Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was the elder son of
Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) by his third wife,
Mucia Tertia. After the murder, Gnaeus and his brother Sextus joined the resistance against Caesar in the
Africa Province. Caesar soon followed and, on 17 March 45 BC, the armies met in the
Battle of Munda. Both armies were large and led by able generals. The battle was closely fought, but eventually a cavalry charge by Caesar turned events to his side. In the battle and the panicked escape that followed, Titus Labienus and an estimated 30,000 men of the Pompeian side died. Gnaeus and Sextus managed to escape another time but supporters were difficult to find. It was by now clear Caesar had won the civil war. Within a few weeks, Gnaeus Pompeius was
cornered and killed by
Lucius Caesennius Lento. His younger brother Sextus Pompeius was able to keep one step ahead of his enemies, and survived his brother for another decade by establishing a semi-independent kingdom in Sicily with a powerful naval fleet, becoming so powerful he had to be accommodated by the
Second Triumvirate until
Augustus sent his general
Marcus Agrippa who fought the
Bellum Siculum with Sextus who was eventually defeated and executed. ==Marriage==