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 Ptolemy XIII of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (lived 62 BCE/61 BCE–January 13, 47 BCE?, reigned from 51 BCE) was one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
Son of Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt he succeeded him in Spring of 51 BC as co-ruler with his older sister Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
Ptolemy reportedly drowned on January 13, 47 BCE while attempting to cross the Nile.
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 Ptolemy XIII of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In Spring of 48 BC Ptolemy and Potheinus attempted to depose Cleopatra in order for the first to become sole ruler and the second to act as the power behind the throne.
Still determined to depose Cleopatra, Ptolemy allied himself with Arsinoe IV and jointly they organized the factions of the army loyal to them against those loyal to Cleopatra and the relatively small part of his army that had accompanied Caesar to Egypt.
Ptolemy reportedly drowned on January 13, 47 BC while attempting to cross the Nile.
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In the springtime of 51 BC, Ptolemy Auletes died and left his kingdom in his will to his eighteen year old daughter, Cleopatra, and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII who was twelve at the time.
Cleopatra was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt.
She was married to her younger brother Ptolemy XIII when he was twelve, however she soon dropped his name from any official documents regardless of the Ptolemaic insistence that the male presence be first among co-rulers.
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Ptolemy XIII was not there at the time was away at Pelusium defending his frontiers against Cleopatra.
Ptolemy, on the other hand, was quick to grasp the situation and reacted by running out of the palace screaming that he had been betrayed by his sister.
Ptolemy XIII fled in an attempt to escape but was captured and drowned in the Nile River.
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Ptolemy XIII, however, was no friend to Pompey, despite the general's friendship with the previous Egyptian ruler.
Ptolemy had Pompey killed because his advisers told him it would be better to side with Caesar in the Roman civil war.
Ptolemy's army laid siege to the palace, and Caesar released the young king.
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 Wikinfo | Ptolemy XIII of Egypt
At this point defeated Roman general Pompey came to Egypt seeking refuge from his persuing rival Julius Caesar.
Still determined to depose Cleopatra, Ptolemy allied himself with Arsinoe IV and jointly they organized the factions of the army royal to them against those loyal to Cleopatra and the relatively small part of his army that had accompanied Caesar to Egypt.
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By the time Cleopatra VII was born internal feuding in Egypt and the growth of new powers in the region were threatening the political stability of Ptolemaic Egypt.
On the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, in 51 BCE, Cleopatra married her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII, with whom she was to be co-ruler of Egypt.
Cleopatra was at various times co-ruler of Egypt with Ptolemy XIII (her brother), Ptolemy XIV (another brother), and Ptolemy XV (her son).
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Under Ptolemy IV, an extensive series of oktadrachms was struck posthumously for Ptolemy III, portraying him with the divine attributes of Helios (the radiate diadem), Zeus (the aegis), and Poseidon (the trident, the middle prong modified with the addition of the Egyptian lotus tip).
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 Wikinfo | 47 BC
February - Roman general Julius Caesar and his ally Cleopatra VII of Egypt defeat the forces of the rival Egyptian Queen Arsinoe IV in the Battle of the Nile.
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January 13 - Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII of Egypt (drowned in the Nile)
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Ptolemy was worshipped as pharaohs had traditionally been, and he was careful to foster the worship of the ancient gods and of Graecised Egyptian gods like Serapis.
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Driven out of Egypt by the next Dynasty, this group retired to Napata, in the Sudan, and retained a Kingdom there and (from 590 BCE) at Meroë until the 4th century CE.
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During this period, Egypt was suffering economically from bad harvest and famine caused by a drought.
Egypt also suffered politically due to the increasing Romans power in the region which led Egypt to ally with Rome for almost two centuries.
Ptolemy XII Auteles died in 51 BC leaving the kingdom to his son, Ptolemy XIII and his daughter Cleopatra VII who, by ancient Egyptian traditions, had to marry her younger 12 year old brother.
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Ptolemy XIV (lived 60 BC / 59 BC - 44 BC reigned 47 BC - 44 BC) a son of Ptolemy XII of Egypt was one of the last members the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
Following the death of his older Ptolemy XIII of Egypt on January 13 47 BC E he was proclaimed Pharaoh and co-ruler by their older sister remaining Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
On March 15 44 BC Caesar was murdured in Rome by a group of conspirators whose notable members were Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.
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Ptolemy V died in 181 BC at the age of 28, leaving a 6-year-old son to become Ptolemy VI.
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In Egypt, Cleopatra VII and her brother Ptolemy XIII were fighting their own civil war.
Caesar swept in and made Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra sovereigns of Egypt and Arsinoe and Ptolemy XIV in charge of Cyprus.
Ptolemy was captured and released only to later drown during the Battle of the Nile, where Arsinoe was also captured.
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To rule the new territories, Caesarion or Ptolemy XV Caesar was proclaimed King of Kings and made joint ruler of Egypt with his mother.
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Cleopatra VII, daughter of Ptolemy XII, born in 69 B.C., became joint-ruler of Egypt with Ptolemy XÎII.
Expelled in 48 B.C., by Ptolemy's party, she was reinstated by Julius Caesar.
In the summer of 47, she bore a son whom she called Ptolemy Caesar, asserting that Caesar was his father.
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It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries.
Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914.
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 Ptolemy XIII on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was a child when his brother Ptolemy XII drowned.
Julius Caesar married him to Cleopatra in 47 BC and made him joint ruler with her; she later had him murdered.
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Cleopatra VII took the throne alone at the death of her father, Ptolemy XII of Egypt Auletes in 51 B.C. She was subsequently co-ruler with two of her brothers, Ptolemy XIII of Egypt, who opposed the Roman domination, and Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (47-45).
Cleopatra is reputed to have been the first member of her family in their 300 year reign in Egypt to have learned the Egyptian language.
When Julius Caesar captured Egypt in 47 B.C., she preserved her own political advantage by becoming his mistress, and named a son Caesarion, a Greek form of Caesar's name.
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 Ancient Ships: The Ships of Antiquity - Brief History of Anthony and Cleopatra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the year 48 BCE Pompey is defeated by Caesar and Ptolemy XII of Egypt exiles Cleopatra VII and assumes sole leadership of Egypt.
Cleopatra marries her eleven year old brother Ptolemy XIII before leaving for Rome with Julius Ceasar where she gives birth to a son, Caesarian (later Ptolemy XIV).
In Egypt Ptolemy XIII is poisoned and Cleopatra makes her son, Caesarian her coregent.
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 Julius Caesar: the war in Egypt
The country was divided by civil war: king Ptolemy XII had left two children who had equal rights to the throne, his son Ptolemy XIII and an older daughter Cleopatra VII.
And he wrote to his friends in Rome to say that, of all the results of his victory, what gave him the most pleasure was that he was so often able to save the lives of fellow citizens who had fought against him.
As for the war in Egypt, some say that it need never have taken place, that it was brought on by Caesar's passion for Cleopatra and that it did him little credit while involving him in great danger.
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 Ptolemy XIII
After a few days calming riots, he summoned Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII to Alexandria for judgement.
Thus, Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII must have both arrived by mid-late October (Roman), giving late October/early November (Roman) = late August/early September (Julian) for the likely date of Caesar's settlement.
Thus, the start of December (Roman) seems the safest estimate, placing the release of Ptolemy XIII in mid December, corresponding to early October (Julian).
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