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noun - Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
noun - a port city in southern England on the English Channel
POMPEY - Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Classical Latin: [gnae.s pmpj.js ma.ns]; 29 September 106 BC 28 September 48 BC), usually known in English as Pompey or Pom...
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Member of the First Triumvirate |
First Triumvirate member |
Roman general in naval base |
Informal name for Portsmouth |
Roman general |
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Dec 6 2012 Universal |
Jun 6 2012 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
Apr 24 2011 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
Nov 20 2010 The Telegraph - Quick |
Jul 27 2001 New York Times |
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During the Roman Civil War, Brutus sided with this man but was later pardoned by Julius Caesar--Oops! |
Crassus, Julius Caesar & this man formed the 1st Triumvirate |
In 71 B.C. this "great" man tried to take credit for ending Spartacus' slave revolt; maybe him & circumstance |
On the 7th episode of "Rome", this warring general & rival of Julius Caesar is killed after fleeing to Egypt |
Of Rome's "First Triumvirate" |
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(10648 BC), Roman general and statesman Latin name Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus known as Pompey the Great. He founded the First Triumvirate, but later quarrelled with Caesar, who defeated him at the battle of Pharsalus. He then fled to Egypt, where he was murdered. |
Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC) |
a port city in southern England on the English Channel Britain's major naval base |
Pompey description |
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Classical Latin: [gnae.s pmpj.js ma.ns]; 29 September 106 BC 28 September 48 BC), usually known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. He came from a wealthy Italian provincial background, and his father had been the first to establish the family among the Roman nobility. Pompey's immense success as a general while still very young enabled him to advance directly to his first consulship without meeting the normal requirements for office. His success as a military commander in Sulla's second civil war resulted in Sulla bestowing the nickname Magnus, "the Great", upon him. He was consul three times and celebrated three triumphs. * In mid-60 BC, Pompey joined Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gaius Julius Caesar in the unofficial military-political alliance known as the First Triumvirate, which Pompey's marriage to Caesar's daughter Julia helped secure. After the deaths of Julia and Crassus, Pompey sided |