Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)

(POMP ee) or Pomp: A nickname given by Captain Clark to Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Sacagawea's infant son.

Roman Consul in the last decades before the Empire. He gained his political power through military skills. He commanded the government forces during the civil war with Caesar, but when beaten was murdered by an embarrassed government.

Pompey, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir William Smith, A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography, 1851. (Under the tenth entry of Pompeius). (Classical Latin abbreviation: CN·POMPEIVS·CN·F·SEX·N·MAGNVSGnaeus Pompeius Magnus, son of Gnaeus, grandson of Sextus, Gnaeus or Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus) (September 29 106 BC–September 29 48 BC), was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman republic.

Pompey was the well known Pug dog of William The Silent. According to legend, during a campaign against the Spanish by Prince of Orange, William The Silent, his Pug, Pompey, thwarted an assassination attempt. One night at Hermigny, France, while the prince slept, assassins crept toward his tent.