His life outlasted his power.

Vixit suis temporibus.

Pompey

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Pompey

Roman general (106-48 BC). Called Magnus by Sulla, he won three triumphs, cleared the Mediterranean of pirates in three months and conquered Syria. He joined the First Triumvirate but was beaten by Caesar at Pharsalus.

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Source: キケロ『アッティクス宛書簡集』11.6(紀元前48年11月27日付)、ポンペイウス死去の報を受けてUnverified

Pompey's Other Quotes

It is necessary to sail; it is not necessary to live.

More people worship the rising sun than the setting one.

Prepared in winter, set in motion in spring, all completed by summer.

I have only to stamp my foot upon the earth, and armies will spring forth.

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Let him be a god, so long as he is not alive.

-- Tiberius

Prepared in winter, set in motion in spring, all completed by summer.

-- Pompey

Whom do you flee? Death? But death pursues you.

-- Mark Antony