Egyptian — Minor Figures

4 figures from Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Ptolemy's younger daughter

the king's younger daughter · first appears The Civil War, Book III, 108–112

• The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · friends with Achillas “In the meantime Ptolemy's younger daughter, hoping the throne would become vacant, made her escape from the palace to Achillas, and assisted him in prosecuting the war.”
• The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · enemies with Caesar “In the meantime Ptolemy's younger daughter, hoping the throne would become vacant, made her escape from the palace to Achillas, and assisted him in prosecuting the war.”

Cleopatra

Ptolemy's sister · first appears The Civil War, Book III, 101–107

• The Civil War, Book III, 101–107 · enemies with Ptolemy “king Ptolemy, a minor, was there with a considerable army, engaged in war with his sister Cleopatra, whom a few months before, by the assistance of his relations and friends, he had expelled from the kingdom”
• The Civil War, Book III, 101–107 · siblings with Ptolemy “It happened that king Ptolemy, a minor, was there with a considerable army, engaged in war with his sister Cleopatra, whom a few months before, by the assistance of his relations and friends, he had expelled from the kingdom; and her camp lay at a small distance from his.”

Dioscorides

ambassador · first appears The Civil War, Book III, 108–112

• The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · enemies with Achillas “But as soon as they appeared in his presence, without hearing them, or learning the occasion of their coming, he ordered them to be seized and put to death.”
• The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · commander: Ptolemy “Dioscorides and Serapion, the persons sent by him, who had both been ambassadors at Rome, and had been in great esteem with Ptolemy the father, went to Achillas.”

Serapion

ambassador · first appears The Civil War, Book III, 108–112

• The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · enemies with Achillas “But as soon as they appeared in his presence, without hearing them, or learning the occasion of their coming, he ordered them to be seized and put to death.”
• The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · commander: Ptolemy “Dioscorides and Serapion, the persons sent by him, who had both been ambassadors at Rome, and had been in great esteem with Ptolemy the father, went to Achillas.”

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