Between 49 and 45 BC, Julius Caesar and Pompey, his adversary and former co-triumvir, fought a civil war. Although Caesar defeated Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, Pompey had won the Battle of Dyrrhachium. Ptolemy XIII, the son of one of Pompey’s allies, Ptolemy XII, pursued Pompey as he fled to Egypt…
Ptolemy XIV who is referred to as Philopator is known to be a Pharoah of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt who was known to have reigned from 57 until he died in 44 BC. According to the story he was born on 59 BC and died on July 26, 44 BC. The story unfolds…
reign, which spanned from 51 BC to 30 BC, she was in charge of Egypt’s administration. She was a Ptolemaic, which indicates that she was a direct descendant of Ptolemy I Soter, the man who established the Ptolemaic dynasty. Cleopatra’s death signaled the end of the second-to-last Hellenistic state and the age that had…
