Rome on HBO is a dirty, decadent delight and the most underrated show in the HBO library. Assassinations, ... That’s important because Pompey not only loved his wife dearly, ...

Pompey also campaigned in Judea, conquering Jerusalem in 63 B.C. and returned to Rome in triumph in 60 B.C. Pompey formed a triumvirate with Julius Caesar (100 B.C. - 44 B.C.) and Marcus Licinius ...

Pompey the Roman Alexander. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. Klar, L. S. 2006. “The Origins of the Roman Scaenae Frons and the Architecture of Triumphal Games in the Second Century B.C.” In ...

One of the men, Pompey (born Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus), is a revered military general who has led successful conquests across Roman territory; the other is Marcus Licinius Crassus who, at the time ...

Caesar and Pompey both distorted the balance of Roman politics with vast wealth won, stolen if critics were frank, from conquered kings in Rome’s expanding empire.

Though the Roman Republic is a worrying precedent, there is one key difference between it and modern America. Pompey, Caesar, and their rivals were almost all experienced generals who ransacked ...

It all started with the Roman Republic, established in 501 B.C. as a model of government that centuries later the fledgling United States and European nations would look toward. Checks and ...

Rome’s newest tourist spot: The site where Julius Caesar was assassinated The square contains the remains of the Curia of Pompey, a central meeting place for senators where Caesar was stabbed to ...

The shooting took place at Alexandria’s ancient Roman site, Pompey’s Pillar, which dates back to around 300 AD. Getty Images Pro-Palestinian sentiments among Egyptian citizenry have long led ...