{"id":101765,"date":"2022-02-04T09:13:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T08:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=biografie&#038;p=101765"},"modified":"2022-09-02T23:46:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T21:46:18","slug":"gnaeus-pompeius-strabo","status":"publish","type":"biografie","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/gnaeus-pompeius-strabo\/","title":{"rendered":"Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Chapters<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/gnaeus-pompeius-strabo\/#death\" >Death<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><em>Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo<\/em> was probably born in 135 BCE, and grew up in a typical rural region of Picenum in northern <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-provinces\/roman-italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, on the shores of the Adriatic Sea. He was a Roman commander and politician and father of <a title=\"Pompey the Great\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/gnejusz-pompejusz-wielki\/\"><b>Pompey the Great<\/b><\/a>, later great leader, and Pompey. We don&#8217;t know his wife by name. His nickname (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-society\/roman-names-and-nicknames\/\">cognomen<\/a><\/em>) &#8211; <em>Strabo<\/em> &#8211; means &#8220;cross-eyed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He came from <em>nobilitas<\/em> with <em>gens Pompeia<\/em>. His paternal grandfather was Gnaeus Pompey, and his father was Sextus Pompey. He had siblings: an older brother, Sextus Pompey, and a sister, <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/pompeii\/\">Pompeii<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although his greatest political influence was in Picenum, he probably did not come from there, as the tribus to which <em>gens Pompeia<\/em>, <em>Clustumnia<\/em> belonged, did not perform in that area.<br \/>\nStarbo became the first of the <em>gens<\/em> Pompey branch to obtain senatorial status in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/rome-eternal-city\/\">Rome<\/a>, despite the senate&#8217;s anti-rural bias. After proving his outstanding military talent, Strabo passed <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/ustroj\/republika-rzymska\/cursus-honorum\/\"><em>cursus honourum<\/em><\/a> starting his career as a <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-republic\/roman-offices\/quaestor\/\">quaestor<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-provinces\/list-of-roman-provinces\/roman-sardinia-and-corsica\/\">Sardinia<\/a> in 104 BCE, then appointed to <em>pro <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-republic\/roman-magistrate\/\">magistrate<\/a><\/em> in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-provinces\/list-of-roman-provinces\/roman-sicily\/\">Sicily<\/a> in 93 BCE, he became <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-republic\/roman-offices\/praetor\/\">praetor<\/a> in 92 BCE, then he was also governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-provinces\/list-of-roman-provinces\/roman-macedonia\/\">Macedonia<\/a>. Eventually, he was elected <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-republic\/roman-offices\/roman-consul\/\">consul<\/a> for 89 BCE, during the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wojny\/wojna-rzymu-ze-sprzymierzencami\/\">war with allies<\/a><\/b> (91-88 BCE).<\/p>\n<p>Strabo commanded the Roman forces in northern Italy. Initially, in 90 BCE, he served as the legate of consul Rutilius Rufus. He was then beaten by Vidacilius, Titus Lafrenius and Publius Vettius in the battle near Mount Falernus. Forced to retreat, he took refuge in the walls of Firmum, where he was besieged by Lafrenius. Thanks to reinforcements and a blow from both sides, he managed to break free from the siege, and <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-religion\/gods-of-ancient-rome\/list-of-roman-gods\/mars\/\">Mars<\/a>, beaten in the field, escaped and took refuge in Askulum, which Strabo then besieged and captured. For this victory, <b>he was blessed with <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/ustroj\/triumf-rzymski\/\">triumph<\/a><\/b> on December 25, 89 BCE. Under his command, during the victorious conflict, he had three legions that played a significant role.<\/p>\n<p>After the end of the consulate and the war, he retired (as a <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-republic\/roman-offices\/proconsul\/\">proconsul<\/a>) and returned to Picenum with the veterans. The optimists handed over his <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-army\/\">army<\/a> to Pompey Rufus &#8211; the new consul &#8211; who was soon murdered by Strabo&#8217;s soldiers.<br \/>\nStrabo remained in Picenum until 87 BCE when war broke out between the party <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/lucjusz-korneliusz-sulla\/\">Sulla<\/a> led by consul Gnaeus Octavius, and the popular populations led by <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/gajusz-mariusz\/\">Marius<\/a> and Cinna. Strabo entered Latium, but he did not join the actions, only observing the situation. It was then that Rutilius Rufus called him &#8220;the vilest man alive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Only an explicit order from the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-republic\/roman-offices\/roman-senate\/\">senate<\/a> prompted Strabo to act. He stood outside Rome, near <em>Porta Collina<\/em>, and helped Consul Gnaeus Octavius \u200b\u200bin driving Marius out of Rome. At the same time, he persuaded the senate to talk with his opponent.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"death\"><\/span>Death<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Strabo died in 87 BCE. There are many versions of his death. It is very likely that he died infected with the disease. According to other sources, he was killed by a lightning bolt.<br \/>\nHis greed and brutality towards the end of his life made him hated by his soldiers. After his death, his body was mutilated and dragged through the streets of the city. <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/cyceron\/\">Cicero<\/a> describes that Strabo &#8220;is worthy of hatred for his cruelty, greed and betrayal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>After Gnaeus&#8217; death, Pompey directed his father&#8217;s legions to Picenum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":53700,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_biografii":[178],"class_list":["post-101765","biografie","type-biografie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_biografii-politicians-and-generals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biografie\/101765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biografie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biografie"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biografie\/101765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_biografii","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_biografii?post=101765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}