tiny-librarian: On this day in history, September 28th, in 48 B.C., Pompey the Great was murdered on
tiny-librarian:On this day in history, September 28th, in 48 B.C., Pompey the Great was murdered on the orders of Ptolemy XIII, while Pompey’s wife watched from a nearby boat.Fleeing from Caesar, he had expected to gain refuge in Egypt but the boy King’s advisers persuaded him in was in their best interests to have him killed. When Pompey disembarked, instead of being met by a welcome party he was stabbed to death.They expected this would gain them favour with Caesar, who arrived in Egypt shortly after Pompey’s murder. This was not the case, as Caesar is said to have wept upon being presented with his former adversary and son in law’s head and seal ring. He then had the men who had killed Pompey put to death. -- source link
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