His policy was one of reconciliation and rehabilitation. Pompey successfully dealt with the Mediterranean pirates within three months. Upon returning, Pompey celebrated a triumph the likes of which Rome had never seen before, one that lasted a whole two days! Pompey then fled to Egypt, but was stabbed to death as he disembarked at Alexandria on the 28th September 48 BCE. Pompey the Great, Latin in full Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, (born September 29, 106 bce, Rome—died September 28, 48 bce, Pelusium, Egypt), one of the great statesmen and generals of the late Roman Republic, a triumvir (61–54 bce) who was an associate and later an opponent of Julius Caesar. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Ancient History Encyclopedia Limited is a non-profit company registered in the United Kingdom. Pompey’s life can be easily split into four phases: his early career (106- 71 BCE), his consulship until  the triumvirate (70- 60 BCE), his later career in Rome (59- 50 BCE) and the Civil War (49-48 BCE). Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms. Pompey hoped that King Ptolemy, his former client, would assist him, but the Egyptian king feared offending the victorious Caesar. This heat is comparable to what victims would have experienced in Herculaneum. After Julius Caesar destroyed Pompey the Great’s army at Pharsalus in 48 BCE, Pompey fled to Egypt. The 79 A.D. eruption of Vesuvius was, as Pliny the Younger wrote, “a catastrophe which destroyed the loveliest regions of the earth.” But before that Pompeii was a vibrant city full of people who lived and, in one sense, continue to live, centuries after they died. Ethiopia blasts Trump remark about Nile dam, Trump casts own ballot in his adopted home state, O'Leary on Joe Biden: 'He will be a very benign president', Kathy Ireland was told to ‘shut up and pose’ when modeling, Deaf woman responds to rude flight attendant, Jada's mom makes confession about star's dad, Chief: Officer who shot Black couple in car is fired, Puerto Ricans to vote on statehood Nov. 3, Garner recalls 'circus' while being married to Affleck, Report: Controversial receiver agrees to deal with Bucs, Aniston's plea: 'It's not funny to vote for Kanye'.

Login. Lloyd, J. Lloyd, James. But the theory is not without its dissenters. He next appears with three legions recruited in Picenum, joining Sulla as an independent ally in the campaign to recover Rome and Italy from the Marians (83).

However, in the end, Pompey tends to be seen by history as one of the great losers, which tends not to give true credit to his earlier career and what he achieved during it. Pompey belonged to the senatorial nobility, although his family first achieved the office of consul only in 141. After his consulship, he waited in Rome while rival nobles undermined the position of Lucius Licinius Lucullus, who was campaigning against Mithradates in Anatolia, and made halfhearted attempts to deal with the pirates. Pliny the Younger described victims surrounded by broad sheets of flame, the air reeking of sulphur and the sky darker than night. A bargain was struck with his rival Marcus Licinius Crassus (who had actually defeated Spartacus), the two were jointly elected consuls, and Pompey was given another triumph.

He was born in 106 BCE and died on 28th September 48 BCE. Pompey the Great appears to have been a faithful and passionate husband. Jaskulska says that some independent forensic evidence supports the idea that red blood cell destruction can cause this sort of bone staining. The rising crushed, however, Pompey refused to disband his army, which he used to bring pressure on the Senate to send him with proconsular power to join Metellus Pius in Spain against the Marian leader Sertorius. In the end it was he, not Metellus, who imposed on Spain a settlement reflecting and promoting his own political aims.