Son of Tribune Aulus Pompeius
Quintus Pompeius Bithynicus (108 BC-48 BC), was the son of the tribune Aulus Pompeius by an unnamed woman. He is the first member of the family to bear the cognomen Bithynicus. However, the origins of him gaining this cognomen are unknown.
Pompeius was a friend to Cicero, whom he studied together with. Cicero considered this Pompeius as a great learner, who was an average orator. When the civil war broke out between Pompey and Julius Caesar, Pompeius supported Pompey. After the battle at Pharsalia Greece, he fled with Pompey, along with Pompey’s remaining supporters in Egypt. On their arrival to Egypt, they were killed on the orders of Greek Pharaoh of Egypt Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator. Pompeius married an unnamed woman and they had a son Aulus Pompeius Bithynicus.
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