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Line 1: − <table align="right" border ="1"; style="width:22em; font-size:90%; text-align: left;" cellspacing="2">+ − <tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;" class="fn">Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus<tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size:8pt;text-align:center;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em"> [[Image:Pompey.jpg|200px]]<br />Marble bust of Pompey the Great<tr><th>Born<td>September 29 106 BC<br />[[Roman Republic|Rome]]<tr><th>Died<td>September 28 48 BC<br />[[Alexandria]]<br /><tr><th>Occupation<td>Politician and military commander<tr>+ − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − +
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:120%; padding:4px;" | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:4px;" | [[Image:Pompey.jpg|200px|center|thumb|<center>Marble bust of Pompey the Great.</center>]]
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! Born
| 29 September 106 BC<br>[[Roman Republic|Rome]]
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! Died
| 28 September 48 BC<br>[[Alexandria]]
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! Occupation
| Politician; Military Commander
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! Honorary Titles / [[Agnomen]]
| ''Magnus'' (“the Great”)<br>
''adulescens carnifex'' (“the teenage butcher”).
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! Father
| [[Pompeius Strabo]]
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! Spouse(s)
| [[Julia (daughter of Julius Caesar)|Julia]]
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! Notable Roles
| General of the Roman Republic<br>Triumvir (First Triumvirate)
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! Major Campaigns
| Sicily & Africa (82–81 BC)<br>Spain (Sertorius War)<br>War against Pirates (67 BC)<br>War against Mithradates VI<br>Eastern Settlement (66–62 BC)
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! Third Triumph
| 61 BC (after Eastern campaigns)
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'''Pompey the Great''' (Latin: ''Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus'') 106-48 B.C., general, statesman, and triumvir during the last years of the [[Roman Republic]]. His soldiers are credited with bestowing the title ''Magnus'' (''the Great'') while serving in [[Africa]] (82–81 BC).
'''Pompey the Great''' (Latin: ''Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus'') or earlier as '''the teenage butcher''' (Latin: ''adulescens carnifex'')<ref>[[Valerius Maximus]], ''Facta et Dicta Memorabilia'', 6.2.8.<br>''“…Pompeius adulescens carnifex…”''</ref>, 106-48 B.C. was more simply known as '''Pompey'''. He was a general, statesman, and triumvir during the last years of the [[Roman Republic]]. His soldiers are credited with bestowing the title ''Magnus'' (''the Great'') while serving in [[Africa]] (82–81 BC).
==Early career==
==Early career==