When Caesar arrived in Egypt two days later, Ptolemy presented him with Pompey's severed head ; Caesar was enraged.

From day two, Pompey's soldiers ringed the court, and preceedings were clearly very disorderly.

Nevertheless, Pompey's sons escaped to Spain ; Caesar gave chase and defeated the last remnants of opposition in the Battle of Munda in March 45 BC.

Other key figures in the resistance were Titus Labienus, Publius Attius Varus, Lucius Afranius, Marcus Petreius and the brothers Sextus and Gnaeus Pompeius ( Pompey's sons ).

** Pompey's sons Gnaeus Pompeius and Sextus Pompeius, together with Titus Labienus, Caesar's former propraetorian legate ( legatus propraetore ) and second in command in the Gallic War, escaped to Hispania, where they continued to resist Caesar's dominance of the Roman world.

After this victory, and the deaths of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius ( Pompey's oldest son ), Caesar was free to return to Rome and govern as dictator.

Roman influence was first established with Pompey's campaign of 66 / 65 BC, and again in 59 AD in the campaign of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo which resulted in the deposition of Tiridates I.

The remainder of the book follows Pompey's son Sextus, who wishes to know the future.

Antony commanded Italy whilst Caesar destroyed Pompey's legions in Spain, and led the reinforcements to Greece, before commanding the right wing of Caesar's armies at Pharsalus.

However, Pompey's pawns soon had occasion to turn to the other side: " At the beginning of the civil war between and Pompey, Hyrcanus, at the instance of Antipater, prepared to support the man to whom he owed his position ; but when Pompey was murdered, Antipater led the Jewish forces to the help of Caesar, who was hard pressed at Alexandria.

The conservative republicans had initially been led by Pompey, until the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC and Pompey's death soon afterwards.

After this in March 59, Bibulus stopped attending the meetings of the Senate, leaving Caesar with complete control over the consulship, although he occasionally issued complaints against Caesar and Pompey, which led to attacks on his house from Caesar and Pompey's supporters.

Pompey's right was protected by the River Enipeus, therefore he amassed all his cavalry on Caesar's right.

Claudius rebuilt Pompey's Theater after it had been destroyed by fire, organizing special fights at the re-dedication which he observed from a special platform in the orchestra box.

Caesar tried to re-secure Pompey's support by offering him his great-niece in marriage, but Pompey declined.

Perhaps as a result of the pharaoh's role in Pompey's murder, Caesar sided with Cleopatra ; he is reported to have wept at the sight of Pompey's head, which was offered to him by the pharaoh as a gift.

Pompey's army by and large pardoned.

Pompey's soldiers reportedly suffered lethal casualties following the consumption of honey made from Rhododendron deliberately left behind by Pontic forces in 67 BC during the Third Mithridatic War.

Afranius held until Sertorius ' attention was drawn away by Pompey's attack into Sertorius ' own left.

Despite the unprecedented size of Pompey's corps of legates — he received the right to appoint 24 of these senior adjutants — for his scourge of the pirates from the Mediterranean, Afranius did not number amongst them, as his patron chose to cultivate his links with the Roman aristocracy by appointing only men of distinguished family.

Ballantine, along with the communities of Pompey's Pillar, Worden, and Huntley, is part of the Huntley Project, an irrigation district created by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

Worden, along with Ballantine, Huntley, and Pompey's Pillar, is part of the Huntley Project, an irrigation district established by the United States Bureau of Reclamation in 1907.

The case was, by Pompey's order to proceed extra ordinem, that is to say, that it would skip the queue.

It was only taken four years later by Pompey's legate Lucius Afranius, after a lot of inhabitants had died from starvation and there had occurred cannibalism.

In addition Pompey's fleet, commanded by Caesar's former junior consul Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, lay between Caesar and Greece.

Other buildings were made: the Theatre of Marcellus, the temple for Isis ( from around the time of Caligula ), the baths and bridge by Nero and Pompey's Theatre where Julius Caesar was murdered by Marcus Brutus.

In the outskirts of Mtskheta are the ruins of Armaztsikhe fortress ( 3rd century BC ), the Armaztsikhe acropolis ( dating to the late 1st millennium BC ), remains of a " Pompey's bridge " ( according to legends built by Roman legionnaires of Pompey the Great in 1st century BC ), the fragmentary remains of a royal palace ( 1st – 3rd century AD ), a nearby tomb of the 1st century AD, a small church of the 4th century, the Samtavro Monastery ( 11th century ), and the fortress of Bebris Tsikhe ( 14th century ).

Entering into office, Bibulus began his term as consul by vetoing Caesar ’ s proposed bill to purchase land in order to discharge and settle Pompey's soldiers who had returned from the east some years previously.

" Pompey's Pillar ( column ) | Pompey's Pillar " ( in reality erected by Diocletian ) above the original site of the Alexandrian Serapeum

Brutus was soon killed by one of Pompey's men, named Geminius.

From the Pompey's time until Trajan's it was a city of the Decapolis, a loose federation of cities allowed by the Romans to enjoy a degree of autonomy.

Julius Caesar would come to copy Pompey's use of the spoils of war to illustrate and glorify his own triumphs when building his forum which in turn would be copied by emperors.

It was only the timely arrival of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius which turned the tide in Pompey's favour.

Contemptuously calling Pompey Sulla's pupil, Sertorius proved himself more than a match for his adversaries: he razed Lauron, a city allied to Rome, after a battle in which Pompey's forces were ambushed and defeated ; he nearly captured Pompey at the battle of Sucro when Pompey decided to fight Sertorius without waiting for Metellus Pius ; but was indecisively beaten at Saguntum.

In opposition to this action, Quintus Metellus Celer, Pompey's brother-in-law, attempted to repeal the act, but he was unsuccessful.

Due to Pompey's enormous popularity, the Senate was not willing to oblige Cato at first, but Cato intervened and convinced the Senate to force Pompey to choose.

When Caesar became consul, Cato opposed the agrarian laws that established farmlands for Pompey's veterans on public lands in Campania, from which the republic derived a quarter of its income.

Book 9: Pompey's wife mourns her husband as Cato takes up leadership of the Senate's cause.

** Julius Caesar proceeds to North Africa where he defeats the remnants of Pompey's Senatorial supporters ( the Optimates ) under Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis.

Caesar ordered a wall to be built around Pompey's position in order to cut off water and pasture land for his horses.

After trapping Caesar in Thessaly, the prominent Senators in Pompey's camp began to argue loudly for a more decisive victory.

After Pompey's defeat former allies began to align themselves with Caesar as some came to believe the gods favored him, while for others it was simple self-preservation.

Afranius was given command against the Arabians of Amanus, and his victory against them cleared the way for Pompey's advance into Syria.

Under Pompey's new procedural rules, the trial should have lasted five days, with the summing up for the defence and the verdict on the fifth.

After Pompey's defeat in the Battle of Pharsalus, Caesar gave orders to his officers not to harm Brutus if they saw him in battle, probably out of respect for Servilia.

Pompey's army lost the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC and Pompey himself had to run for his life.

Pompey's army lost the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, and Pompey himself had to run for his life, only to be murdered in Egypt on September 29 of the same year.

Due to appearances in Tottenham's third and fourth round ties Defoe found himself cup-tied for all the subsequent matches of Pompey's successful FA Cup 2007-08 campaign.

His 1959 novel The Light Infantry Ball, a prequel to The View from Pompey's Head, was a finalist for the 1960 National Book Award.