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Cleopatra Timeline

  • 69 BCE

    Birth of Cleopatra

  • 58 BCE

    Cyprus annexed as a Roman province

    Ptolemy XII the flute player expelled from Alexandria, Bernice IV and Archelaus rule Egypt
  • 55 BCE

    Ptolemy XII restored

    Ptolemy XII restored by Aulus Gabinius, death of Bernice IV
  • 51 BCE

    Death of Ptolemy Auletes

    Cleopatra becomes joint ruler with Ptolemy XIII her brother/husband
  • 49 BCE

    Outbreak of War in Rome

  • 48 BCE

    Cleopatra at war with Ptolemy XIII

    Cleopatra at war with Ptolemy XIII and later her sister Arsinoe. Ausgust, battle of Pharsalus,Pompey defeated by Caeser, Pompey dies in Egypt
  • 47 BCE

    Arsinoe and Ptolemy XIII defeated by Caeser

    Cleopatra reinstated by Caeser with a new brother/husband Ptolmey XIV, Cyprus restored to Egypt, Birth of Ptolemy XV Caeser
  • 46 BCE

    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra in Rome until Caeser's assassination
  • 44 BCE

    Assassination of Julius Caeser

    Assassination of Julius Caeser, death of Ptolemy XIV, Death of Ptolemy XV Caeser made co-ruler
  • 43 BCE

    December: Formation of triumvirate of Antony

    Octavian and Lepidus "for the reconstitution of the state
  • 42 BCE

    Campaign of Phillippi

    Campaign of Phillippi between Antony and Octavian and the Liberators, Brutus and Cassius
  • 41 BCE

    Cleopatra Summoned to Tarsus

    Cleopatra Summoned to Tarsus to meet Mark Antony, death of Arinsoe, Cleopatra's sister
  • 40 BCE

    Antony in Alexandria

    Antony in Alexandria with Cleopatra, birth of Alexander Helios, and Cleopatra Selene
  • 40 BCE

    Perusine War

    death of Mark Antony's wife Fulvia, Pact of Brunsdium: Antony marries Octavia to seal an agreement between him and Octavian, Antony names Herod King of Judaea
  • 39 BCE

    Treaty of Puteoli

    Treaty of Puteoli between Mark Antony, Octavian, Sextus Pompeius
  • 38 BCE

    Ventidius

    Mark Antony's general campaigns in Parthia
  • 37 BCE

    Pact of Tarentum

    Peace renewed between Antony and Octavian, Cleopatra summoned to Antioch by Antony, Romans take Jerusalem and install Herod, Cleopatra's enemy as king
  • 36 BCE

    Birth of Ptolemy Philadelphus

    Cyrenaica, restored to Egypt, Battle of Naulochos, Sextus Pompeius defeated, Lepidus elimiated, Antony campaigns in Parthia, retreat ends in disaster
  • 35 BCE

    Cleopatra gives money and soldiers

    Cleopatra gives money and soldiers to makeup for Antony's losses in Parthia, Antony formally rejects Octavian
  • 34 BCE

    Donations of alexandria

    Cleopatra named queen and queen of kings on coniage
  • 32 BCE

    Octavian declares war on Cleopatra

  • 31 BCE

    2nd September

    Battle of Actium, Octavian defeats cleopatra and Antony
  • 30 BCE

    Octavian takes Egypt

    death of Mark Antony, 10 August, death of Cleopatra