Cleopatra

Family: Ptolemaic · Role: ruler of Egypt · First appears: Julius Caesar 35

Life events

• Caesar placed the kingdom of Egypt under Cleopatra and her younger brother.(Julius Caesar 35 · 📍 Alexandria)
  • With: Julius Caesar Ptolemy
  • “and put the kingdom of Egypt into the hands of Cleopatra and her younger brother;”
• Julius Caesar gave Cleopatra permission to name her son after him.(Julius Caesar 52 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Julius Caesar
  • “He afterwards invited her to Rome, whence he sent her back loaded with honours and presents, and gave her permission to call by his name a son”
• Augustus publicly revealed Antony’s will naming Cleopatra’s children among his heirs.(Augustus 17 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Augustus Mark Antony
  • “he caused a will of his, which had been left at Rome, and in which he had nominated Cleopatra’s children, amongst others, as his heirs, to be opened and read in an assembly of the people.”
• Augustus conquered Alexandria after besieging it, where Antony and Cleopatra had fled.(Augustus 17 · 📍 Alexandria)
  • With: Augustus Mark Antony
  • “where laying siege to Alexandria, whither Antony had fled with Cleopatra, he made himself master of it in a short time.”
• Augustus permitted Antony and Cleopatra to be buried together and completed their mausoleum.(Augustus 17)
  • With: Augustus Mark Antony
  • “He allowed them to be buried together in the same grave, and ordered a mausoleum, begun by themselves, to be completed.”

Julius Caesar 35

• employer: Julius Caesar “He succeeded, however, in his enterprise, and put the kingdom of Egypt into the hands of Cleopatra and her younger brother; being afraid to make it a province, lest, under an aspiring prefect, it might become the centre of revolt.”
• siblings with Ptolemy “with king Ptolemy, who, he saw, had treacherous designs upon his life. It was winter, and he, within the walls of a well-provided and subtle enemy, was destitute of every thing, and wholly unprepared for such a conflict. He succeeded, however, in his enterprise, and put the kingdom of Egypt into the hands of Cleopatra and her younger brother;”
• patron: Julius Caesar “He succeeded, however, in his enterprise, and put the kingdom of Egypt into the hands of Cleopatra and her younger brother; being afraid to make it a province, lest, under an aspiring prefect, it might become the centre of revolt.”

Julius Caesar 52

• courtship with Julius Caesar “But his greatest favourite was Cleopatra, with whom he often revelled all night until the dawn of day”

Augustus 17

• child: Caesario “The same fate attended Caesario, Cleopatra’s son by Caesar, as he pretended, who had fled for his life, but was retaken.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.