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.

Aliases (5)

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ×9
Pompey ×5
Pompeius ×1
Pompey the Great (at times) ×1
Pompey the Great (during civil war against Caesar) ×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 the Younger → Pompeia Magna → Sextus Pompeius →
citizenship	Roman Republic →
cognomen	Magnus →
colleagueInTriumvirate	Julius Caesar → Marcus Licinius Crassus →
commandedRegion	Hispania → the Eastern provinces → 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 of Pontus → forces of Sertorius’s followers in Hispania → pirates of the Mediterranean →
enteredCity	Jerusalem →
era	Late Roman Republic →
familyName	Pompeius →
father	Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo →
fullName	Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus →
givenName	Gnaeus →
heldOffice	consul → proconsul →
honorificTitle	Magnus →
honorificTitleGivenBy	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	Battle of Pharsalus →
lostBattleTo	Julius Caesar →
memberOf	First Triumvirate →
notableBattle	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 → Sulla →
politicalRival	Julius Caesar →
portrayedInWork	Appian’s Roman History → Lucan’s Pharsalia → Plutarch’s Life of Pompey →
religion	Roman polytheism →
spouse	Aemilia Scaura → Antistia → Cornelia Metella → Julia → Mucia Tertia →
supportedBy	Roman Senate →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antipater the Idumaean → Cicero ("Pompey") →	ally
Antioch on the Orontes → Pontus →	conqueredBy
Roman civil wars ("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus") → Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE ("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus") →	hasParticipant
Aristobulus II → Mithridates VI Eupator ("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus") →	opponent
Pharsalus →	associatedWithFigure
Battle of Pharsalus ("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus") →	combatant
Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE ("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus") →	commandedBy
Pompey the Great ("Pompeius") →	familyName
Pompey the Great ("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus") →	fullName
Caesar’s civil war ("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus") →	hasCommander
Late Roman Republic →	hasKeyFigure
Caesar’s civil war ("Pompey") →	hasMainBelligerent
Hyrcanus II →	influencedBy
Pompey’s Pillar ("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus") →	namedAfter
Roman Republic →	notableFigure
Appian’s Roman History →	notableFigureDescribed
Optimates ("Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus") →	notableMember
Posidonius of Apamea →	notableStudent
Julius Caesar ("Pompey") →	opposedBy
Cato the Younger ("Pompey the Great (at times)") →	opposedPerson
Julius Caesar ("Pompey") →	partnerInTriumvirateWith
Cato the Younger ("Pompey the Great (during civil war against Caesar)") →	supportedPerson
Baiae ("Pompey") →	visitedBy