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    29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey (/ˈpɒmpi/ POM-pee) or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic...
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  • after winning the 2023–24 EFL League One title. Portsmouth are nicknamed Pompey, a local nickname used by both His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth and...
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    The Theatre of Pompey (Latin: Theatrum Pompeii, Italian: Teatro di Pompeo), also known by other names, was a structure in Ancient Rome built during the...
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    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...
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    between two factions led by Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey), respectively. The main cause of the war was political tensions relating...
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    The Curia of Pompey, sometimes referred to as the Curia Pompeia, was one of several named meeting halls from Republican Rome of historic significance....
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    secured passage of an agrarian law which helped resettle Pompey's veterans, a law ratifying Pompey's settlements after the Third Mithridatic War, and legislation...
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  • Look up Pompey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pompey, otherwise known as Pompey the Great, was a Roman statesman. Pompey may also refer to: Sextus...
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    consulship with his rival Pompey the Great. A political and financial patron of Julius Caesar, Crassus joined Caesar and Pompey in the unofficial political...
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    the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination...
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    came to oppose Caesar and sided with Pompey against Caesar's forces during the ensuing civil war (49–45 BC). Pompey was defeated at the Battle of Pharsalus...
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  • Yolande Pompey (April 22, 1929 – 1979) was a boxer from Trinidad & Tobago. He beat his fellow countryman "Gentle" Daniel in 1950 and 1951. He lost to Bobby...
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    He also frustrated Pompey's ambitions by opposing a bill brought by Pompey's allies to transfer the military command to Pompey against the Catilinarian...
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    commander Pompey the Great was married five times. These marriages were not only romantic matches, but political arrangements, often dictated by Pompey's political...
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    Adam Pompey (born 22 August 1998) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre and winger for the New Zealand Warriors in...
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  • Pompey was the dog of William The Silent, the Prince of Orange. During a campaign against the Spanish, William's dog, Pompey, thwarted an assassination...
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  • (born 1963) is a notable football fan and supporter of Portsmouth (known as Pompey); his occupation is an antiquarian bookseller. He has featured in books...
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    Pompey's Pillar (Arabic: عمود السواري, romanized: 'Amud El-Sawari) is a Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt. Despite its modern name, it was actually...
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    Roman general Pompey had captured him and his father, King Aristobulus II, during his war against the declining Seleucid Empire. Pompey had deposed Aristobulus...
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    and his only child from his marriages. Julia became the fourth wife of Pompey the Great and was renowned for her beauty and virtue. Julia may have been...
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    Fratton Park (redirect from Pompey Village)
    Retrieved 3 March 2020. PompeyNewsNow (24 June 2019). "Fratton Park June 1992 #Pompey #PompeyHistorypic.twitter.com/RnaLkps22l". @PompeyNewsNow (in French)...
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    March) of 44 BC during a meeting of the Senate at the Curia of Pompey of the Theatre of Pompey in Rome where the senators stabbed Caesar 23 times. They claimed...
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    Battle of Pharsalus (category Pompey)
    formed up opposite the army of the Roman Republic under the command of Pompey. Pompey had the backing of a majority of Roman senators and his army significantly...
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    Dalton Kenrick Pompey (born December 11, 1992) is a Canadian professional baseball center fielder for the Guelph Royals of the Intercounty Baseball League...
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    The Pompey stone was a stone that was carved as a hoax near Pompey, New York, circa 1820. Upon its discovery that year, the stone was quickly accepted...
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    Pompey's eastern settlement was the reorganization of Asia Minor and the Levant carried out by the Roman general Pompey in the 60s BC, in the aftermath...
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    was laid under siege at Passover of that year. Pompey sent Marcus Aemilius Scaurus to Syria while Pompey fought against Armenia. The two brothers sent...
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  • BC. He is often referred to in English as Pompey Strabo, to distinguish him from his son, the famous Pompey the Great, or from Strabo the geographer....
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    the elder son of Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) by his third wife, Mucia Tertia. Both he and his younger brother Sextus Pompey grew up in the...
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    Pompey (1923–1944) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Pompey was bred by William Coe and raced under the colors of his Shoshone Stable. Pompey...
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