person
Sextus Pompeius
also: Neptunius dux
Younger son of Pompey the Great who styled himself son of Neptune and held Sicily with a fleet until defeated by Octavian's admiral Agrippa in 36 BC.
Reading notes
- The Epodes §9 the Neptunian captain
Sextus Pompeius, who styled himself son of Neptune and held Sicily by sea until Octavian's fleet beat him in 36 BC.