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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Latin: [ˈŋnae̯ʊs pɔmˈpɛjjʊs ˈmaŋnʊs]; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey (/ ˈ p ɒ m p i / POM-pee) or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. He played a significant role in the transformation of Rome from republic to empire.
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was the elder son of Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) by his third wife, Mucia Tertia. [6] [1] Both he and his younger brother Sextus Pompey grew up in the shadow of their father, one of Rome's best generals and not originally a conservative politician who drifted to the more traditional faction when Julius Caesar became a threat.
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, bust at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.. The gens Pompeia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, first appearing in history during the second century BC, and frequently occupying the highest offices of the Roman state from then until imperial times.
Pompeius had no children with Antonia. After Pompeius died his remains were interred in the tomb of the Licinii Calpurnii located on the Via Salaria. Engraved on the urn of Pompeius is this text: "[Here lies] Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, son of Crassus, pontiff, quaestor of the Emperor Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, his father-in-law ...
Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (1st century BC), a Roman historian who adopted the nomen Pompeius from Pompey the Great after serving in Pompey's war against Quintus Sertorius Gnaeus Pompeius (consul 31 BC) (died 14 AD), possibly the great-grandson of the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla, suffect consul in 31 BC
Sextus Pompeius was the younger son of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) [1] by his third wife, Mucia Tertia. His sister was Pompeia and his elder brother was Gnaeus Pompeius . Both boys grew up in the shadow of their father, one of Rome's greatest generals and an originally non-conservative politician who drifted to the more ...
Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey the Great) (75–45 BC), Roman politician and general from the late Republic (1st century BC) Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus (died AD 105), Legate of the Judaea in the time of Domitian. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, or Pompey the Great, (106–48 BC), military and political leader of the late Roman Republic, consul three times
The colonnades contained arcades and galleries that displayed sculptures and paintings collected from years of war campaigns of its patron and builder, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. [3] Over time the site became rows of shops that occupied what were the galleries and arcades.