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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
  • 8281 BC — defeats Marius's allies in Sicily and Africa; first triumph
  • 7671 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
  • 6661 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
  • 5855 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