Daily Roman History:

Two fun Pompey Magnus tidbits. First, after returning from conquering almost the entire eastern Mediterranean coast the senate wanted to humble Pompey the Great by giving him a near impossible task: rid the Mediterranean Sea of pirates. All of them. Not one to shy from a challenge Pompei accomplished this goal. In three months.

Second, most marriages in Rome were for political gain or wealth transfer. Pompey's marriage to Julius Ceasars daughter, Julia, proved an oddity in that they seemed to actually enjoy each other company. This lead to ridicule of Pompey "Hey, get a load of Pompey, he actually LOVES his wife, lmao"

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