Cleopatra VII of Egypt - Cleopatra VII of Egypt The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. Please see the article's talk page for more information. Cleopatra VII Philopator (December, 70 BC or January, 69 BC - August 12?, 30 BC) was pharaoh of ancient Egypt. She was the last member of the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty to rule Egypt. Her father was Ptolemy XII Auletes, and her mother was probably Auletes's sister, Cleopatra V Tryphaena. The name Cleopatra is Greek for "father's glory". Cleopatra VII took the throne alone at the death of her father in Spring 51 BC. She was at the time the oldest child of Auletes, since two older sisters had died. She was subsequently co-ruler with two of her brothers, Ptolemy XIII, who opposed the Roman domination,.
Cleopatra II of Egypt - Cleopatra II of Egypt Cleopatra II (c.185-116 BC), a queen of Egypt, daughter of Cleopatra I. She was married to her brother, Ptolemy VI (c.175 BC). They and their brother, Ptolemy VIII, were co-rulers of Egypt from 171 BC to 164 BC during a war with Antiochus IV of Syria from which Rome finally rescued Egypt. She became regent for her son Ptolemy VII in 145 BC on her husband's death and married her other brother, Ptolemy VIII, in 144 BC, whereupon he slew Ptolemy VII and made himself king. In 142 BC he took her younger daughter, his niece, Cleopatra III, as wife without divorcing his sister and made his new wife joint ruler. Cleopatra II led a rebellion against Ptolemy in 132 BC and.
Cleopatra VI of Egypt - Cleopatra VI of Egypt Cleopatra VI Tryphaena was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus When her father fled to Rome to avoid an uprise in Alexandria against him, her sister Berenice took control. Cleopatra VI then died in 57 BC of unknown reasons, although it is believed Berenice poisoned her. When her father later returned he had Berenice and her husband beheaded. After his death, his daughter Cleopatra VII Philopator becomes queen, along with her 10 year old husband/brother Ptolemy XIII..
Cleopatra V of Egypt - Cleopatra V of Egypt Cleopatra V of Egypt is the mother of Cleopatra VII, by her husband Ptolemy XII, and is possibly the mother of Cleopatra VI of Egypt and Berenice IV..
Ptolemy VIII of Egypt - Ptolemy VIII of Egypt Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (c. 182 BC - 26 June 116 BC), nicknamed "Physcon" ("Potbelly" or "Bladder") for his obesity, was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. His complicated career started in 170 BC, when Antiochus IV Epiphanes invaded Egypt and installed the young Euergetes as king. After Antiochus left (169), Euergetes agreed to a joint rule with his older brother Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II. This arrangement led to continuous intrigues, lasting until October 164, when Philometor went to Rome to angle for support from the Senate, who were little helpful, but Physcon's sole rule was not popular, and in May 163 the two brother agreed to a partition that left Physcon in charge of Cyrenaica. Although the arrangement lasted.
History of Greek and Roman Egypt - History of Greek and Roman Egypt This article is part of the History of Egypt series. Ancient Egypt Greek and Roman Egypt Early Arab Egypt Ottoman Egypt Modern Egypt List of Egyptians Ptolemy I, King of Egypt The conquests of Alexander the Great brought Egypt within the orbit of the Greek world for the next 900 years. After 300 years of rule by the Macedonian Ptolemies, Egypt was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 30 BC, and was ruled first from Rome and then from Constantinople until the Arab conquest in AD 639. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Ptolemaic Egypt 1.1 Ptolemy I 1.2 Ptolemy II 1.3 Ptolemy III 1.4 The decline of the Ptolemies 1.5 The later Ptolemies 2 Roman Egypt 2.6 Roman rule in Egypt 2.7 Christian.
Egyptian mythology - religion) is the name for the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt until the coming of Christianity and Islam. The timespan involved is nearly three thousand years, and beliefs varied considerably over time, so an article or, indeed, even one whole book, cannot do more than outline the many entities and subjects in this complex system of beliefs. Egyptian Mythology is different from Greek or Roman Mythology, in that in Egyptian Mythology most deities are of human body and animal head or vice versa. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The Articles 2 Worship 2.1 Temples 3 The World 3.2 Creation 3.3 Heaven and earth 3.4 The Nile 4 The Afterlife 4.5 Egyptian embalming 4.6 Burial 4.7 The book of the dead 4.8 The weighing of the heart 5.
Berenice IV of Egypt - Berenice IV of Egypt Berenice IV, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and probably Cleopatra V of Egypt Tryphaena, sister of Cleopatra VI of Egypt Tryphaena, the famous Cleopatra VII (loved by Julius Caesar and Mark Antony). Berenice dethroned her father in 56 BC and became co-regent with her mother. They ruled Egypt for a year, until Ptolemy XII returned from exile and murdered Berenice..
Cleopatra - Cleopatra Cleopatra is the name given to several historical and mythological figures, most especially: Cleopatra VII of Egypt, last of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, lover of Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and the subject of several plays (including one by Shakespeare) and various films The sister of Alexander the Great Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Antony and Cleopatra Daughter of Idas and wife of Meleager in Greek mythology The myth of Cleopatra is based on Cleopatra of Egypt. This myth portrays Cleopatra as a beautiful and dangerous seductress, as a doomed lover, as a powerful queen, or perhaps as all three. Cleopatra (movie) for movies based on the life of Cleopatra of Egypt The name of a musical group from England whose hits included.
Cleopatra Selene - Cleopatra Selene Cleopatra Selene (40 BC - 6 AD), sometimes referred to as Cleopatra VIII, was the daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony. In about 26 BC she married Juba II of Numidia, and as a wedding present Augustus Caesar made Cleopatra Selene queen of Mauretania in her own right. The couple ruled as king and queen of Numidia until the political situation grew too uncomfortable for them, and then they moved to Mauretania. They had at least two children: Ptolemy of Mauretania (1 B.C. - 40 A.D.) and Drusilla of Mauretania.(b. 5 A.D.); there may also have been a daughter named Cleopatra. Xenobia of Palmyra traced her descent from them..
Cleopatra Thea - Cleopatra Thea Cleopatra Thea (c. 164 BC - 121 BC) surnamed Euergetes (i.e., "Goddess of Plenty") was a daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt. She ruled Seleucid Syria from 125 BC to 121 BC. She married Alexander Balas in about 150 BC. This union produced Antiochus VI Dionysus. Her second marriage was to Demetrius II Nicator in about 148 BC. Their children were Seleucus V Philometor, Antiochus VIII Grypus, and possibly a daughter (Laodice?). Demetrius was captured fighting against the Parthians and was consequently off the scene for a while. Her third husband, married during Demetrius' captivity, was his brother Antiochus VII Sidetes. They certainly had Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, but the names of any other children are uncertain. In about 129 BC, Antiochus was killed fighting.
Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes - Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes The last members of the once mighty Seleucid dynasty are shadowy figures; local dynasts with complicated family ties whose identities are hard to ascertain: many of them also bore the same names. Seleucus VII Philometor was unknown until recently: from coins issued by him and his mother Kleopatra Selene it is assumed that he was the younger brother of Antiochus XIII Asiaticus and "reigned" during the occupation of Syria by Armenian king Tigranes (83-69 BC). In reality, only a few cities were loyal to the Seleucids during this period. The young boy-king is probably the same Seleucus who later went to marry a Ptolemaic princess called Berenice IV (a sister of the famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt) but allegedly was murdered by the discontented.
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum - Museum (REM), founded by AMORC, is a museum about Ancient Egypt located at AMORC's Rosicrucian Park at San Jose, California, USA. The founder of AMORC, Dr. Harvey Spencer Lewis (Ph.D., F.R.C.), was a collector of various artifacts with mystical symbolism, some of them from the East. In 1921 he helped financially the archaelogical excavations at Tell el Amarna (the city of the King Akhenaten) of the Egypt Explorations Society of Boston by receiving donations from AMORC members. In return, Egypt Explorations Society donated several Egyptian antiquities to AMORC. In 1928 he presented to the public a collection named "The Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum", located at the administration buildings of AMORC at San Jose, California. After Dr. Lewis' tour in Egypt in 1929, AMORC received much more artifacts and donations and as.
Ptolemy XIII of Egypt - Ptolemy XIII of Egypt Ptolemy XIII (lived 62 BC/61 BC -January 13? 47 BC, reigned 51 BC - January 13?, 47 BC was one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Son of Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt he succeeded him in Spring of 51 BC as co-ruler of his older sister Cleopatra VII of Egypt. In October of 50 BC, he was promoted to senior ruler along with her although Potheinus acted as regent for him. In Spring of 48 BC Ptolemy and Potheinus attempted to depose Cleopatra in order for the first to become sole ruler and the second to act as the power behind the throne. They managed to make her flee Alexandria but she soon organized her own army and a.
Ptolemy XII of Egypt - Ptolemy XII of Egypt Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos (117 BCE - 51 BCE) was son of Ptolemy IX Soter II. His mother is unknown. He was king of Egypt from 80 BCE until his death. He followed Ptolemy XI Alexandros II who had been killed by an angry crowd, after having killed his popular coregent Cleopatra V of Egypt Berenice III, who was incidentally also a daughter of Ptolemy IX Soter II. At first, he was coregent with Cleopatra VI Tryphania, but she mysteriously disappears from the records in 69 BCE. His personal cult name (Neos Dionysos) earned him the ridiculing sobriquet Auletes (flute player) - which he was by the way, as we learn from Strabos writing (Strab. XVII, 1, 11). During his.
Ptolemy XIV of Egypt - Ptolemy XIV of Egypt Ptolemy XIV (lived 60 BC/59 BC - 44 BC, reigned 47 BC - 44 BC), a son of Ptolemy XII of Egypt was one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Following the death of his older brother Ptolemy XIII of Egypt on January 13, 47 BCE , he was proclaimed Pharaoh and co-ruler by their older sister and remaining Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Cleopatra also married her new co-ruler but continued to act as lover of Roman dictator Julius Caesar. Ptolemy is considered to have reigned in name only, with Cleopatra keeping actual authority to herself. On March 15, 44 BC Caesar was murdured in Rome by a group of conspirators whose most notable members were Marcus Junius Brutus.
List of Egypt-related topics - List of Egypt-related topics This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia that are related to Egypt. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar. The list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see an article that should be here but is not (or one that should not be here but is), please do update the page accordingly. 1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Misc 123 A Aaru - Ababda - Abbas I - Abbas II - Abraham of Alexandria - Abu Simbel - Abukir -.
Julius Caesar - military command against the Parthian Empire. Caesar the Consul was in desperate need of Crassus's money and Pompey's influence, so an informal alliance was created. Historians call this union the First Triumvirate (rule by three men). To confirm the alliance, Pompey married Julia Caesaris, Caesar's only daughter. Despite the differences in age and upbringing, this political marriage proved to be a love match. Following a difficult year as Consul, Caesar was given Proconsul powers to govern Gaul (southern France) and Illyria (the coast of Dalmatia) for five years. He was not content with an idle governorship. Instead, he started the Gallic Wars (58 BC-49 BC) in which the all of Gaul (the rest of France) and parts of Germania were annexed to Rome. Among his legates were his cousins Lucius Julius.
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus - reconciled to Mark Antony, who made him governor of Bithynia. He took part in Antony's Parthian campaigns, and was consul in 32. When war broke out between Antony and Octavian, he at first supported Antony, but, disgusted with his intrigue with Cleopatra VII of Egypt, went over to Octavian shortly before the battle of Actium (31). He died soon afterwards (Dio Cassius xlviii.-l; Appian, Bell. Civ. iv., v.). His son was married to Antonia Major, daughter of Mark Antony, and became the grandfather of the emperor Nero..
Goddess worship - Egyptian mythology was a goddess of fertility. Freya in Norse mythology was worshipped as a fertility goddess. Morrigan in Celtic mythology was a goddess of war. Hinduism is the most prolific and oldest surviving religion incorporating formal Goddess Spirituality, where Mahadevi is one of the three major traditions of Hinduism. Native religion frequently venerate goddesses: this is probably the most numerous goddess culture type worldwide. Some early Christian sects such as the Collyridians venerated The Virgin Mary as a Goddess. Later mystics such as the medieval Julian of Norwich, and Joanna Southcott, referred to the divine Mother. Contemporary pressure groups in the Catholic Church are petitioning the Pope to recognise Mary as part of the Christian Godhead. Some feminists within the Latter Day Saint movement have advocated the worship of a.
