Sextus Pompey

Sextus Pompey
Gold coin depicting bearded face staring right
Portrait of Sextus Pompey on a gold aureus issued in Sicily, 37/6 BC. The inscription says Mag(nus) Pius Imp(erator) Iter(um), meaning "Magnus Pius, Imperator Twice Over".
Personal details
Bornc. 67 BC[1]
Died35 BC (aged around 32)
Miletus, Asia, Roman Republic
NationalityRoman
ChildrenPompeia
RelativesPompey (father)
Mucia Tertia (mother)
Gnaeus Pompeius (brother)
Pompeia Magna (sister)
Military service
RankPrefect of the fleet and the coast
Governor of Sicily and Sardinia
Battles/warsCaesar's civil war
Bellum Siculum

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.

  1. ^ Jones, Tom B (1976). "Pompeius Magnus, Sextus". In William D. Halsey (ed.). Collier's Encyclopedia. Vol. 19. Macmillan Educational Corporation. p. 234.