Roman nomen gentile of Etruscan origin (pumple). King Numa Pompilius was considered as the first ancestor of the family. The known bearers of the name are historically insignificant.
According to Suet. Gram. 8, a 1st century BC grammarian and freedman from Syria; because of his Epicurean philosophical focus, he failed to establish himself in Rome and so moved to Cumae (Cyme [2]). His main work, a criticism of the Annal…
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Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) and
Schmidt, Peter L. (Constance),
“Pompilius”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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