Sextus pompey biography of albert

1. Biography of Sextus Pompey Magn
2. Early Life and Family
3. The Civil War
4. The Conflict with the Triumvirate

Biography of Sextus Pompey Magn

Sextus Pompey Magn was a Roman military commander during the late Roman Republic (1st century BCE) and a prominent figure in the opposition against the Second Triumvirate.

He was the son of Gnaeus Pompey Magnus, also known as Pompey the Great, and the younger brother of Gnaeus Pompey, a politician and general.

Early Life and Family

Sextus Pompey, the youngest son of Pompey the Great and his third wife Mucia Tertia, was born around 67 BCE.

His older siblings, Gnaeus Pompey and Pompeia Magna, were also children of Pompey the Great from the same wife. Both boys grew up in the shadow of their father, one of Rome's greatest and most renowned military commanders and a progressive politician who later shifted his allegiance to a more conservative faction