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The reign of Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt began with the death of her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, by March 51 BC. It ended with her suicide in August 30 BC, [ note 1] which also marked the conclusion of the Hellenistic period and the annexation of Egypt into a Roman province. [ note 2] In the style of her Greek predecessors ...
The early life of Cleopatra VII covers the period from Cleopatra 's birth in early 69 BC to her accession to the throne during or before March 51 BC. Cleopatra was born to the reigning pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, Ptolemy XII Auletes; the identity of her mother is disputed and is presumed to have been Cleopatra V or Cleopatra VI, who may have ...
Cleopatra the Alchemist (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα; fl. c. 3rd century AD) was a Greek alchemist, writer, and philosopher. She experimented with practical alchemy but is also credited as one of the four female alchemists who could produce the philosopher's stone .
Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) was a civil war during the late Roman Republic between two factions led by Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey), respectively. The main cause of the war was political tensions relating to Caesar's place in the republic on his expected return to Rome on the expiration of his governorship in Gaul .
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
Helen Strudwick, reviewing a set of translations by Lorton, wrote that Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra was "a very readable and entertaining overview" of the period. [ 3 ] Jane Rowlandson , writing for the Classical Bulletin , praised the book's approach to Ptolemaic history from Chauveau's perspective as an Egyptologist as previous works on the ...
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth is a 2022 nonfiction book by Francine Prose. It is a part of Yale University Press' Ancient Lives series of books. Overview. The first half of the book dispels myths about Cleopatra's life and reign. The book's second half examines representations of Cleopatra in popular culture. Reception
Cleopatra VII Philopator. Ptolemy Philadelphus ( Greek: Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Φιλάδελφος, Ptolemaios Philadelphos, "Ptolemy the brother-loving", August/September 36 BC – 29 BC) was a Ptolemaic prince and was the youngest and fourth [ 1] child of Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and her third with Roman Triumvir Mark ...