Pompey Born: Conqueror Who Reshaped Rome's East
Pompey rose through Rome's military ranks to become the Republic's most celebrated general, clearing the Mediterranean of pirates and annexing vast eastern territories that tripled Roman revenue. His fatal decision to challenge Julius Caesar in civil war ended at the Battle of Pharsalus, and his subsequent assassination in Egypt sealed the Republic's irreversible slide toward one-man rule.
September 29, 106 BC
What Else Happened on September 29
Darío el Grande asciende al trono del Imperio Persa Aqueménida.
Themistocles lured the massive Persian fleet into the narrow straits of Salamis, where the Greeks’ agile triremes systematically dismantled Xerxes’ superior num…
en la isla griega de Salamina se libra la batalla de Salamina.
Pompey paraded captured kings, gold, and a fleet of pirate ships through Rome to mark his third triumph on his forty-fifth birthday. This spectacle cemented his…
Pompey arranged his third Roman triumph to land exactly on his 45th birthday — a scheduling flex that was entirely intentional and entirely him. He paraded the …
sacre du pape Léon Ier.
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