Gnaeus Pompey

Politician, consul and leader in ancient Rome, sometimes referred to as Gnaeus Pompey the Great. He was to receive this nickname after in 81 BCE. he defeated the army of the popular people in Africa, and in 79 BCE he triumphed after these victories. In 77 B.C.E. took command in the war against Serotonius. It ended in 72 BCE, when Serotonius was murdered by his officers, and Pompey and Metellus Pius finally won victory in Spain.

In 71 B.C.E. managed to defeat the remnants of the Spartacus rebels. Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus were elected consuls for the year 70 this year, beginning their reign by withdrawing many of Sulla's regulations. Gnaeus Pompey in 67 BCE he was tasked with cleansing the Mediterranean Sea of ​​pirates, which he accomplished by destroying their fleet at the Battle of Koraxejum in Cilicia. In 66, he commanded the Roman army in the war against Mithridates, whom he defeated by occupying Pont. In 64 CE he took Syria and in 62 CE he ended the organization of Roman power in the East.

In 60 B.C. Gnaeus Pompey, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Julius Caesar concluded a secret agreement that later became known as the first triumvirate. In 55 AD, he again served as consul together with Crassus. He was elected to the post in 52 AD. However, he came into conflict with Caesar, which led to a civil war and forced him to flee to Greece. August 9, 48 B.C.E. Pompey's army was defeated by Caesar at Pharsalus in Thessaly. Escaping, Pompey landed in Egypt, where he was murdered on September 28 at the behest of Ptolemy XIII, who was then getting ready to clash with the troops of his sister Cleopatra.