CNEIUS and SEXTUS, his sons, commanded a powerful army when they lost their illustrious father. Julius Caesar pursued them into Spain, and defeated them at the battle of Munda, in which Cneius was slain, 45 B.C. Sextus made himself master of Sicily; but being defeated in the celebrated naval engagement at Actium by Augustus and Lepidus, he fled to Asia with only seven ships; the remains of his fleet, which consisted of more than 350; and from thence, unable to continue the war, he was obliged to retire to Lesbos, where renewing the war by raising an army, and seizing on some considerable cities, Marcus Titius, in the interest of Mark Antony, gave him battle, defeated him, took him prisoner, and basely put him to death, 35 B.C. See Rome.

POMPEY'S Pillar, a celebrated column near Alexandria in Egypt, 114 feet high, and of which the shaft, composed of a single piece of granite, is 90 feet. For an account of different opinions concerning the origin and design of this pillar, see Alexandria, p. 596.