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Roman coin trove discovered on Mediterranean island may have been hidden during ancient pirate attack
The coins were minted between 94 and ... their defeat in 67 B.C. in a campaign waged by the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus — Pompey the Great — who had risen to prominence as a henchman ...
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Bust of Julius Caesar
He returned to Rome in 60 BC and, the following year, was elected consul, the highest office in the republic. Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus.