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Pompey
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Pom·pey  (pmp) Originally Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. 106-48 b.c.
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.
Pompey [ˈpɒmpɪ]
n
(Placename) an informal name for Portsmouth
Pompey2
n
(Biographies / Pompey (106 bc-48 bc) M, Roman, MILITARY: general, POLITICS: statesman) called Pompey the Great; Latin name Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. 106-48 bc, Roman general and statesman; a member with Caesar and Crassus of the first triumvirate (60). He later quarrelled with Caesar, who defeated him at Pharsalus (48). He fled to Egypt and was murdered
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Noun1.Pompey - Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)Pompey - Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great
2.Pompey - a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
Portsmouth
England - a division of the United Kingdom
Translations
Pompey [ˈpɒmpɪ] N → Pompeyo
Pompey
n → Pompejus m
Pompey [ˈpɒmpɪ] n Pompey the Great → Pompeo Magno
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