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.

    

IMG_0837-20131004: Pompey, in the Museum of Roman Civilization
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