Pompey

This article refers to the prominent military leader and politician of the late Roman republic, who also had descendants named Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.

Chronology of Pompey's Life and Career

• 106 BC September 29 — born in Picenum
• 83 BC — aligns with Sulla, after his return from the Mithridatic War; marriage to Aemilia Scaura
• 82–81 BC — defeats Marius's allies in Sicily and Africa; first triumph
• 76–71 BC — campaign in Hispania against Sertorius
• 71 BC — returns to Italy and puts an end to the Spartacus's slave rebellion; second triumph
• 70 BC — first consulship (with M. Licinius Crassus)
• 67 BC — defeats the pirates and goes to Asia province
• 66–61 BC — defeats king Mithridates of Pontus; end of the Third Mithridatic War
• 61 BC September 29 — third triumph
• 59 BC April — the first triumvirate is constituted; Pompey allies to Julius Caesar and Licinius Crassus; marriage to Julia Caesaris
• 58–55 BC — governs Hispania Ulterior by proxy, construction of Pompey's Theater
• 55 BC — second consulship (with M. Licinius Crassus)
• 54 BC — Julia Caesaris dies; the first triumvirate ends
• 52 BC — third consulship with Metellus Scipio; marriage to Cornelia Metella
• 51 BC — forbids Caesar (in Gaul) to stand for consulship in absentia
• 49 BC — Caesar crosses the Rubicon River and invades Italy; Pompey retreats to Greece with the conservatives
• 48 BC — led by Pompey, the conservatives lose the battle of Pharsalus; Pompey runs away to Egypt, where he is killed on September 29