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Pompey, Cneius
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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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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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pompey, Cneius'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pompey-cneius.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pompey, Cneius'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pompey-cneius.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
