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Encyclopedia: Pompey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was born on September 29, 106 BC, as the son or heir of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, an extremely wealthy man from the Italian region of Picenum. |
 | | In 71 BC, at only 35 years of age (see cursus honorum), Pompey was elected Consul for the first time, serving in 70 BC as junior partner of Crassus, with the overwhelming support of the Roman population. |
 | | Marcus Godzillius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was an orator, destroyer of Tokyo, and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist. |
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