Ptolemy XIV

Relatives:

• Father: Ptolemy XII Auletes
• Mother: An Egyptian lady from a Memphite priestly family
• Wife: Cleopatra VII

Main deeds:

• c.59: Born
• February/March 51: Death of Ptolemy's father, Ptolemy XII Auletes. He is succeeded by Cleopatra VII
• Summer 50: Cleopatra accepts her brother Ptolemy XIII as co-ruler
• Summer 49: Sole rule of Ptolemy XIII, recognized by both Gaius Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, and his opponent, Pompey the Great.
• Cleopatra remains queen in the Thebaid, and accepts Ptolemy XIV as co-ruler.
• 48: Caesar defeats Pompey (battle of Pharsalus); Pompey flees to Egypt and is killed by courtiers of Ptolemy XIII
• Caesar arrives in Egypt and orders Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII to disband their armies, but instead, war breaks out (text).
• January 47: Ptolemy is killed in action
• Ptolemy XIV, now officially Cleopatra's husband, and his sister Arsinoe IV are made rulers of Cyprus
• Spring 47: Cleopatra VII is sole ruler of Egypt; she presents herself as the goddess Isis
• 46: Ptolemy XIV is recognized as Cleopatra's co-ruler again; the two are in Rome
• March 44: Julius Caesar is killed (text); Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV return to Egypt, where Ptolemy is killed by Cleopatra (after 26 July 44)

Information on the web:

• E.R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy (1927), chapter 13.