
This page was created in 2006 last modified on 10 August 2020. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy (1927), chapter 13. Caesarion tries to flee to Nubia and India, but is arrested and executed.Įgyptian title: Iwapanetjerentynehem Setepenptah Irmaatenra Sekhemankhamun ("Son of the avenging god, Chosen by Ptah, Dispenser of the justice of Ra, Living power of Amun" "avenging god" is a common translation of Soter, "savior", one of Caesar's titles it is also a title of the god Horus, the son of Isis who had to avenge the death of his father Osiris.) Information on the web.

12 August 30: After Octavian has declined to negotiate, Cleopatra commits suicide Mark Antony does the same.Cleopatra flees to Alexandria and opens negotiations with Octavian her purpose is to save her children and keep the Ptolemaic kingdom intact Gaius Julius Caesar (/ s i z r /, SEE-zr Latin: ais julis kaesar 12 July 100 BC 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Mark Antony, Latin Marcus Antonius, (born 83died August, 30 bce, Alexandria, Egypt), Roman general under Julius Caesar and later triumvir (4330 bce ), who, with Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, was defeated by Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) in the last of the civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic.Statue of a king named Ptolemy the cartouche mentions his surname "Neos Dionysos", allowing identification with Ptolemy XII Auletes and Ptolemy XV Caesarionģ1: Mark Antony and Cleopatra move to Greece, where they are isolated by Octavian's admiral Agrippa although they are able to win a tactical victory and break out of their isolated position at Actium, the campaign is a distaster and Octavian is able to achieve control of the east.She was an important royal woman in the early Augustan age. 5 BC 3 the numeration is modern) was a Ptolemaic princess, Queen of Numidia (briefly in 25 BC) and Mauretania (25 BC 5 BC) and Queen of Cyrenaica (34 BC 30 BC 4 ). 32: Mark Antony divorces his wife Octavia outbreak of war between Octavian and Mark Antony. Cleopatra Selene II ( Greek: summer 40 BC c.After 37, he is no longer mentioned in official documents probably because Cleopatra now hopes to continue her dynasty through the children of Mark Antony, the twins Alexander Helius and Cleopatra Selene.43: On behalf of the Senate, Cornelius Dolabella recognizes the boy-king.After the death of Cleopatra's co-ruler Ptolemy XIV (August 44), Caesarion is made king.23 June 47: born as son of Cleopatra VII and recognized by Gaius Julius Caesar.Statue, believed to represent Caesarion.

The Egyptian queen so charmed Antony that he moved to Alexandria to be with her.Ptolemy XV Caesarion ('little Caesar'): king of the Ptolemaic Empire, son and (from 44 to 30) co-ruler of Cleopatra VII. In 41bce, Antony summoned Cleopatra to answer questions about her loyalty. Octavian remained in Rome while Antony took control of the empire’s eastern provinces. Octavian and Marc Antony formed the Second Triumvirate with a third general named Lepidus. As a result, Octavian and Marc Antony agreed to an uneasy truce Marc Antony married Octavian’s sister to seal the alliance. Octavian raised an army of soldiers who were loyal to Julius Caesar, plunging Rome into months of turmoil. Cleopatra claims that her son Ptolemy XV is the biological son of Julius Caesar. Octavian came to Rome to claim his inheritance, but Marc Antony dismissed the young heir. Octavian instantly became one of the wealthiest men in Rome, but even more important, Roman law allowed Octavian to call himself Caesar. Despite having met only once, Caesar’s will decreed that Octavian be treated as his son.

An heir is someone who inherits a title or possessions. The dictator’s will named Octavian, his eighteen-year-old grandnephew, as his heir. Born: c69 BC Died: 30 BC Reigned: She assumed control of Egypt in 51 BC after the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, intially co-ruling with her brother XIII. Caesar’s most trusted general-Marc Antony–took control of Rome, but Caesar surprised everyone. Ptolemy XV Caesar (/ t l m i / Greek: Ptolemaos 23 June 47 BC August 30 BC), nicknamed Caesarion (, 'Little Caesar'), was the last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, reigning with his mother Cleopatra VII from 2 September 44 BC until her death by 12 August 30 BC, then as sole ruler until his death was ordered by Octavian (who would become the. Caesar was murdered in 44BCE, plunging Rome back into civil war.
