 BC, Picenum - September 29 48 BC, Egypt) was a Roman general and politician.
1 Early life and political debut
Pompey was the son and heir of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, an extremely wealthy man from the Italian region of Picenum . Their branch of the Pompeii family was traditionally provincial, making them the inevitable subject of prejudice from the Roman elite. Strabo was an important general and the first senator of the family, being elected consul in 89 BC. Pompey grew up with his father in the military camps, involved in army and political affairs. According to PlutarchMestrius Plutarch (c. 120) was a Greek historian/ biographer and essayist. Born in the small town of Chaeronea, in the Greek region known as Boeotia, probably during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius, Mestrius Plutarch travelled widely in the Medite, a notorious Pompey fan, he was a popular teenager, considered a look alike of Alexander the Greatbust of Alexander the Great Alexander III (late July, 356 BC June 10, 323 BC), King of Macedon ( 336 BC-323 BC), known as Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders of the ancient world. Following the unification of the multipl. It was during this time that Pompey developed a friendship with Marcus Tullius CiceroFor other uses see Cicero (disambiguation Marcus Tullius Cicero ( January 3, 106 BC December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist. Biography Cicero was born in Arpinum and caug.
Strabo died in the conflicts between Gaius MariusGaius Marius ( Latin: C·MARIVS·C·F·C·N) ( 157 January 13, 86 BC) was a Roman general and politician. Importance of Gaius Marius The career of Gaius Marius illustrates a number of the trends that would lead to the fall of the Republic. He was a novus homo and Lucius Cornelius SullaThis page is about the Roman dictator Sulla, for the Brythonic goddess sometimes called Sulla, see Sul. Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix ( Latin: L·CORNELIVS·L·F·P·N·SVLLA·FELIX) (ca. 138 BC 78 BC) was usually known simply as Sulla . His cognomen Felix — the, leaving young Pompey in control of his affairs and fortune. Despite his youth, Pompey sided with Sulla after his return from the Mithridatic War in 83 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC Years: 88 BC 87 BC 86 BC 85 BC 84 BC 83 BC 82 BC 81 BC 80 BC 79 BC 78 BC Events Sulla returns to Italy from his. In Rome, Sulla was expecting trouble with the CinnaCinna a Roman patrician family of the gens Cornelia. The most prominent member was Lucius Cornelius Cinna. His daughter Cornelia was the wife of Julius Caesar, the dictator; but his son, L. Cornelius Cinna praetor ill 44 BC, nevertheless sided with the mu administration and found the 23-year-old, and his father's three veteran legionsSee also Legion software and Legion forummer. The Roman legion (from the Latin legio meaning levy) was the basic military unit of ancient Rome. It consisted of about 5,000 to 6,000 (later 8,000) infantry soldiers and several hundred cavalrymen. Legions we, useful. This political alliance boosted Pompey's career in Rome. Sulla, now the dictator in absolute control of the city, forced the divorce of Aemilia Scaura, his pregnant stepdaughter from her husband to marry his young ally. Pompey was only happy to divorce Antistia, a provincial matrona and take the patrician Aemilia.
