A portrait of Gnaeus Pompey Magnus (106 – 48 BCE), a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic. He came from a wealthy Italian provincial background, and his father had been the first to establish the family among the Roman nobility. Pompey's immense success as a general while still very young enabled him to advance directly to his first consulship without meeting the normal requirements for office. His success as a military commander in Sulla's second civil war resulted in Sulla bestowing the cognomen Magnus, Pompey "the Great", upon him.

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Size: 3300px × 3991px
Location: Italy
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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