Pompey (disambiguation)

Pompey (disambiguation)

Pompey can refer to:-
* Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey the Great & Pompey the Triumvir) a Roman statesman
* Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo father of Pompey the Great
* Gnaeus Pompeius eldest son of Pompey the Great
* Sextus Pompey younger son of Pompey the Great, also known as Magnus Pius
* Sextus Pompeius paternal uncle of Pompey the Great and also the name of some of his relatives
* a number of his descendants also called Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
* a common nickname for the English city of Portsmouth, and of its football team Portsmouth F.C.
* a character in "Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare
* Pompey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, a town in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Lorraine, France
* Pompey, New York, a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States

Pompeian can refer to any of the above, and also to:-
* Pompeian Styles, four styles of Roman painting
* Pompeian era, a calendar era used in Roman Syria

See also:-
* Pompeii, the ancient Roman city


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