Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt (44 page)

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Authors: Joyce Tyldesley

Tags: #History, #Ancient, #Egypt, #Biography & Autobiography, #Presidents & Heads of State

Algeria
199
Ali, Mohamed
92
Amen
68
,
111
,
121
,
129
,
132
,
133
,
134
,
222
,
248
n
18
Amen-Re
71
,
119
,
133
Amenhotep III
121
,
244
n
20
Amyntas of Lycaonia
177
Amyot, Jacques
213
animal cults
128–31
,
203
ankh
66
,
136
Ankhnesmerypepi II (queen consort)
241
n
2
Ankhwennefer (Theban counter-pharaoh)
227
Antigonid empire
222
Antigonos ‘the One-Eyed’, King of Macedon
209
,
222
Antioch
161
,
162
,
163
,
225
Antiochos III of Syria
25
,
226
,
227
,
228
Antiochos IV
229
Antiochos VIII
242
n
2
Antiochos IX
242
n
2
Antiochos X
242
n
2
Antirrhodos island
80
,
91
,
93
Anton (a son of Heracles)
146
Antonia (Antony’s daughter)
148
Antonia (Antony’s second wife)
148
Antonia Maior (Antony’s daughter)
159
Antonia Minor (Antony’s daughter)
159
Antoninus Pius, Emperor
121
Antony
4
,
7
,
32
,
37
,
188
,
209
family background
145–6
dissolute behaviour
146
,
147
military life
146
marriages
147–8
coinage
61
,
62
and Caesarion’s parentage
101
Caesar refuses his offer of a royal diadem tied with a lauyrel wreath
106–7
second triumvirate
143
controls Gaul and eastern provinces
144
financial matters
144–5
,
148
,
149
,
154
,
173
religious honour
145
appearance
146
feasts with Cleopatra in Tarsus
149–54
bargains with Cleopatra
154–5
orders execution of Arsinoë IV (41)
155
,
236
relaxes in Alexandria
155–6
a famous joker
156
Octavian erodes support for him in Rome
158
and Treaty of Brundisium
159
marries Octavia
159
settles in Athens
159
agreement to renew the triumvirate
161
negotiations with Cleopatra (37/6)
162
acknowledges the twins
162–3
Parthian humiliation
164
meets Cleopatra at Leuce Come, then retires to Alexandria
164
public rejection of Octavia
165
relationship with Octavian breaks down
165–6
,
169
,
171
,
173
reputation plummets
166
Dionysiac celebration in Alexandria
167–8
divorces Octavia
174
stripped of his titles by the Roman Senate
175
battle of Actium
176–80
failed attempts to influence Octavian
184
,
185
abandonment by his gods
185
,
255
n
12
loses battle with Octavian (30)
186
commits suicide, dying in Cleopatra’s arms
186–7
Cleopatra visits his tomb
190
,
195
interpretations of him since his death
206–10
De Sua Ebrietate (‘On His Sobriety)
173
Antyllus, Marcus Antonius
148
,
161
,
182
,
184
,
199
Anubeion, Sakkara necropolis
130
Anubis (jackal-headed god)
117
,
130
,
208
Apame
226
Apamea
166
Aphrodite
85
,
114
,
118
,
242
n
4
Aphrodite/Isis
170
Apion
79
,
211
Apis bull
43
,
89
,
129
,
130
,
138
,
203
Apollo
145
,
163
,
173
,
180
Apollo Tortor
173
Apollodorus
53
,
54
Apophis (serpent)
193
Appian
32
,
99
,
149
The Civil Wars
209
Appollonius:
Argonautica
82
Apuleius, Lucius:
The Golden Ass
(trans. William Adlington)
124–5
Aramaic
14
,
76
Archelaos
36
,
37
,
149
,
155
,
236
Archelaos of Cappadocia
177
,
202
Archibios
58
Ariadne
189
Aristarchus
82–3
Aristobulus
167
Aristotle
131
,
257
n
6
Armant Montu temple
119
birth house
109
,
119
,
121
,
127
Armenia
164
,
169
King of
17
,
181
Arrian
72–3
Arsinoë
12
,
146
,
224
Arsinoë I
134
,
224
Arsinoë II
32
,
68
,
138
,
223
marriage to Lysimachos of Thrace
224
masterminds death of Agathocles
224–5
marriage to Ptolemy Ceraunos
25
,
225
Ceraunos has her sons by Lysimachos murdered
225
marriage to Ptolemy II
25
,
46
,
133
,
224
,
225
influence on the developing role of the queen
225
deified after her death
67
,
88
,
134–6
,
225
Arsinoë III
138
,
226
,
227
Arsinoë IV, Queen of Egypt (47)
8
,
27
,
95
,
110
,
235
her tutor-guardian (Ganymede)
32
,
96
,
104

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