According to Greek Historian Diodorus Siculus, Aulus Pompeius died in 102 BC, apparently as a result of a curse placed upon him by Battaces, a Phrygian Priest.
Diodorus recounts that Battaces was visiting Rome as an ambassador from the temple of "The Great Mother of the Gods" in Pessinus.
Aulus Pompeius, as Tribune, forbade Battaces to wear a golden crown which formed part of his priestly regalia.
Pompeius was "immediately struck with a burning fever, after which he lost his voice and was seized with quinsy, dying on the third day."
When dictator Gaius Julius Caesar was murdered in March 44 BC, he was serving as a praetor in Sicily.