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Cleopatra Selene (in greco antico: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη?, Kleopàtrā Selḕnē; 131-130 a.C. [1] – Seleucia sull'Eufrate [2], 69 a.C. [3]), chiamata nella storiografia moderna anche Cleopatra V Selene, Cleopatra V o Cleopatra Selene I, è stata una regina egizia, appartenente al periodo tolemaico.
Cleopatra Selene (in greco antico: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη?, Kleopàtrā Selḕnē; 40 a.C. – 5 a.C. circa), chiamata nella storiografia moderna Cleopatra VIII o Cleopatra Selene II (per distinguerla dalla pro-prozia Cleopatra Selene), è stata una regina egizia appartenente al periodo tolemaico.
- Early Life
- Marriage and Issue
- Queen of Mauretania
- Death
- Legacy
- In Fiction
- Further Reading
Childhood
Cleopatra Selene was born approximately 40 BC in Egypt, as Queen Cleopatra VII's only daughter. Her second name ("moon" in Ancient Greek) opposes the second name of her twin brother, Alexander Helios ("sun" in Ancient Greek). She was raised and highly educated in Alexandria in a manner appropriate for a Ptolemaic princess. The twins were formally acknowledged by their father, Triumvir Mark Antony, during a political meeting with their mother in 37 BC. Their younger brother, Ptolemy Antony Phi...
Life in Rome
When Octavian returned to Rome he brought the captured Cleopatra Selene and her surviving brothers with him as captives. During his triumph celebrating his conquest of Egypt, he paraded the twins dressed as the moon and the sun in heavy golden chains, behind an effigy of their mother clutching an aspto her arm. The chains were so heavy that the children were unable to walk in them, eliciting unexpected sympathy from many of the Roman onlookers. Once Egypt had ceased to exist as an independent...
Octavia arranged for Cleopatra Selene to marry the intellectual King Juba II of Numidia, whose father had committed suicide in 46 BC. He was sent to be raised in Caesar's household; on Caesar's death in 44 BC custody passed to Octavian, the future Augustus. The marriage likely took place in 25 BC and was commemorated in an epigramthat survives in i...
In 25 BC, Augustus decided to confer on Juba II and Selene the newly created client kingdom of Mauretania since Numidia was, after a brief period of status as the Roman client kingdom under king Juba II (30 - 25 BC) once again directly annexed to the Roman Empire as the part of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. The young rulers renamed th...
The couple ruled Mauretania for almost two decades until Cleopatra's death at the age of 35. Controversy surrounds her exact date of death. The following epigram by Greek epigrammatist Crinagoras of Mytileneis considered to be her eulogy: If this poem isn't simply literary license, Selene's death seems to have coincided with a lunar eclipse. If so,...
Cleopatra was survived by her husband and their son Ptolemy, who ruled Mauretania together until Juba's death in AD 23. Ptolemy then reigned until 40, when he was executed by Emperor Caligula, his mother's great nephew, who was probably jealous of Mauretania's wealth. Caligula's successor, Emperor Claudius, took advantage of Ptolemy's lack of heirs...
Cleopatra Selene is mentioned in the novels by Robert Graves, I, Claudius and Claudius the God.Cleopatra Selene is a significant character in Wallace Breem's historical novel The Legate's Daughter (1974), Phoenix/Orion Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7538-1895-7Cleopatra's Daughterby Andrea Ashton (1979) tells of Cleopatra Selene's early life.The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George (1997) ISBN 0312154305mentions Cleopatra Selene's birth and early life with her mother.Draycott, Jane (2022). Cleopatra's Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen. Head of Zeus. ISBN 978-1-324-09259-9.Draycott, Jane (22 May 2018). "Cleopatra's Daughter: While Antony and Cleopatra have been immortalised in history and in popular culture, their offspring have been all but forgotten. Their daughter...Moran, Michelle. "Behind the Scenes of Cleopatra's Daughter".Roller, Duane W. (2018). Cleopatra's Daughter: And Other Royal Women of the Augustan Era. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190618827.6 apr 2021 · Cleopatra Selene II (40 - c. 5 BCE) was a member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty who became the queen of Mauretania upon her marriage to King Juba II of Numidia (48 BCE - 23 CE). Though more obscure than her famous mother, Cleopatra VII (69-30 BCE), Cleopatra Selene II was a capable and respected ruler in her own right.
- Arienne King
After her parents’ defeat, Selene’s years with the larger-than-life Cleopatra and the power and pageantry surrounding her came to an abrupt end. She was conveyed to Rome in the Late Roman Republic —comparatively a provincial enclave—-and into the conservative home of her stepmother, Octavia.
- Mary Naples
CLEOPATRA Selene. Raimondo Bacchisio Motzo. Figlia di Tolomeo VII Evergete II e di Cleopatra III, sposò, oer volere della madre, Tolomeo VIII Sotere (Lathyros), assumendo allora il nome dinastico di Cleopatra.
19 giu 2023 · Cleopatra Selene II, daughter of the famed Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII and Roman general Mark Antony, led a remarkable and turbulent life that intertwined the legacies of both Egypt and Rome. Born into a world of political intrigue and power struggles, Cleopatra Selene II's story is one of resilience, adaptation, and enduring influence.
