Sextus

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Sextus

An aureus with on the obverse the profile of Sextus Pompeius "Magnus Pius" and profiles of his murdered father and brother on the reverse.

From sextus, probably originally referring to the month of birth, sextīlis (“August”), rather than its order.^[1]

Sextus m (genitive Sextī); second declension

A masculine praenomen, particularly popular in Gaul. In particular:
1. Sextus Pompeius (a Roman general from the late Republic)
  - 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistuale ad Atticum 16.4.2.1:
    Sextum autem nūntiant cum ūnā sōlum legiōne fuisse ad Carthāginem
    The messengers further report that Sextus had been at Carthage with only one legion

^ Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, editor (2005 January 1), The Oxford Classical Dictionary‎^[1], 3 edition, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1024