Caesar died at the foot of a statue of Pompey in the amphitheater he built because the curia was burnt down after the death of Clodius, a minion of Caesar’s. So, the Senate was meeting at Pompey’s theater, where a nude statue of Pompey was at the center of the stage. read more
Pompey then fled to Egypt, but was stabbed to death as he disembarked at Alexandria on the 28th September 48 BCE. With the defeat of Pompey and the victory of Julius Caesar, the foundations of Imperial Rome were dug and any sentiment of a ‘democratic’ Rome was buried with it. read more
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Classical Latin: [ˈgnae̯.ʊs pɔmˈpɛj.jʊs ˈmaŋ.nʊs]; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), usually known in English as Pompey / ˈ p ɒ m p iː / or Pompey the Great, was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. read more