stabbing the old general quickly followed by both achilles and xavius septimius then beheaded his corpse throwing the body naked into the sea ptolemy upon the council of his advisors had betrayed pompey in order to try and win approval from caesar pompey the great three times consul conqueror of the east and one of the roman republic's most prolific generals was dead it is worth noting how revered pompey was plutarch despaired that he and caesar had gone to war had they been willing to enjoy the fruits of their labors in peace and tranquility the greatest and best part of the world was their own if they must have victories and triumphs what scythian horse what parthian arrows what indian treasures could have resisted NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN romans led on by pompey and caesar though arguably passed his prime at farceless pompey had not at all fought badly his plan was solid and the best that could be done the reason for his defeat was not poor generalship but the skill and experience of caesar and his infantry and the lack of experience of pompey's cavalry pompey and caesar were both incredibly talented generals and it is telling how often the two decided on similar strategies when caesar reached egypt having pursued pompey he was first presented with pompey's head disgusted he turned away he was next presented the seal of pompey at which point caesar broke down in tears though enemies in later life it is worth remembering that sis and pompey had been political allies for around eight years had effectively ruled rome together and had even been related by marriage caesar was well aware that despite being his enemy pompey had been a titan of his time worthy of his respect caesar's victory marked a turning point in the war it was now the optimids who would find themselves on the back foot nevertheless the war was far from over pompey's staunchest supporters cato scipio and pompey's sons nehes and sextus had all fled to north africa to continue the resistance with them also was labianus now undoubtedly the best commander among the optimists the war against pompey was done but the civil war was still ongoing and there were external enemies daring to challenge caesar in our next video we will talk about caesar's battles military and political that took place after the death of pompey so make sure you are subscribed and have pressed the bell button in order to be notified these long episodes are very difficult to make so consider supporting us by commenting liking and sharing it helps immensely our videos would be impossible without our kind patrons and youtube channel members whose ranks you can join via the links in the description to know our schedule get early access to our videos access our discord and much more this is the kings and generals channel and we will catch you on the next one
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