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Ptolemy of Cyprus

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He appears to have been acknowledged king of Cyprus at the same time that his brother Auletes obtained the possession of the throne of Egypt, 80 BC. He neglected the precaution of obtaining confirmation of his sovereignty at
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and a generous pension. Ptolemy refused, and, wholly unprepared to resist Roman power and deciding to die a king, put an end to his own life, 58 BC.
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This biography of a member of a European royal house is a
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Ptolemy, King of Cyprus
House
Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy IX Lathyros
Cleopatra IV
Cyprus
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Egypt
Ptolemy IX Lathyros
Cleopatra VII
Rome
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Cilician
tribune
Roman province
Cato
Paphos
Dio Cassius
Velleius Paterculus
Cicero
Valerius Maximus
public domain
Smith, William
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
cite encyclopedia
help
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