The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Cleopatra VII Philopator, Pharaoh of Egypt (69 BC - 12 Aug 30 BC)
Last Hellenic pharaoh of Egypt, ally of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-1672?rskey=hMmzPs&result=3&q=cleopatra Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra Relationships: Cleopatra VII Philopator was a relative of Ptolemy I Soter (c. 367 BC-c. 283 BC)Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus ([?]-31 BC) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Cleopatra VII Philopator
Marcus Antonius (14 Jan 83 BC-01 Aug 30 BC) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Cleopatra VII Philopator
Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Cleopatra VII Philopator
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Cleopatra
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 593 Caput Imperiale fæmineum item Ebore incisũ, fortè Cleopatræ. 489 Female imperial head , again carved in ivory, possibly of Cleopatra . MacGregor 1983, no. 169.
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 28 three Brass Coins of Anthiochus , 1 of Alex. Bala Balas , 1 of
Tryohon, and 1 ofCleopatra ,
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