Pompey. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Pompey

SYLLABICATION:	Pom·pey
PRONUNCIATION:	pmp
DATES:	106–48 b.c.
VARIANTS:	Originally Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
	Roman general and political leader. With Caesar and Crassus he formed a ruling triumvirate (60–50) but was later defeated by Caesar and murdered in Egypt.


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