ante diem iii kalendas octobres
106 B.C. — birth of Gnaeus Pompeius
61 B.C. — Pompey celebrates his third triumph in recognition of his victories in the Third Mithridatic War
48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt (another possible date … see yesterday’s entry)
290 A.D. — martyrdom of Rhipsime, Gaiana, and companions
Gabriel de Saint Aubin ~ The Triumph of Pompey (The Metropolitan)
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