Sextus Pompeius (consul 14 AD)
Sextus Pompey was a Roman politician and senator in the early 1st century AD
Pompey was the son of a Sextus Pompey. As governor of Macedonia, he escorted Ovid to his place of exile, Tomis . In the year 14 Pompey became an ordinary consul and, together with his counterpart Sextus Appuleius , initiated the transfer of power to Tiberius . Still, Tiberius was not grateful to him for that, as Tacitus points out. Pompey became proconsul of Asia (27-30).
He was also a kind of patron , whose literary circle also included Ovid and Valerius Maximus , and a friend of Germanicus , the most literary member of the imperial family.
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| SURNAME | Pompey, Sextus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul and proconsul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 14 |