Sextus pompeius biography

Sextus Pompeius (67 BC-35 BC) was the son of Pompey the Great and the leader of Pompey's Rome. Pompeius was an enemy of the Second Triumvirate and his base was Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily. 

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Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius was born in 67 BC, the youngest son of Pompey the Great. After his father's assassination in Egypt in 48 BC, he became a leader of the resistance in North Africa and was defeated at the Battle of Munda in 45 BC. His brother Gnaeus Pompeius was killed in the battle by Julius Caesar's army, and he became one of the many leaders during the power vacuum that followed Caesar's death in 44 BC. In 40 BC, his admiral Menas captured Sardinia from Octavian, and he used the islands of Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily as his bases. Sextus Pompeius used the capture of these islands to disrupt grain shipments to Rome itself, and he also defeated an invasion by Octavian's forces before 41 BC. He proved to be a major menace to Octavian's Rome, as his fleets co

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Sextus Pompeius Maximus

Sextus Pompeius Maximus, 'father of the fathers'. Apparently he was the leader of the cult of Mithras in Ostia. We also learn that he was in charge of one of Ostia's ferry services.

—Ostia-Antica.org

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The Mithreum Aldobrandini, named after the family that owned the nation, was uncovered in Ostia in 1923. Built on the inner corner of a tower of Sylla's enclosure, on the banks of the Tiber, the mithreum underwent two phases of development. A large (h. 54 x L. 164 cm) marble plaque, fixed to the vägg of the base with steps supporting the cult relief at the bottom of the speleum, recalls the offerings of Sextus Pompeius Maximus, relating to the second phase: first a marble tauroctony intended to replace the previous cultic image, woven or painted on a veil that time had ended up degrading and blackening, as well as a throne and all its decoration; then, in a second phase, as suggested by the last two lines, later additions in smaller characters, a marble coverin

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Sextus Pompeius (relatives of triumvir Pompey)

Paternal uncle of triumvir Pompey and key descendants of Pompey's uncle

This article is about the paternal uncle of Pompey and his descendants. For Pompey’s son, see Sextus Pompey.

Brother to Pompeius Strabo

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Sextus Pompeius Virdoctus (fl. late 2nd and early 1st centuries BC) was a Roman born into an equestrian family in Picenum (in the south and the north of the modern regions of Marche and Abruzzo respectively) in central Italy, on the Adriatic coast. His cognomenVirdoctus, suggests he was a first-born child and son.

Sextus’ mother was called Lucilia. Lucilia's family originated from Suessa Aurunca (modern Sessa Aurunca) and she was a sister of the satirical poet Gaius Lucilius. Lucilius was a friend of Roman general Scipio Aemilianus. Sextus’ paternal grandfather was Gnaeus Pompeius, while his father was Sextus Pompeius. His younger brother was the consul Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and his sister was Pompeia. Through h