Pompey the Great

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Pompey
For other meanings see 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 BCSeptember 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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