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Ptolemy XIII (Greek: Πτολεμαίος, who lived 60 BC/59
BC – 44 BC and reigned 47 BC – 44 BC), was a son of
Ptolemy XI of Egypt and one of the last members of
the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Following the death
of his older brother Ptolemy XII of Egypt on January
13, 47 BC, he was proclaimed Pharaoh and co-ruler by
their older sister and remaining Pharaoh, Cleopatra
VII of Egypt. Cleopatra also married her new
co-ruler but continued to act as lover of Roman
dictator Julius Caesar. Ptolemy is considered to
have reigned in name only, with Cleopatra keeping
actual authority to herself. On March 15, 44 BC
Caesar was murdered in Rome by a group of
conspirators whose most notable members were Marcus
Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Ptolemy
soon followed him in death. An inscription
mentioning him as alive was dated at July 26, 44 BC.
It has been assumed but remains uncertain that
Cleopatra poisoned her co-ruler to replace him with
Ptolemy XIII Caesarion, her son by Caesar who was
proclaimed co-ruler on September 2, 44 BC and whom
his mother intended to support as successor of his
father. |
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