Pompey

Many important leaders in Gladiatorial history like Pompey the Great and many more. The first known gladiatorial game was held in the year 264 BCE. Different types of weaponry were used to have success each fight such as the Parma, Fascina, Iaculum, and finally the Gladius (which their name comes from) and many more to list. Pompey the Great brought the gladiators to many victories. He was initially called Magnus in Africa, meaning “Great”. Pompey may have been assassinated on the battlefield…

(Dyson 311). In 62 B.C.E., Caesar divorced Pompeia and married Calpurnia (Nardo 32). When Caesar returned from Spain in 60 B.C.E. (Dyson 312), he joined forces with Crassus and Pompey ( Nardo 31) to create the First Triumvirate (Dyson 312). While Caesar provided the skill and brains of an experienced political infighter, Pompey contributed wealth and military strength, and Crassus supplies political connections as well as wealth (Dyson 312). Julius Caesar was chosen as consul in 59 B.C.E.…

his debts in return for political support against Pompey. Soon after, he served as a governor in Hispania Ulterior, where he conquered two local tribes, Callaici and Lusitani, and was acclaimed Imperator, an honorary title assumed by certain military commanders (Corfield 2-3). In his return, Caesar made an attempt to reconcile Crassus and Pompey by creating the alliance, the First Triumvirate, which became official through the marriage of Pompey and Caesar’s daughter. This alliance was completed…

Caesar stems from the death of Pompey. Pompey was a leader in Rome who was killed by Caesar, supposedly because of Caesar’s lust for power. According to Marullus, Pompey was a very popular person, constantly having parades thrown in his honor and he was trusted by many Romans. Marullus and Flavius were enraged at Caesar because now that he murdered Pompey, he has a parade (Shakespeare 3). They believe that the Roman people lost sight of how much they loved Pompey as a leader, and they…

Her goal was to defeat her brother Ptolemy and get the throne for herself. Around that same time, Julius Caesar was in his own civil war with Pompey in Rome, Pompey had fled to Egypt to hide there. Caesar had followed him there but pompey was killed there to please Caesar. Caesar was angry at ptolemy for ordering pompey to be killed after all pompey was his son- in-law it was said that he would have shown mercy which he did to my enemies. Cleopatra cleary took advantage of this when she heard…

As Caesar continued this political partnership with Pompey he was also befriending a Roman general and politician named Marcus Licinius Crassus. Crassus proved very valuable to Caesar because he was the wealthiest man in Roman history so he not only provided political support but financial support as well…

Throughout history, there have been a lot of important warriors like Celtics, Samurai’s, Ninja’s and Aztec warriors, but out of all of them the coolest warriors of all is the Gladiators. Gladiators were introduced in the first into second century in Rome, around the year 216 B.C. Gladiators were the big shots of Rome, like the military of Rome. Gladiators were named after the sword, “Gladius,” because they would fight with swords. To become a Gladiator you were either a prisoner of war or…

the difficulty lays in misunderstandings and hidden identities as it the moral question of the play. In Measure for Measure Shakespeare introduces clowns and fools in the play which is the central figure of the play consisting of Elbow, Froth and Pompey. These characters are used in order to relieve the darker element of tragedy in the play. Shakespeare…

effort with the aristocracy. Caesar worked with Pompey and was elected quaestor to perform significant government positions. Caesar was chosen as a powerful government consul by maintaining a close alliance with Pompey. During the reign of Pompey, Caesar aligned with Crassus who had served Roman general, politician during the reign of Sula. But Crassus and Pompey were strong competitors. Caesar was a negotiator and gaining the trust of both Crassus and Pompey and convinced him that he would be…

cruel and very unmerciful. His fathers and aunts deaths had a lot to do with his pure hatred toward others. He would put innocent people to death for the littlest things. In his early rule, Caesar growing in popularity. He made a partnership with Pompey that would last for years to come. Caesar was named the richest man in Rome by Crassus,the strong enemy of…