Pompey the Great

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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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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

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Porticus of Pompey patron Pompey the Great
Porticus of Pompey namedAfter Pompey the Great
King of Pontus opponent Pompey the Great
this entity surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Siege of Jerusalem (63 BCE) commandedBy Pompey the Great
Pompey’s Eastern campaigns hasCommander Pompey the Great
this entity surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus