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Lucius Septimius
Roman soldier and mercenary who assassinated Pompey the Great / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lucius Septimius was a Roman soldier and mercenary who is principally remembered as one of the assassins of the triumvir Pompey the Great. At the time of the assassination in 48 BC, Septimius was serving the Ptolemies of Egypt as a mercenary. He was dispatched with orders to murder Pompey by Ptolemy XIII's advisors who wanted to win the favour of Julius Caesar for their king.
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For the 4th-century governor of Britain, see Lucius Septimius (Roman governor).
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