Pompey the Great was a great general of the Roman army, just before Julius Caesar's rise to power, and he also became a political leader. He entered into a political coalition named the First Triumvirate with Julius Caesar and Marcus Licinius Crassus, which subsequently broke up during a civil war between Pompey and Caesar. When Pompey fled to Egypt to regroup, he was murdered by the Egyptians who feared Caesar more than him.

    

Pompey, in the Museum of Roman Civilization
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