Ptolemy
Family: Egyptian · Role: king; guarded by troops left by Aulus Gabinius · First appears: The Civil War, Book III, 1–8
In the Civil War, Book III, Ptolemy was guarded by troops that Aulus Gabinius had left in Alexandria. A few months before Caesar’s arrival, the young king had expelled his sister Cleopatra from the kingdom with help from his relations and friends, and the two were at war. Ptolemy the father’s will had named his elder son and elder daughter as heirs; meanwhile, Pothinus, the boy’s tutor, governed as regent because of Ptolemy’s youth.
Caesar ordered Ptolemy and Cleopatra to disband their armies and settle their dispute before him. In the same account, Lucius Lentulus was seized by the king’s order and put to death in prison. When events turned to Alexandria, Caesar “took care to secure the king's person.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Ptolemy expelled Cleopatra from the kingdom with assistance from his relations and friends.(The Civil War, Book III, 101–107)
- With: Cleopatra
- “by the assistance of his relations and friends, he had expelled from the kingdom”
- Lucius Lentulus was seized by the king's order and put to death in prison.(The Civil War, Book III, 101–107)
- With: Lucius Lentulus
- “In like manner, Lucius Lentulus was seized by the king's order, and put to death in prison.”
- Caesar ordered Ptolemy and Cleopatra to disband their armies and settle their dispute before him.(The Civil War, Book III, 101–107)
- 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 the father
- “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”
- Caesar secured Ptolemy's person.(The Civil War, Book III, 108–112 · 📍 Alexandria)
- With: Caesar
- “Upon this, Caesar took care to secure the king's person”
The Civil War, Book III, 1–8
- guardian: Aulus Gabinius “Gabinius's troops from Alexandria, whom Aulus Gabinius had left with king Ptolemy, to guard his person.”
The Civil War, Book III, 101–107
- enemies with Cleopatra “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”
- parent: Ptolemy the father “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.”
- siblings with Cleopatra “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.”
- enemies with Lucius Lentulus “In like manner, Lucius Lentulus was seized by the king's order, and put to death in prison.”
The Civil War, Book III, 108–112
- mentor: Pothinus “A eunuch named Pothinus, the boy's tutor, was regent of the kingdom on account of his youthfulness.”
- guardian: Pothinus “A eunuch named Pothinus, the boy's tutor, was regent of the kingdom on account of his youthfulness.”
- parent: Ptolemy the father “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”
- subordinate: Dioscorides “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.”
- subordinate: Serapion “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.