person
Cn. Pompei Basilisci
also: Gnaeus Pompeius the basilisk
Cn. Pompeius Basiliscus, a Sicilian who had received Roman citizenship from Pompey (whence the gentilicium) and bore the cognomen Basiliscus; one of the Sicilian notables to whom Verres refused the standard senatorial hospitality (Verr. 2.4.25). Otherwise unattested.