Sextus Pompey

Sextus Pompey
Sextus Pompey
	Portrait of Sextus Pompey on a gold aureus issued in Sicily, 37/6 BC. The inscription says Mag(nus) Pius Imp(erator) Iter(um), meaning "Magnus Pius, Imperator Twice Over".
Personal details
Born	c. 67 BC
Died	35 BC (aged around 32); Miletus, Asia, Roman Republic; (now Balat, Didim, Aydın, Turkey)
Nationality	Roman
Children	Pompeia
Relatives	Pompey (father); Mucia Tertia (mother); Gnaeus Pompeius (brother); Pompeia Magna (sister)
Military service
Rank	Prefect of the fleet and the coast; Governor of Sicily and Sardinia
Battles/wars	Caesar's civil war; Bellum Siculum

Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius (c. 67 – 35 BC), also known in English as Sextus Pompey, was a Roman military leader who, throughout his life, upheld the cause of his father, Pompey the Great, against Julius Caesar and his supporters during the last civil wars of the Roman Republic.

Sextus Pompey formed the last organized opposition to the Second Triumvirate, in defiance of which he succeeded in establishing an independent state in Sicily for several years.

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