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- Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius (c. 67 – 35 BC), also known in English as Sextus Pompey, was a Roman military leader who, throughout his life, upheld the cause of his father, Pompey the Great, against Julius Caesar and his supporters during the last civil wars of the Roman Republic.
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Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius (c. 67 – 35 BC), also known in English as Sextus Pompey, was a Roman military leader who, throughout his life, upheld the cause of his father, Pompey the Great, against Julius Caesar and his supporters during the last civil wars of the Roman Republic.
Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius was the younger son of the Roman general Pompey the Great, and a vigorous opponent of Pompey’s Caesarian rivals. After his father was killed in the Civil War (49–45 bc) against Julius Caesar, Pompeius fled to Spain, where he continued the struggle against Caesar’s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Many of us who teach Roman history have struggled with the problem of whether and how to include Sextus Pompeius in our courses.
- Kathryn Welch
Sextus was, like his father, an able and energetic commander. His brief career was spent entirely in the continuation—symbolized by his adoption of the surname Pius (he gives his name as Magnus Pompeius Magni f. Pius, ‘Magnus Pompeius Pius son of Magnus’)—of an inherited struggle.
Sextus Pompeius (sĕk´stəs pŏmpā´əs), d. 35 BC, Roman commander; one of the sons of Pompey the Great. He fought for his father at Pharsalus, then went to Egypt and, after the battle of Thapsus, to Spain, where he continued warring against Caesar's followers after the death of his elder brother in 45 BC In 44 BC, Lepidus (d.
In the background, Sextus Pompeius advanced his control of the Iberian peninsula against the efforts of the Caesarian commanders Gaius Carrinas and Gaius Asinius Pollio to dislodge him. As in the previous period, the extent to which Pompeius’ presence was felt by his contemporaries can and should be reconstructed.
Dec 31, 2012 · Sextus Pompeius plays havoc with key elements of the accepted narrative. His military success destroys the myth of continuous Caesarian victory. His commitment to rescuing the victims of...
