Pompey is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for POMPEY in dictionary:

VERB:
• (Dickens) to pamper
• mollycoddle
NOUN:
• Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)
• a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain\'s major naval base

Words related to POMPEY

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Words that contain POMPEY

pompeys16 pompeyed18 pompeying19

How to use POMPEY in a sentence

• Roscius, the praetor, conferred with Caesar almost in the same words, and on the same subject, and declared that Pompey had empowered him to do so.
• To give Pompey the fuller assurance of his intentions, he would dismiss all his forces on land, even his garrisons.
• Asia was already-subdued by Sulla, Lucullus, and Pompey, or was on the point of being subdued.
• Pompey was pompous, overrated, and proud, and had been fortunate in the East.
• The Roman government was a sort of republic, and the two most powerful men in the state at this time were Pompey and Caesar.
• This was chiefly due to the fact that Pompey had entertained him in his house and continued to render him powerful assistance.
• I have heard that Pompey thought also of fleeing to the Parthians, but I cannot credit the report.
• Subsequently Quintus Fufius Calenus led an expedition against them, whereupon they set sail, and coming to Cyrene there learned of the death of Pompey.
• All that he said or did was of a neutral character, so that whether Caesar or Pompey should prevail he would seem to have fought for the cause of either one.
• In the contest that ensued, Pompey relied on his renown, Crassus on his wealth.
• Caesar attempted to strengthen this bond by giving Pompey his daughter Julia for his wife.
• These men would, of course, feel under obligations of gratitude to Pompey, as they owed their military rank to his friendly interposition in their behalf.
• Pompey had been the means, some years before, of restoring a certain king of Egypt to his throne, and many of his soldiers had been left in the country, and remained there still.
• It would be dangerous to receive Pompey, since that would make Caesar their enemy.
• When Scaurus had received this sum, he sent a herald to Hyrcanus and the Arabians, and threatened them with the resentment of the Romans and Pompey unless they raised the siege.
• Although he was held a prisoner by Pompey, his followers remained intrenched on the temple hill and were conquered only after a protracted siege and the loss of many lives.
• The measure was not passed, though Caesar, jealous of Cicero even more than of Pompey, lent himself to the attempt.
• Like Pompey, like Napoleon, he yielded in the crisis of his fate to the instinct of self-preservation.
• Whither did Pompey retreat, and with what view? 20.
• What was the conduct of Pompey on this occasion? 12.
• This, however, was contrary to the advice of Cassius, who found himself forced, as Pompey had formerly been, to expose the liberty of Rome to the hazard of a battle.
• Pompey espoused the side of Hyrcanus, and Aristobulus surrendered himself to Pompey when the latter had advanced near to Jerusalem.
• It was during this war in Palestine that Pompey received intelligence of the death of Mithridates.
• Pompey now devoted his attention to the settlement of affairs in Asia.
• The generals of Ptolemy were encamped opposite her, near Alexandria, when Pompey arrived off the coast and craved the protection of the young king.
• Pompey now drifted apart from Caesar and became the champion of the senate.
• In November, however, he was obliged to sail for Spain, where the sons of Pompey still held out.
• On the other hand, see how, by the signification of one word, Pompey fell into despair.
• PHARSALIA, a town in Thessaly, rendered famous by the last battle between Pompey and Julius Caesar.

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