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<p> Surnamed the Great, [[Roman]] general and statesman; entered into public life after the death of Marius; associated himself with Sulla; distinguished himself in [[Africa]] and in the Mithridatic War; was raised to the consulate with [[Crassus]] in 71 B.C.; cleared the [[Mediterranean]] Sea of pirates in 67-66; formed against the Senate, along with [[Cæsar]] and Crassus, the first triumvirate, and in 54 entered into rivalry with Cæsar; after a desperate struggle he was defeated at Pharsalia, and escaping to Egypt, was assassinated there by orders of [[Ptolemy]] XII. (106-48 B.C.). </p>
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<p> [[Surnamed]] the Great, Roman general and statesman; entered into public life after the death of Marius; associated himself with Sulla; distinguished himself in Africa and in the Mithridatic War; was raised to the consulate with [[Crassus]] in 71 B.C.; cleared the [[Mediterranean]] Sea of pirates in 67-66; formed against the Senate, along with [[Cæsar]] and Crassus, the first triumvirate, and in 54 entered into rivalry with Cæsar; after a desperate struggle he was defeated at Pharsalia, and escaping to Egypt, was assassinated there by orders of [[Ptolemy]] XII. (106-48 B.C.). </p>
 
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Latest revision as of 17:51, 15 October 2021

Cneius Pompey [1]

Surnamed the Great, Roman general and statesman; entered into public life after the death of Marius; associated himself with Sulla; distinguished himself in Africa and in the Mithridatic War; was raised to the consulate with Crassus in 71 B.C.; cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates in 67-66; formed against the Senate, along with Cæsar and Crassus, the first triumvirate, and in 54 entered into rivalry with Cæsar; after a desperate struggle he was defeated at Pharsalia, and escaping to Egypt, was assassinated there by orders of Ptolemy XII. (106-48 B.C.).

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