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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.

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Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV speeches · 1 mention

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