Pompey the Great
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Pompey
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Pompey (disambiguation)
. Pompey, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir (
Classical Latin
abbreviation: CN·POMPEIVS·CN·F·SEX·N·MAGNVS, Gnaeus or Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus) (
September 29
106 BC
–
September 28
48 BC
), was a distinguished military and political leader of the late
Roman Republic
. Hailing from an
Italian
provincial background, after military triumphs he established a place for himself in the ranks of
Roman nobility
, and was given the
cognomen
of Magnus—the Great—by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
.
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Pompey the Great
Noun
1. Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
(synonym) Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
(hypernym) general, full general
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