Pompey the Great

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Roman general Roman statesman consul of the Roman Republic military commander triumvir

Pompey the Great was a prominent Roman general and statesman of the late Republic, known for his military conquests, political alliance and rivalry with Julius Caesar, and pivotal role in Rome’s transition from republic to empire.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus	72
Pompey the Great canonical	59
Pompey	10
Pompeius	9
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great)	2
Cn. Pompeius	1
Pompey the Great (at times)	1
Pompey the Great (during civil war against Caesar)	1
Pompey the Great during his flight from Italy in 49 BC	1
Roman general Pompey	1
Roman statesman Pompey	1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman general ⓘ Roman statesman ⓘ consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ military commander ⓘ triumvir ⓘ
alliedWith	Optimates ⓘ
annexedTerritory	Judea ⓘ Syria ⓘ
birthDate	106 BC ⓘ
birthPlace	Picenum ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
child	Gnaeus Pompeius (son of Pompey) ⓘ surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger Pompeia Magna ⓘ Sextus Pompeius ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Republic ⓘ
cognomen	Magnus ⓘ
colleagueInTriumvirate	Julius Caesar ⓘ Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ
commandedRegion	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Hispania the Eastern provinces ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ surface form: the Mediterranean Sea
commandType	extraordinary command against pirates ⓘ
consulship	consul of 55 BC ⓘ consul of 70 BC ⓘ sole consul of 52 BC ⓘ
deathDate	48 BC ⓘ
deathPlace	Egypt ⓘ Pelusium ⓘ
defeated	Mithridates VI Eupator ⓘ surface form: Mithridates VI of Pontus forces of Sertorius’s followers in Hispania ⓘ pirates of the Mediterranean ⓘ
enteredCity	Jerusalem ⓘ
era	Late Roman Republic ⓘ
familyName	Pompey the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pompeius
father	Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo ⓘ
fullName	Pompey the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
givenName	Gnaeus ⓘ
heldOffice	consul ⓘ proconsul ⓘ
honorificTitle	Magnus ⓘ
honorificTitleGivenBy	Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ surface form: Sulla
house	gens Pompeia ⓘ
influenced	transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire ⓘ
killedBy	agents of Ptolemy XIII of Egypt ⓘ
knownFor	military conquests ⓘ political ambition ⓘ rivalry with Julius Caesar ⓘ role in the First Triumvirate ⓘ
lostBattle	Pharsalus ⓘ surface form: Battle of Pharsalus
lostBattleTo	Julius Caesar ⓘ
memberOf	First Triumvirate ⓘ
notableBattle	Pharsalus ⓘ surface form: Battle of Pharsalus Battle of the Colline Gate ⓘ
notableCampaign	Third Mithridatic War ⓘ campaign against the pirates in the Mediterranean ⓘ war against Sertorius in Spain ⓘ
occupation	general ⓘ politician ⓘ
politicalAlly	Julius Caesar ⓘ Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ surface form: Sulla
politicalRival	Julius Caesar ⓘ
portrayedInWork	Appian’s Roman History ⓘ Lucan’s Pharsalia ⓘ Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ surface form: Plutarch’s Life of Pompey
religion	Roman polytheism ⓘ
spouse	Aemilia Scaura ⓘ Antistia ⓘ Cornelia Metella ⓘ Julia ⓘ Mucia Tertia ⓘ
supportedBy	Roman Senate ⓘ

Referenced by (158)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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this entity surface form: Pompey

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this entity surface form: Pompey the Great (during civil war against Caesar)

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