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Not who you're looking for? Others named Pompey: Roman general and statesman (106–48 BC) · commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France · town in Onondaga County, New York, United States · American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire (foaled 1923)
Pompey was the dog of William The Silent, the Prince of Orange. During a campaign against the Spanish, William's dog, Pompey, thwarted an assassination attempt. One night at Hermigny, France, while the prince slept, assassins crept toward his tent. Pompey heard them and began barking and scratching to warn his master, finally jumping on his master's face to alert him to the impending danger.
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