Sextus was a patron of literature and the Roman poet Ovid addressed to him four poems when he was living in exile.
However, Ronald Syme notes "an intermediate generation should be allowed for, as happens in the stemmata of other noble families.
"[2] Based on Cassius Dio's assertion that this Sextus Pompeius had a connection to the imperial family,[3] Syme catalogues some possible individuals who could have been his mother.
Some authorities follow Bartolomeo Borghesi and assert she was the daughter of Lucius Marcius Philippus suffect consul in 38 BC.
[7] Seneca the Younger alludes to the wealth of a Pompeius, whose domains included the sources and mouths of rivers, then contrasts this with Caligula taking him into his palace and starving Pompeius to death, then arranging a public funeral for his victim.