Cleopatra V.
Cleopatra V. Selene , also Cleopatra Selene I (* between 135 and 130 BC; † 69 BC ) was the daughter of the Egyptian king Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and his niece Cleopatra III. from the Dynasty of Ptolemäer , the v in 140 or 141st Had married.
Life
Her name was originally just Selene and she took the expanded name when she married her brother Ptolemy IX. Soter II . This wedding took place shortly after Ptolemy IX. Assumption of government in 116 BC After his divorce from his sister Cleopatra IV, forced by his mother . Cleopatra V received the honors due to her as queen, but was kept away from the government by her domineering mother. Apparently Ptolemy IX. on his trip to southern Egypt (August 115 BC) accompanied not only by his mother, but also by his wife Selene. When her husband in the autumn of 107 BC Was expelled by both mother, she stayed with her two unknown sons in Egypt - and was four years later (103 BC) by Cleopatra III. the Seleucid Antiochus VIII. Grypus sent as a woman to Syria .
When Antiochus VIII in 96 BC After he died a violent death, Cleopatra was taken over by his cousin and successor Antiochus IX. Kyzikenos took over, as he used it as legitimation in his fight against Seleukos VI. wanted to use. That is why she was born after the death of her third husband one year later in 95 BC. Married by his son Antiochus X. Eusebes, who feuded several sons of Antiochus VIII. With her fourth husband she had two sons, including the later Antiochus XIII. Asiaticus . After the death of her last husband (92 or 83 BC) she left Syria for her safety and probably lived in Cilicia .
After the murder of the short-term pharaoh Ptolemy XI. Alexander II (80 BC) Cleopatra V Selene was the only surviving legitimate member of the Ptolemaic family. But the people of Alexandria decided immediately to support the illegitimate sons of Ptolemy IX living in Syria, of whom the elder was Ptolemy XII , just to substantiate their own claims to power . was enthroned. Five years later Cleopatra V laid claim to the succession to the throne in Egypt for her sons from her fourth marriage. But even the direct intervention of their sons in Rome was ignored by the Senate , so that they had to return home after two years without any results. The Armenian king Tigranes II besieged Cleopatra V in 69 BC. In Ptolemais and had them cruelly put to death after conquering the city in Seleukeia in Mesopotamia .
literature
- Felix Stähelin : Cleopatra 22). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 1, Stuttgart 1921, Col. 782-784.
- John Whitehorne: Cleopatra. Routledge, London / New York 1994, ISBN 0-203-03608-5 , pp. 164-173.
- Adrian Dumitru: Cleopatra Selene - A look at the Moon and her bright side. In: Altay Coşkun, Alex McAuley (eds.): Seleukid Royal Women. Creation, Representation and Distortion of Hellenistic Queenship in the Seleukid Empire (= Historia individual fonts . Volume 240). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-515-11295-6 , pp. 253-272 (not evaluated).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Strabon , Geographie XVI, 749; Flavius Josephus , Antiquitates Judaicae XIII, 420.
- ^ Iustinus , Historiarum Philippicarum XXXIX, 3, 2.
- ^ Inscriptiones Graecae (= IG) Thèbes / Syène 244.
- ^ Iustinus, Historiarum Philippicarum XXXIX, 4, 1.
- ^ Iustinus, Historiarum Philippicarum XXXIX, 4, 4.
- ^ Iustinus, Historiarum Philippicarum XL, 2, 3.
- ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero , In Verrem actio II, 4.61-68.
- ^ Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae XIII, 420.
- ^ Strabo, Geography XVI, 749.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cleopatra V. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cleopatra V. Selene; Cleopatra Selene I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Daughter of the Egyptian king Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 69 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Seleukeia |