Cleopatra IV (c.140-112): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives
Father: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Mother: Cleopatra III
Husband: her brother Ptolemy IX Soter
Daughter: Cleopatra Berenice III (married to Ptolemy X Alexander)
Main deeds
c.140: Born
132-127: During the civil war between Ptolemy VIII (father of Cleopatra IV) and Cleopatra…
Cleopatra of Macedonia (c.356-308): sister of Alexander the Great, wife of Alexander of Molossis.Cleopatra was a daughter of king Philip of Macedonia (359-336) and queen Olympias. Her older brother was prince Alexander, who would one day be called "the Great".…
Cleopatria Thea ("the goddess"): Ptolemaic princess and Seleucid queen, ruled from 125 to 121.
Cleopatra Thea and Antiochys VIII
Successor of: Demetrius…
Cleopatra V (c.135-69): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives
Father: Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Mother: Cleopatra III
First husband: her brother Ptolemy IX Soter
Two sons
Second husband: Antiochus VIII Grypus
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator
Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus
Demetrius III Eucaerus
Philip I Philadelphus
Antiochus XII Dionysus
Laodice Thea Philadelphus (married to Mithradates…
Cleopatra VI Tryphaena (c.95- after 55): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives
Father: Ptolemy IX Soter
Mother: an Egyptian lady
Husband: Ptolemy XII Auletes
Daughter: Berenice IV
Main deeds
c.95 Born
80/79: Marries to her brother Ptolemy XII Auletes, who has unexpectedly become king
76: Birth of Berenice IV
69/68: Cleopatra…
Cleopatra VII Philopator ("father-loving"): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 51 to 30.Relatives
Cleopatra VII Philopator
Father: Ptolemy XII Auletes
Mother: An…
The Chronicle of Enlil-nirari is the obverse of a tablet from Aššur that contained an Assyrian chronicle; the Chronicle of Tiglath-pileser I may have been part of the same tablet. It describes the relations between Assyria and Babylonia during the…
The Chronicle of Arik-denili is a fragment of an Assyrian chronicle; the tablet was found in Aššur. It describes the wars of king Arik-den-ili (r.1308-1296) against an enemy that cannot be identified.For a very brief introduction to the literary genre…