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Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius (c. 67 – 35 BC), also known in English as Sextus Pompey, was a Roman military leader who, throughout his life, upheld the cause of his father, Pompey the Great, against Julius Caesar and his supporters during the last civil wars of the Roman Republic.
Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius was the younger son of the Roman general Pompey the Great, and a vigorous opponent of Pompey’s Caesarian rivals. After his father was killed in the Civil War (49–45 bc) against Julius Caesar, Pompeius fled to Spain, where he continued the struggle against Caesar’s.
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Sextus Pompey (75-35 BC) was the son of Pompey and a naval commander who fought against Caesar and Octavian. He controlled Sicily and the Mediterranean for a while, but was defeated and killed by Octavian in 35 BC.
The chapter explores how Brutus, Cassius, and Sextus resurrected the elder Pompey’s strategy of controlling the seas in their effort to contain the triumvirs in Italy.
- Kathryn Welch
Sextus Pompeius was a Roman commander and the son of Pompey the Great. He fought against Caesar's followers and later against Octavian, who defeated and killed him in 35 BC.
Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, son of Pompey the Great, fits uneasily - or not at all - into the grand narrative of the civil war of 49-31BC. Modern scholars tend...
Sextus Pompey, Octavian and Sicily. SHELLEY C. STONE III. Abstract. The archaeological record supports the theory that the period of Sextus Pompey's control of Sicily was prosper- ous. In addition, there is little evidence for any dissatis- faction with his government. After Octavian conquered.
