#gnaeus pompeius magnus

[brother-emperors]

WILL NO ONE RID ME OF THIS TROUBLESOME PRIEST ROMAN?

When Caesar arrived in pursuit on the third day, Theodotus showed him Pompey's head and ring, but Caesar was offended and wept.

-Liv. Per. 112.4

the title quotation is referring to the famous quote associated with the henry II-thomas becket conflict. the uhhhhh. the themes match, somewhat. feels the same, in some kind of way. anyway, fucking RIP to caesar and pompey. it's gotta be lonely, to start off as three, and then two, and even locked in conflict, there's a familiarity of being known that you're never going to have again. ah, what loss. what tragedy. etc etc etc.

#the queen must bury the king. long live the queen or whatever. im not a monarchist. stab the queen. long live the conspirators #gaius julius caesar #gnaeus pompeius magnus #drawing tag #komiks tag #roman republic tag #im gonna be real with you all. there is some kind of king herod being presented with the head of john the baptist going on in here #imagery wise. #CHRIST what was the hbo rome line. HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME! there it is. god what delivery. #i almost made that the quote but i dont actually want to quote hbo rome if i can quote literally ANYTHING else #tris homines

[dykepulpfriction]

pompey and cicero making out sloppy style in the senate. is this anything

#dykepulpfriction #my art #pompey #cicero #late roman republic #roman republic #roman history #old man yaoi #rome #ancient rome #gnaeus pompeius magnus #marcus tullius cicero #queer love #lmaooo

[theantonian]

Brutus joins Pompey, the murderer of his father

"Upon the general separation into two factions, when, Pompey and Caesar taking up arms against one another, the whole empire was turned into confusion, it was commonly believed that he would take Caesar's side; for his father in past time had been put to death by Pompey. But he, thinking it his duty to prefer the interest of the public to his own private feelings, and judging Pompey's to be the better cause, took part with him; though formerly he used not so much as to salute or take any notice of Pompey, if he happened to meet him, esteeming it a pollution to have the least conversation with the murderer of his father. But now, looking upon him as the general of his country, he placed himself under his command, and set sail for Cilicia in quality of lieutenant to Sestius, who had the government of that province. But finding no opportunity there of doing any great service, and hearing that Pompey and Caesar were now near one another and preparing for the battle upon which all depended, he came of his own accord to Macedonia to partake in the danger. At his coming it is said that Pompey was so surprised and so pleased that, rising from his chair in the sight of all who were about him, he saluted and embraced him, as one of the chiefest of his party." ~Plutarch's Life of Brutus

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[duxfemina]

You've heard of Girl Math and Wizard Math but have you heard of Patrician Math? Where you possess all of the ager publicus and keep adding to it with conquest but there's somehow never any land for the veterans who did all of that conquering

#ancient rome #roman history #roman empire #how often do you think about the roman empire #ancient history #patricians #roman patricians #the roman empire is my Roman empire #ager publicus #latifundia #cato #julius caesar #augustus #octavian #sextus pompey #pompey #gnaeus pompeius magnus #Pompeius magnus #land allotment #conflict of the orders #gaius marius #girl math #wizard math #patrician math

[garland-on-thy-brow]

Facts about Pompey:

Eel.

Bites.

Licking Sulla's sword.

Epic custody battle for Sulla's children.

Told to go die by his own daughter, in homeric verse.

Loves to divorce people.

Cannot divorce Crassus (legally you cannot divorce a ghost).

Built a haunted boat.

Made his personal rostra at home.

It is cool when in opera he gets arias about ships.

#gnaeus pompeius magnus

[uncleclaudius]

28 September 48 BC: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, in English known generally as Pompey, was killed in Egypt.

Here is the modern reconstruction of what he could have possibly looked like based on one of his portraits.

#ancient rome #pompey #gnaeus pompeius magnus #first triumvirate #late roman republic #he looks nice #but they did use to call him the boy butcher

[jackass-noir]

rip pompey u will be missed :’(

#more advanced latin memes #this part was rly profound but it did use an ablative of separation so i had to #lucanposting #pharsalia #bellum civile #jackassery #tagamemnon #lucan #gnaeus pompeius magnus #pompey the great #latin memes #ablative memes

[mikamikapodcast]

Gladius

The Roman gladius was a short stabbing sword that has been used to kill both opponents and dissidents throughout the history of the world. The length of the sword has varied between 60-85 centimeters. The shape has remained largely the same. The shape of the blade has been narrower in the middle in older models. The first swords were made of bronze due to the lack of iron. the Gallic warriors were the first to use the gladius sword. The gladius sword was a noble weapon equipped with every soldier's shoulder harness.

Gladius on tehnyt vuosisatojen aikana vähintäänkin yhtä kovaa tuhoa primitiivisellä tavalla, kuin kalashnikov nykypäivänä. Gladius eli miekka latinaksi oli lyhyt miekka. Se oli tehty lähitaisteluun ja etenkin pistämistä varten. Nopea ja uppoava terä oli vastustajan kaulan puhkeamiseen kallisarvoinen työkalu.

Gladius oli 60-85 cm pitkä ja kapea osittain myöhemmissä malleissa miekan muoto oli enemmän soikeampi ja keskeltä oheneva. Miekka kulki olkapäiltä ulottuvalla nahkavyöllä. Gladius oli sotilailla aina lyhyen tikarin pugion kanssa.

Lyhyt miekka on peruja falcatasta, josta Aleksanteri Suuri teki tunnetun. Gladiuksen tunnettuja käyttäjiä olivat Julius Caesar ja Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.

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[lightdancer1]

The last of these three is about one Gnaius Pompeius Adulescentulus Carnifex:

Last of the trio for today (and I've started on the fourth about Gaius Julius Caesar) is this one on Gnaius Pompeius Adulescentulus Carnifex. Pompey was both the son of another of the overmighty generals who fought a very brief war and then died of plague before whatever he intended to happen would happen, one Gnaius Pompeius Strabo, and the protege of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. In his lifetime until the very end he, not Caesar, was the man of the hour and the man who was amassing ever greater power to a point that it seemed to be his destiny, not that of the impoverished aristocrat Caesar, to determine affairs.

As it was Pompey became in spite of himself the champion of the Republic, held to be just as much a potential Emperor in the making as the man who beat him, and then lost the war. The relative merits of Caesar and Pompey and their visions in the end hinged on their abilities to lead armies and win wars and in that Caesar was infinitely the superior of Pompey and thus the Republic died at Pharsalus.

Pompey, like a few other historical figures, including his immediate successor in relative role Mark Antony, is held as a great example of the 'what might have been' more than what he did. And among his real roles in history that endured long after his death was ensuring Roman control of the Mediterranean, the Nile, and into the interior of the Middle East, replacing the old Greek dynasts with the Roman system that would last until the Battle of the Yarmuk marked its own overthrow.

8/10.

#lightdancer comments on history #book reviews #roman republic #gnaeus pompeius magnus

[pleasingnight]

Interesting that not only Faustus married the daughter of Pompey, but also Fausta married the nephew (and namesake) of Pompey's devoted brother-in-law (Gaius Memmius).

Pompey's custody battle for someone else's children is never not funny.

#fausta cornelia #faustus cornelius sulla #gnaeus pompeius magnus #pompeia #gaius memmius

[brother-emperors]

Moreover, Caesar was not satisfied to be over­looked at first by Sulla, who was busy with a multitude of proscriptions, but he came before the people as candidate for the priesthood, although he was not yet much more than a stripling. To this candidacy Sulla secretly opposed himself, and took measures to make Caesar fail in it, and when he was deliberating about putting him to death and some said there was no reason for killing a mere boy like him

Plutarch, Caesar

sulla's fight with caesar is extremely funny, but also very Something considering how much of sulla you see reflected in caesar's later actions. breaking news: grown man picks fight with teenager, more at 11.

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost

#roman republic tag #drawing tag #komiks tag #ehgugh. okay. #hello late republic it has been. like. a week since you've appeared on my blog. #i had to dig through my other WIP folder which is just goofy comics i draw to amuse myself. which is what this is #the third guy is lucullus bc im still testing out designs. someday i will land on one i like. #my main WIP folder was just making me sad so we'll put that to the side for now and focus on making. coffee #i need to be awake before i attempt to try and read this one book and man i do not feel awake in the slightest #lucius cornelius sulla felix #lucius licinius lucullus #gnaeus pompeius magnus #marcus licinius crassus

[dykepulpfriction]

fuck it. pompey doodles

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[theantonian]

Pompey the Great assassinated, September 28th, 48 BC

Upon landing in Egypt, Roman general and politician Pompey is murdered on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt.

During his long career, Pompey the Great displayed exceptional military talents on the battlefield. He fought in Africa and Spain, quelled the slave revolt of Spartacus, cleared the Mediterranean of pirates, and conquered Armenia, Syria and Palestine. Appointed to organize the newly won Roman territories in the East, he proved a brilliant administrator.

In 60 B.C., he joined with his rivals Julius Caesar and Marcus Licinius Crassus to form the First Triumvirate, and together the trio ruled Rome for seven years. Caesar’s successes aroused Pompey’s jealousy, however, leading to the collapse of the political alliance in 53 B.C. The Roman Senate supported Pompey and asked Caesar to give up his army, which he refused to do. In January 49 B.C., Caesar led his legions across the Rubicon River from Cisalpine Gaul to Italy, thus declaring war against Pompey and his forces.

Caesar made early gains in the subsequent civil war, defeating Pompey’s army in Italy and Spain, but he was later forced into retreat in Greece. In August 48 B.C., with Pompey in pursuit, Caesar paused near Pharsalus, setting up camp at a strategic location. When Pompey’s senatorial forces fell upon Caesar’s smaller army, they were entirely routed, and Pompey fled to Egypt.

Pompey hoped that King Ptolemy, his former client, would assist him, but the Egyptian king feared offending the victorious Caesar. On September 28, Pompey was invited to leave his ships and come ashore at Pelusium. As he prepared to step onto Egyptian soil, he was treacherously struck down and killed by an officer of Ptolemy.

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[duxfemina]

I feel about Pompeius Magnus the exact same way I feel about Hector of Troy and I feel like if you know you know

#hector #hector of Troy #troy #trojan war #greek heroes #greek mythology #the iliad #greek myth #Pompeius Magnus #gnaeus pompeius magnus #roman republic #roman empire #roman history #how often do you think about the roman empire #my roman empire #my Roman empire is the Roman empire #they're just good guys fighting for lost causes who love their families #Pompeius didn't really want to fight Caesar and you can't convince me otherwise #Civil wars #roman Civil war #civil war #Julius Caesar

[garland-on-thy-brow]

Okay but this is so funny.

#pompeia magna #what a sweet girl #gnaeus pompeius magnus #articles/books

[richo1915]

#humour #memes #the head of gnaeus pompeius magnus #roman things #legio xxi rapax #rome #roman #i miss the republic #spqr