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Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
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Pompey
Roman general and statesman (106–48 BC)
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the dictator Sulla, after whose death he achieved much military…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Roman triumph
Ancient Roman ceremony of military success
The Roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the success of a military commander who had led Roman forces to victory in the service of the state or, in some historical traditions, one who had successfully…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mithridatic Wars
Conflicts between Rome and Pontus (88–63 BC)
The Mithridatic Wars were three conflicts fought by the Roman Republic against the Kingdom of Pontus and its allies between 88 and 63 BC. They are named after Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus during the course of the wars, who initiated the hostilities with Rome. Mithridates…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
September 29
Day of the year
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