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Roman politician and general (c.

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67–35 BC)

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Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius (c. 67 – 35 BC), also known in English as Sextus Pompey, was a Roman military leader who, throughout his life, upheld the cause of his father, Pompey the Great, against Julius Caesar and his supporters during the last civil wars of the Roman Republic.

Sextus Pompey formed the last organized opposition to the Second Triumvirate, in defiance of which he succeeded in establishing an independent state in Sicily for several years.

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Biography

Sextus Pompeius was the younger son of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great)^[1] by his third wife, Mucia Tertia. His sister was Pompeia and his elder brother was Gnaeus Pompeius.

Both boys grew up in the shadow of their father, one of Rome's greatest generals and an originally non-conservative politician who drifted to the more traditional faction wh