Pompey Synonyms

pŏmpē
Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
  2. Pompey the Great
A port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. portsmouth

Pompey Sentence Examples

  • In 65 B.C. Jerusalem was captured by Pompey after a difficult siege.

  • The Idumaean Antipater was appointed by Julius Caesar procurator of Judaea, Samaria and Galilee, as a reward for services rendered against Pompey.

  • In 66 he was superseded by Pompey, who completely defeated both Mithradates and Tigranes.

  • Pompey refused and made Syria a Roman province.

  • For eighteen years he showed himself no unworthy adversary of Sulla, Lucullus and Pompey.

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