![]() ![]() Because he failed to pursue at the moment of Caesar's defeat, Pompey threw away the chance to destroy Caesar's much smaller army. Pompey fought Caesar at the Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC), in which Caesar lost 1000 men and Pompey lost 2000. Nevertheless, Caesar managed to cross over into Epirus in November 49 BC, and captured Apollonia. There, during Caesar's Spanish campaign, Pompey had gathered a large force in Macedonia, with nine legions plus contingents from the Roman allies in the east. It was left in the Temple of Saturn when Caesar and his forces entered Rome.īarely escaping Caesar in Brundisium, Pompey crossed over into Epirus. Neither Pompey nor the Senate thought of taking the vast treasury with them, probably thinking Caesar would not dare take it for himself. Pompey intended build up his army, and wage war against Caesar in the east. Pompey abandoned Rome, and took his legions south towards Brundisium. In the beginning, Pompey said he could defeat Caesar and raise armies merely by stamping his foot on the soil of Italy, but in the spring of 49 BC, Caesar crossed the Rubicon and his legions swept down the peninsula. Pompey was decisively beaten by Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, whereupon he fled to Egypt, where he was assassinated.Ĭivil war and murder The Flight of Pompey after Pharsalus, by Jean Fouquet After the deaths of Julia and Crassus (54 BC), disputes between Pompey and Caesar over the leadership of the Roman Republic lead to civil war. Together, the three politicians would dominate the Late Roman republic through a political alliance called the First Triumvirate. ![]() Pompey was a rival of Marcus Licinius Crassus and an ally to Gaius Julius Caesar. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), otherwise known as Pompey ( / ˈ p ɒ m p iː/) or Pompey the Great, was an important military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.Ĭoming from an Italian provincial background, he secured a place for himself in the ranks of Roman nobility, and was given the nickname Magnus ("the Great") by Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Pompey Pompey on a coin by his son Sextus Pompeius. ![]()
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