Transcript Roman Powerpoint (Pompey)

By: Dominique Dews
Pompey”s Birth
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 CNEIUS POMPEIUS MAGNUS,
was born in 106 B.C. At the early
age of 17 he began to learn the
military art under his father,
Pompeius Starbo, by service in the
field against the Italians in the
Social war. Though so young he
gave proof of extraordinary valor,
and of remarkable energy of
Social war began in 91-88 BC
character.
when the Italian allies
revolted.
Marriages
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 First wife, Antistia(In 82 B.C., Sulla
persuaded Pompey to divorce Antistia
in order to remarry his stepdaughter,
Aemilia.)
 Second wife, Aemilia Scaura(She was
reluctant to marry Pompey, but did so,
anyway, and soon died in childbirth.)
Pompey appears to
have been a faithful and
passionate husband.
His marriages,
however, were
probably made for
political convenience.
Marriages(con.)
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 Third wife, Mucia(However, it isn't clear why Pompey
divorced Mucia.)
 Fourth wife Julia(In 54 B.C., Julia was pregnant again. She
died in childbirth as she gave birth to a daughter who
lasted only a few days.)
 Fifth wife, Cornelia Metella(Pompey joined her there and
from there they went to Egypt where Pompey was killed.)
Pompey Victories
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 With the war in Italy over, he executed Gnaeus
Papirius Carbo and his supporters out of hand,
which may have led to his dubbing as the
adulescens carnifex (adolescent butcher). In 81
BC, he moved on to the Roman province of
Africa, where he defeated Gnaeus Domitius
Ahenobarbus and the Numidian king Hiarbas,
after a hard-fought battle.
48 BC– Caesar defeats Pompey's army near
Pharsalus, Greece. Pompey retreats to Egypt
and is killed there
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Pompey retreating back to Egypt
On September 28, Pompey was invited to leave his
ships and come ashore at Pelusium. As he prepared
to step onto Egyptian soil, he was treacherously
struck down and killed by an officer of Ptolemy.
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Pompey
beginning
killed
Cite :
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 http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/p
ompey.html > information
 http://faculty.nmu.edu/kkendall/HS%20302/302,%20
03,%20Late%20Republic.htm > Picture
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey >Information
 http://www.history.com/this-day-inhistory/pompey-the-great-assassinated > His death
information
 http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/pompey/f/Pom
peyWives.htm > His wives information