Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt (45 page)

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