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Pompey the Great

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Noun1.Pompey the Great - Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)Pompey the Great - Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey
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