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Definitions for pompey
ˈpɒm pipom·pey

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Greatnoun

    Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)

  2. Portsmouth, Pompeynoun

    a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base

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  1. Pompeynoun

    The city of Portsmouth

Wikipedia

  1. Pompey

    Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Latin: [ˈŋnae̯ʊs pɔmˈpeːi̯ʊs ˈmaŋnʊs]; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a leading Roman general and statesman. He played a significant role in the transformation of Rome from republic to empire. He was (for a time) a student of Roman general Sulla as well as the political ally, and later enemy, of Julius Caesar. A member of the senatorial nobility, Pompey entered into a military career while still young. He rose to prominence serving the dictator Sulla as a commander in the civil war of 83–82 BC. Pompey's success as a general while young enabled him to advance directly to his first Roman consulship without following the traditional cursus honorum (the required steps to advance in a political career). He was elected as Roman consul on three occasions (70, 55, 52 BC). He celebrated three Roman triumphs, served as a commander in the Sertorian War, the Third Servile War, the Third Mithridatic War, and in various other military campaigns. Pompey's early success earned him the cognomen Magnus – "the Great" – after his boyhood hero Alexander the Great. His adversaries gave him the nickname adulescentulus carnifex ("teenage butcher") for his ruthlessness.In 60 BC, Pompey joined Crassus and Caesar in the informal political alliance known as the First Triumvirate, which was cemented by Pompey's marriage with Caesar's daughter, Julia. After the deaths of Julia and Crassus (in 54 and 53 BC), Pompey became an ardent supporter of the political faction the optimates— a conservative faction of the Roman Senate. Pompey and Caesar then began contending for leadership of the Roman state in its entirety, eventually leading to Caesar's Civil War. Pompey was defeated at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, and he sought refuge in Ptolemaic Egypt, where he was assassinated in a plot by the courtiers of Ptolemy XIII.

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  1. pompey

    Pompey, formally known as Pompey the Great, was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. His real name was Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and he lived from 106 BC to 48 BC. He was an ally of Julius Caesar and Crassus in the First Triumvirate but later became Caesar's enemy. Pompey died in the civil war against Caesar.

Wikidata

  1. Pompey

    Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, usually known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. He came from a wealthy Italian provincial background, and his father had been the first to establish the family among the Roman nobility. Pompey's immense success as a general while still very young enabled him to advance directly to his first consulship without meeting the normal requirements for office. Military success in Sulla's Second Civil War led him to adopt the nickname Magnus, "the Great". He was consul three times, and celebrated three triumphs. In the mid-60 BC, Pompey joined Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gaius Julius Caesar in the unofficial military-political alliance known as the First Triumvirate, which Pompey's marriage to Caesar's daughter Julia helped secure. After the deaths of Julia and Crassus, Pompey sided with the optimates, the conservative faction of the Roman Senate. Pompey and Caesar then contended for the leadership of the Roman state, leading to a civil war. When Pompey was defeated at the Battle of Pharsalus, he sought refuge in Egypt, where he was assassinated. His career and defeat are significant in Rome's subsequent transformation from Republic to Principate and Empire.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. POMPEY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pompey is ranked #12531 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pompey surname appeared 2,473 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Pompey.

    71.6% or 1,772 total occurrences were Black.
    20.1% or 497 total occurrences were White.
    3.6% or 91 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3.6% or 89 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pompey in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pompey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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