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Tropaea Pompeii

τὰ Πομπηΐου τρόπαια

Eth. Tropaea Pompeii (τὰ Πομπηΐου τρόπαια, or ἀναθήματα, Strab. iii. p.160, iv. p. 178), a trophy or monument erected by Pompey on the summit of the Pyrenees, recording the subjugation of 876 Spanish cities. (Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4, 4.7. s. 27, 37.2. s. 6.) It stood at the spot named Summum Pyrenaeum in the Itin. Ant. (p. 397), and according to some on the boundary between Gaul and Spain.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.