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What if Pompey had won Pharsalus?
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I believe it was his father, Pompeius Strabo, who was called "Carnifex," (the butcher). Pompeius Magnus was called, by extension, "Carnificulus'" (little butcher), though probably not to his face.
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Re: What if Pompey had won Pharsalus? - by John Maddox Roberts - 02-01-2011, 09:35 AM

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