Ptolemy the father

Family: Egyptian · Role: late king · First appears: The Civil War, Book III, 101–107

In Book III of the Civil War, Ptolemy the father named his elder son, Ptolemy, and his elder daughter as heirs in his will. One copy was sent to Rome but, amid the public troubles, was lodged with Pompey; another remained sealed in Alexandria. When Pompey sought refuge there, he appealed for protection on the basis of the friendship between himself and Ptolemy the father. Later, Caesar ordered Ptolemy and Cleopatra to disband their armies and settle their dispute before him.

Relationship record

Life events

• The will of Ptolemy the father declared his elder son and the elder of his two daughters his heirs.(The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Ptolemy
  • “By the will of Ptolemy the father, the elder of his two sons and the more advanced in years of his two daughters were declared his heirs”

The Civil War, Book III, 101–107

• child: Ptolemy “In Ptolemy's army were several of Pompey's soldiers, of whom Gabinius had received the command in Syria, and had brought them over to Alexandria, and at the conclusion of the war had left with Ptolemy the father of the young king.”
• friends with Pompey (The passage states friendship between Pompey and the young king's father.) “To him Pompey applied to be permitted to take refuge in Alexandria, and to be protected in his calamity by his powerful assistance, in consideration of the friendship and amity which had subsisted between his father and him.”
• friends with Caesar (The league with Ptolemy the late king is stated earlier in the same passage: “in his former consulate a league had been made with Ptolemy the late king, under sanction both of a law, and a decree of the senate”.) “he signified that it was his pleasure, that king Ptolemy, and his sister Cleopatra, should disband their armies, and decide their disputes in his presence by justice, rather than by the sword.”

The Civil War, Book III, 108–112

• with Pompey (A copy of Ptolemy the father's will was lodged with Pompey.) “One of the copies of his will was conveyed to Rome by his ambassadors to be deposited in the treasury, but the public troubles preventing it, it was lodged with Pompey: another was left sealed up, and kept at Alexandria.”
• child: Ptolemy “By the will of Ptolemy the father, the elder of his two sons and the more advanced in years of his two daughters were declared his heirs”

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Extracted from the original text of Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War. Made with Rho MD.