Cleopatra

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  • 80 BCE

    Ptolemy XII marries his half sister Cleopatra V Tryphaena

    Ptolemy XII ascends to the throne of Egypt
  • Period: 80 BCE to 30 BCE

    Cleopatra

  • 69 BCE

    Birth of Cleopatra VII

  • 58 BCE

    Cyprus annexed as a Roman Province; Ptolemy XII expelled from Alexandria; Berenice IV and Archelaus rule Egypt

  • 55 BCE

    Ptolemy XII restored; Death of Berenice IV

    Ptolemy XII restored by Aulus Gabinius
  • 51 BCE

    Death of Ptolemy Auletes; Cleopatra becomes joint ruler with Ptolemy XIII

    Ptolemy XIII is her brother and husband.
  • 49 BCE

    Civil war in Rome

  • 48 BCE

    Cleopatra at war with Ptolemy XIII and her sister Arsinoe; Battle of Pharsalus; Pompey defeated by Caesar; Pompey dies in Egypt

    The Battle of Pharsalus was in August
  • 47 BCE

    Arsinoe and Ptolemy XIII defeated by Caesar; Cleopatra reinstated by Caesar with Ptolemy XIV; Cyprus restored to Egypt; Birth of Ptolemy XV Caesar (Caesarion); Marriage of Antony and Fulvia

    Ptolemy XIV is also Cleopatra's brother and husband
  • 46 BCE

    Cleopatra in Rome until Caesar's assassination

  • 44 BCE

    Formation of Triumvirate of Antony, Octavian and Lepidus

    In December, the Formation happened, 'for the reconstitution of the state'
  • 42 BCE

    Campaigns at Philippi between Antony, Octavian, and the 'Liberators,' Brutus and Cassius

  • 41 BCE

    Cleopatra summoned to Tarsus to meet Mark Antony; mysterious death of Cleopatra's sister, Arsinoe