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-Gnaeus Pompeius, better known as Pompey, was born on September 29,
106 BC.
-Civil war between Gnaeus Marius and Lucius Sulla, Pompey sided with
Sulla, who made some vary impressive defeats in Africa and Sicily.
-He was elected to consul, with Marcus Crassus for the year 70 BC.
-Given command over the Mediterranean, , he rid it of Pirates.
-Pompey then went to various places.
1)Establishing an ally of the King of Armenia.
2)Captured Jerusalem.
3)Made Syria a Roman duty.
-Pompey was a great general.
-Pompey was a bad politician.
-In 59 BC Pompey returned to Rome to find that tensions with himself
and Crassus had grown.
-Both Crassus and Pompey had large armies.
-Cicero, the leader of the senate, allied himself with Pompey.
-Cicero used flattery to become allies with Pompey.
-57 BC both men were in Italy with their armies ready to fight.
-Julius Caesar stepped in as negotiator.
-The men worked out an agreement, they formed the First Triumvirate.
-Triumvirate is the English word meaning three leaders from latin=Triumviri
-Two of the three men returned to Rome and forced the Senate to obey
-Pompey married (most likely for political reasons) Julia, Caesar's
daughter.
-Within the next five years Julia died .
-Then Crassus died in a war in Syria.
-Crassus led his army into the Syrian dessert after the Parthian army.
-Crassus was a bad general.
-After a few days Crassus army was out of water and suffering.
-Parthian army attacked, killing off two full Roman legions.
-Crassus was among the deceased.
-Caesar had campaigned, winning allies in Gaul, and the people's support.
-Pompey had stayed in Rome while his influence diminished.
-Caesar and his troops crossed the Rubicon to Rome on Jan. 11, 49 BC.
-Pompey had 40,000 men, they were inexperienced .
-Caesar had 22,000 experienced fighters.
-Pompey pressured heavily by the Senate attacked first
-Caesar won at the battle of Pharsalus, destroying Pompey's army
-Many Senators were killed.
-Pompey escaped, fleeing to Egypt, were he tried to ally Ptolemy.
-Caesar quickly put Rome into order and went after Pompey.
-The Egyptians saw Caesar coming and Ptolemy had Pompey killed.
-Gnaeus Pompeius died in 48 BC, thus ending the first Triumvirate.