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Arsinoë IV (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη; between 68 and 63 BC – 41 BC) was the fourth of six children and the youngest daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes.One of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she claimed title of Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt and co-rulership with her brother Ptolemy XIII in 48 BC – 47 BC in opposition to her sister or half-sister, Cleopatra VII.
Meanwhile, Arsinoe IV, the younger sister of Ptolemy, escaped from Caesar and joined the Egyptian army, which proclaimed her queen. [13] She arranged successfully with her eunuch tutor Ganymede the murder of Achillas and then assumed command of the army, renewing the siege. Caesar's water supplies were contaminated, forcing him to dig wells. [13]
The Deliverance of Arsinoe is a 1555–56 painting by Tintoretto, now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. It shows Arsinoe IV of Egypt fleeing from Alexandria after Julius Caesar arrived in the city in 48 BC and sided with Arsinoe's half-sister Cleopatra .
Berenice IV Epiphaneia (Ancient Greek: Βερενίκη; 77–55 BC, born and died in Alexandria, Egypt) was a Greek princess and Queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty. From 58 to 55 BC, Berenice IV ruled Egypt during the political exile of her father Ptolemy XII Auletes to Rome .
Arsinoe IV, Egyptian princess and (half) sister of Cleopatra VII (b. 68 or 67 BC) Pasherienptah III, Egyptian High Priest of Ptah (b. 90 BC) [1]
In 273/72 BC, she became queen of Ptolemaic Egypt upon her marriage to her brother, Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus, acquiring the royal name Arsinoe Philadelphos. As queen of Egypt, Arsinoe was given the Egyptian title "King of Upper and Lower Egypt ", which may suggest that she was co-ruler with her husband; the exact meaning of this ...
The former queen Arsinoe IV was marched through Rome as a prisoner and banished to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus. Later, after the death of Caesar, she was executed on the orders of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. [5] [verification needed]
Arsinoe (Ancient Greek: ... Arsinoe IV of Egypt (died 41 BC), half-sister of Cleopatra VII; Arsinoe (mythology), name of multiple mythological figures; Places.