Intertestamental

Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII: The End of Laxism. Ptomely XII Auletes died in 51 BC leaving the power in the hands of his two oldest children: Cleopatra VII (18 years old) and Ptolemy XIII (10 years old).Following the Egyptian tradition, Cleopatra got married with her own brother. At the age of 18, she became the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. A very heavy destin...

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Antiochus II Theos

Antiochos II Theos ('the god'): name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 261 to 246....

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Demetrius I Soter

Demetrius I Soter ('the savior'): name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 161 to 150....

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The Hasmonean Dynasty

The Silent Centuries. The Hasmonean Dynasty Growth and Decay (135 "" 63 BC) by Al Maxey. For the first several years of his rule, John Hyrcanus was little more than a pawn in the hands of Antiochus VII. With the death of Antiochus VII in 128 BC, however, the people of Judea again proclaimed -- and managed to achieve -- their independence. Thus bega...

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Ptolemy Kings and Queens

The House of Ptolemy: Kings, Queens and the Rest of the Royal Ptolemies. Chronological List of Ptolemaic rulers...

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Ptolemy II Philadelphus

The Second King of Egypt's Greek Period. By Jimmy Dunn. In about 285 BC, Ptolemy I Soter probably took as his co-ruler one of his sons by Berenice, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who became the sole ruler of Egypt and the rest of his father's empire upon the elder king's death in about 282 BC. He took the Egyptian name, Meryamun Setepenre, which means "B...

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Cleopatra I Syra

Cleopatra I Syra (204-176): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire....

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Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros)

Egypt: Rulers, Kings and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). 116-107 & 88-80 B.C. Ptolemaic Dynasty. Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) were co-regents during the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Cleopatra III was the niece of Physcon (Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II) and was married to him while her mothe...

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Seleucus II Callinicus

Seleucus II Callinicus ('bautiful victor'): name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 246 to 225 or 224...

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Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra VII was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. She was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. The Ptolemies were Macedonian in decent, but ruled as Egyptians, as Pharaohs. What is often not associated with Cleopatra was her brilliance and her devotion to her country. She was a quick-witted woman who was fluent in nine languages, however, Latin was not o...

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