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  • POMPEY, GNAEUS born in the same year as Cicero; the most powerful man in the Roman world; a former consul and victorious general who has already triumphed twice, he has been away from Rome fighting in the East—first against the pirates and then against Mithridates—for four years; married to Mucia, the sister of Celer and Nepos

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • POMPEY, AUGUSTUS and ANTONY -- arraying Rome against herself, until the glories of the Republic were swallowed up in the misrule and dishonor of the Empire.

    Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Robert Franklin Pennell

  • Sailor Negro Slave named POMPEY, about 5 Feet, 5 Inches high, and is Robust; he was lately bought of Mr. Perras, Merchant in this Town; had on when he went away a brown Jacket and Breeches.

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

  • Among those who hastened to his standard was young POMPEY, then but twenty-three years old, and it was to his efforts that Sulla's success was largely due.

    Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Robert Franklin Pennell

  • Enter DUKE, as a friar; to him ELBOW, POMPEY, and Officers.

    Act III. Scene II. Measure for Measure 1914

  • POMPEY was born B.C. 106, and was, as we have already seen, the son of

    A Smaller History of Rome William Smith 1853

  • LORD FITZ-POMPEY was a little consoled for the change which he had observed in the character of the Duke by the remembrance of the embrace with which his Grace had greeted Lady Caroline.

    The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1842

  • Novasep Acquires Bioprocess Development Specialist and Contract Manufacturer Henogen POMPEY, France -- Belgian Acquisition Means Novasep Offers Full-Range of Biomanufacturing Solutions Novasep, a leading producer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and purification technologies for the life science industries, announces today the acquisition of Henogen, a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) offering bioprocess development and manufacturing services from the cell bank to the supply of clinical products.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Pharmatelevision 2010

  • [Aside to POMPEY] Forsake thy seat, I do beseech thee, captain,

    Antony and Cleopatra 1606

  • [Aside to POMPEY] If for the sake of merit thou wilt hear me,

    Antony and Cleopatra 1606

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