Rome's Greatest General Murdered by 13-Year-Old Egyptian Pharaoh

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]Rome's greatest general was betrayed and murdered by a 13-year-old boy on a beach in Egypt. Pompey the Great had conquered half the known world. He crushed pirates across the Mediterranean. He defeated kings in the East. Three times Rome celebrated his victories with massive parades. He was untouchable. Then he made a fatal alliance with Julius Caesar and Crassus. Together they secretly ruled Rome. But when Crassus died, everything fell apart. Caesar and Pompey turned on each other in a brutal civil war that tore the Republic in half.

[00:00:29]After losing a devastating battle, Pompey fled to Egypt desperate for sanctuary. He thought Pharaoh Ptolemy the 13th would protect him. Instead, the boy king's advisers made a horrifying calculation. They decided to murder Rome's most famous general to win Caesar's favor.

[00:00:44]As Pompey stepped onto the beach, they stabbed him to death and cut off his head. When Caesar arrived and saw his former ally's severed head, he wept in horror. He executed every assassin involved, but it was too late. This single murder destroyed the Roman Republic forever. Which story should I do next? First comment wins. Follow History Unhinged Tales for daily dark and shocking history.