Pompeia (sister of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus)

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Pompeia (* around 100 BC) came from the plebeian family of the gens Pompeia as the sister of the Roman triumvir Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus . She was the daughter of the consul from 89 BC. BC, Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo .

As early as 81 BC According to Plutarch's testimony, Pompeia was the wife of Gaius Memmius , who, as quaestor of his brother-in-law Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, waged war against Quintus Sertorius in Spain and in 75 BC. Found death. No other sources are available about Pompeia.

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  1. Plutarch, Pompey 11, 2.
  2. Plutarch, Sertorius 21, 2; Orosius 5, 23, 12.