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Cleopatra Timeline

Events

Life span of Cleopatra

69 BC - 12 August, 30 BC

300 Celts serve Cleopatra as bodyguards during her reign

51 BC - 12 August, 30 BC

Cleopatra accepts her brother Ptolemy XIII as co-ruler

51 BC

Death of Ptolemy XII Auletes Cleopatra's father

51 BC

The sole rule of Ptolemy XIII recognized by both Gaius Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great

49 BC

Caesar arrives in Egypt and orders Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra to disband their armies instead he receives war

48 BC

Caesar defeats Pompey who flees to Egypt and is killed by the courtiers of Ptolemy XIII

48 BC

Cleopatra tries to return to Egypt but her army is defeated near Pelusium

48 BC

Cleopatra VII is sole ruler of Egypt

47 BC

Ptolemy XIII drowns in the Nile fleeing Caesar

Jan 47 BC

Birth of Caesarion Cleopatra's son Caesar is said to be the father

23 Jun 47 BC

Ptolemy XIV is recognized as Cleopatra's co-ruler again

46 BC

Julius Caesar is killed and Ptolemy is killed soon after and Caesarion is recognized as king

15 Mar 44 BC

Cleopatra gains control of Cyprus and she supports the faction of Caesar led by the Second Triumvirate in its war against Caesar's assassins

43 BC

Cleopatra meets Marc Antony in Tarsus he needs her help in the war against the Parthian Empire, he returns rule of the old Ptolemaic territories to her

41 BC

Parts of Cilicia and Chalcis are given to Cleopatra and she is allowed to govern as vassal parts of Phoenicia, Judaea, Cyreaica and Crete

38 BC

Marc Antony gives Crete as a gift to Cleopatra

36 BC

Cleopatra flees to Alexandria and opens negotiations with Octavian to protect her children and the Ptolemaic kingdom safe and intact

31 BC

Marc Antony and Cleopatra move to Greece where Octavian's admiral Agrippa isolates them but they win a tactical victory and break out of isolation at Actium but the campaign is a disaster

31 BC

Octavian gains control of the East