Ptolemy

shortly throughout her era. Cleopatra encountered and overcame many obstacles on her way to taking the throne, thus solidifying her place in history. Cleopatra who was the daughter of Ptolemy VII and Cleopatra V. Tryphaena. At the time of her father’s death in 51 BC, Cleopatra along with her younger brother Ptolemy VIII were to rule egypt as king and queen.…

barbarians had on Egypt (Foss pg. 72). It was about three years later that Julius Caesar found these Ganinius to be a “violent disorder” (Foss pg. 72). Julius Caser and Pompey went into battle together (Foss pg. 74). Cleopatra as well her brother Ptolemy XIII saw Pompey as trouble and not one to mess…

tragic one. Ptolemy XII’s, Cleopatra’s father, reign is one of the most catastrophic of the dynasty. When Ptolemy goes to Rome, Cleopatra VI Tryphaena, Cleopatra’s sister, seizes the throne but dies quickly afterwards. In 58 BC, Berenice IV, Cleopatra’s sister, seizes the crown from their father. However by 55 BC, she loses control and eventually her father executes her with the help of Auius Gabinus, roman general. Ptolemy XII dies in March of 51 BC giving Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy…

Julius Caesar, was traveling to Alexandria, Egypt to meet the son of the late King Ptolemy XII and to request the dues he was yet to be paid for his service to the late king (Spackman 5). After the king's death, young King Ptolemy was left to reign alongside his sister Cleopatra who was older than him by only a few years (3). On the trip to the Egyptian Palace, Julius Caesar received a severed head from the young king Ptolemy: the head of Pompey the Great (2). Pompey the Great would go on to…

Ptolemy is a astronomer that made many observations of his time and they were accepted by many and he even developed the name “al-Magistri” or “The Greatest.” Ptolemy made observations of the universe, the article stating, “Ptolemy accepted Aristotle’s idea that the Sun and the planets revolve around a spherical Earth, a geocentric view. Ptolemy developed this idea through observation and in mathematical detail.” Even though in the early decades of Ptolemy’s life and the limitations of…

would find the men of influence in Rome and pay these men off, which served the interests of everyone involved. This agreement worked perfectly until the pharaoh, Ptolemy XXII, found himself running out of money. Ptolemy XXII was Cleopatra’s father. Starting with Ptolemy IX, Egypt went into decline, losing money and land. By the time Ptolemy XXII came into power, Egypt’s vulnerabilities became exposed. It was around this time that Cleopatra was born. Around the time of Cleopatra’s birth, Egypt,…

heirs of the house of Ptolemy would suddenly have almost put within their grasp a dominion stretching not only over the lost ancestral lands, but over wider territories than Ptolemy I or Ptolemy II or Ptolemy III had ever dreamed of. Those kings, being men, had based their dominion on the power of their arms; but now, when the military power of Egypt would bring to the contest power of a wholly different kind-the power of a fascinating woman.” E.R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy Foreword:…

known as Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt was born in 69B.C. She was the daughter of Ptolemy XII a previous Pharaoh when King Ptolemy XII died in 51 B.c he left the throne to just a 18-year-old Cleopatra and a 10-year-old Ptolemy XIII. The king left both of them in charge so they jointly ruled Egypt. The two were married as it was a custom to marry your sibling to…

Mediterranean: Why was this an important cult promoted by the Ptolemies? How was it promoted in Egypt? How was this Egyptian cult spread across the larger Mediterranean? Why was it popular outside of Egypt? Research question: How was the cult of Queen Arsinoë II established and how did it amass such a large-scale following throughout the ancient world? Thesis statement: The cult of Arsinoë II Philadelphus was a prominent result of Ptolemy II Philadelphus’s deification of the female pharaoh,…

Before Cleopatra was born, Egypt was not the greatest country in the world. The Egyptian king, Ptolemy XII, depended on the Romans for a lot of heavy lifting. They need them for things like money, architectural ideas, etc. After Ptolemy XII died, Ptolemy XIII rose to power. Around 70 BC, Cleopatra VII emerged from Cleopatra V Tryphaena, who was Ptolemy XIII Aulete's wife and could've possibly been his half-sister. Back in these times it did not matter if you were a part of the same genealogy or…