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Ptolemaic dynasty. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus ( Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Νέος Διόνυσος, romanized : Ptolemaios Neos Dionysos, lit. 'Ptolemy the new Dionysus ' c. 117 – 51 BC) [nb 1] was a king of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt who ruled from 80 to 58 BC and then again from 55 BC until his death in 51 BC.
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- c. 80–58 BC with Cleopatra V (79–69 BC), c. 55–51 BC
3 apr 2024 · Ptolemy XII Auletes (born c. 112 bc —died 51 bc) was a Macedonian king of Egypt, whose quasi-legitimate royal status compelled him to depend heavily upon Rome for support for his throne. During his reign, Egypt became virtually a client kingdom of the Roman Republic. He was the first Ptolemy to include Theos (God) in his formal title.
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It will be expanded to a full-fledged article. Ptolemy XII Auletes ("the flutist") or Neos Dionysos ("new Dionysus"): king of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 80 to 58 and from 55 to 51. Relatives. Ptolemy XII Auletes. Father: Ptolemy IX Soter. Mother: an Egyptian lady. First wife: his sister, Cleopatra VI Tryphaena. Daughter: Berenice IV.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Ptolemy XII (Ptolemy Auletes) (tŏl´əmē ôlē´tēz), d. 51 BC, king of ancient Egypt (80–58 BC, 55–51 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, illegitimate son of Ptolemy IX. He is also called Ptolemy Neos Dionysus. Source for information on Ptolemy XII: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.
The reign of Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt began with the death of her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, by March 51 BC. It ended with her suicide in August 30 BC, which also marked the conclusion of the Hellenistic period and the annexation of Egypt into a Roman province.
22 apr 2024 · Life and reign. Relief of Cleopatra as a goddess, c. 69–30 bce, Temple of Hathor, Dandarah, Egypt. Daughter of King Ptolemy XII Auletes, Cleopatra was destined to become the last queen of the Macedonian dynasty that ruled Egypt between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 bce and its annexation by Rome in 30 bce.
PTOLEMY XII AULETES AND THE ROMANS*. Historical studies of the last Ptolemies have often depicted Ptolemy XII Auletes as a weak ruler devoid of the talents and insight of a true statesman who, in latter years of his reign, was little more than a hapless marionette pulled by strings of Roman masters.1 This negative appraisal is, in part, a ...
