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Authors: Joyce Tyldesley

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proclaimed Queen of Egypt by Alexandrians
96
proclaimed Queen of Cyprus by Julius Caesar
58
,
236
rules Egypt during civil war
236
captured and exiled to Ephesus
104
,
144
,
236
executed on the order of Antony
155
,
236
Arsinoë VI
198
Arsinoeion, Alexandria
88
Arsinoite nome
135
Artakama, Princess
222
Artavasdes, King of Armenia
167
Artaxerxes III
132
Aset
see
Isis
Ashkelon
48–9
Asia
144
Asia Minor
103
,
158
,
183
Asiatics
31
Asklepios (Greek god of healing)
89
Aswan
76
,
92
,
99
Athenaeus
84
,
86
,
99
,
151
,
156
Athene (goddess)
114
Athens
159
,
164
,
165
,
174
Athribis: sanctuary of Triphis
244
n
21
Atia
145
Atticus
105
Atum, first king of Egypt
67
Augustan law
245
n
4
Auletes
see
Ptolemy XII

B

Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar’s palace
73
Bacchus
see
Dionysos
Bara, Theda
215–16
,
258
n
15
Barrie, Amanda
258
n
15
Bast (cat goddess)
130
,
248
n
18
Bat (cow goddess)
113
Behbeit el-Haga: Iseion
68
Berenice I
31
,
133
,
223
Berenice II
25
,
31
,
138
,
224
,
225–6
Berenice III
see
Cleopatra Berenice III
Berenice IV, Queen of Egypt (58–55)
8
,
23
,
27
,
149
has first husband, Seleucos, murdered
36
,
235–6
reign of
32
,
35–6
,
236
delegation to Rome
37
executed by her father
37
,
236
Berners, Lord:
The Romance of the Nose
63
Bessus, satrap of Bactria
221
Bevan, E.R.:
The House of Ptolemy
10
Bibulus, Marcus Calpurnius
47
,
48
Biggeh: Osiris temple
244
n
21
Bilistiche (Ptolemy II’s mistress)
84
Bint-Anath
244
n
20
Bithynia-Pontus
144
Boccaccio, Giovanni:
On the Lives of Famous Women
41
Bocchus of Libya
177
Bogudes, King of Mauretania
56
British Museum, London
68
,
141
,
142
,
183
Brundisium (Brindisi), Treaty of (40)
159
Brutus, Marcus Junius
49
,
103
,
143
,
144
Bubasteion, Sakkara necropolis
130
Bubastis
91
temple of Bast
129
Bucheion, Armant (Iuni Montu; Hermonthis)
41–2
Buchis (Bakhu) bull of Armant
41–3
,
118
bull cults
41–3
,
89
,
118
,
129–30
,
138
,
183
,
203
bureaucracy
15
,
19
,
20
,
126
Burton, Richard
258
n
15
Busiris, King
31

C

Caesar, Augustus
see
Octavian
Caesar, Julius
7
,
145
,
154
,
168
,
188
,
189
,
209
,
236
‘first triumvirate’
34
takes over collection of Egypt’s debt
38
death of his daughter Julia
47
crosses the Rubicon
47
reaction to Pompey’s murder
51
,
237
miniature invasion of Alexandria
51–2
tries to settle dispute between Cleopatra and Ptolemy
52
,
53
bedroll story
53–5
,
57
appearance
55
sexuality
55–7
expects Cleopatra and her brother to rule together
58
attracted to Cleopatra
63–4
visits Alexander’s tomb
52
,
74
Alexandrian Wars
95–7
re-enters Alexandria in triumph
97
dallies in Alexandria
98
lack of popularity in Alexandria
155
and parentage of Caesarion
100–103
resumes campaign against followers of Pompey
103
triumphant return to Italy
103–4
Spanish campaign (46–45)
104
,
108
golden statue of Cleopatra at Venus Genetrix temple
6
,
106
acknowledged as a demigod
106
refuses Mark Antony’s offer of a royal diadem
106–7
returns to his Lavicum estate (45)
107
his will
107
assassination of (44)
4
,
104
,
107
,
121
posthumous divine honours
145
and corruption of Cleopatra’s memory
206
Alexandrian Wars
97
Caesarea
Kubr-er-Rumia (Tombeau de la Chrétienne)
202
temple of Isis
200
Caesareum, Alexandria
92
,
93
Caesarion
see
Ptolemy XV
Cairo Museum
124
,
198
calendars
xiv
Caligula, Emperor
91
,
153
,
202
,
238
Callimachos
82
,
141
Callixeinos of Rhodes
86
,
99
Calpurnia (Caesar’s third wife)
56
,
104
,
107
Calypso
189
Cambyses
91
Campus Martius, Rome: temple of Bellona
175
Canary Islands
200
Canopic Gate, Alexandria
184
Capito, Fonteius
162
Capitol, Rome
104
,
172
Capitoline Hill, Rome
115
Capitoline Museum, Rome
68

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