Ptolemy, young king and Cleopatra’s opponent
Person
Civil War 3.103 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… There by chance was King Ptolomaeus, a boy in years, waging war with large forces against his sister Cleopatra, whom a few months before he had expelled from the throne by the help of his relations and friends. …”
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Civil War 3.103
Caesar
… There by chance was King Ptolomaeus, a boy in years, waging war with large forces against his sister Cleopatra, whom a few months before he had expelled from the throne by the help of his relations and friends. …
Civil War 3.107
Caesar
… Meanwhile, thinking that the controversies of the princes affected the Roman people and himself as consul, and concerned his functions all the more because in his previous consulship an alliance had been formed with the elder Ptolomaeus both by legislative enactment and by decree of the senate, he declares that it is his pleasure that King Ptolomaeus and his sister Cleopatra should disband the armies that they controlled, and should settle their disputes by process of law before himself rather than by armed force between themselves.
Explicit source relations
- Cleopatra — siblings in dynastic conflict — Ptolemy, young king and Cleopatra’s opponent · Dossier · Civil War 3.103