Arsinoë IV (d. 41 BCE) was a Ptolemaic princess who rebelled against her sister Cleopatra VII during the Alexandrian War in 48 BCE. After being defeated by Cleopatra's ally Julius Caesar, she was a captive in his Roman triumph. Arsinoë later became a priestess at the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus until Mark Antony and Cleopatra had her assassinated.
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58 BCEBerenike IV usurps the throne of Ptolemy XII.
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58 BCEPtolemaic Cyprus is annexed by the Roman Republic.
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c. 55 BCEAulus Gabinius defeats Berenike IV and gives Egypt back to Ptolemy XII.
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51 BCEDeath of Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII Auletes.
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51 BCECleopatra accepts her brother Ptolemy XIII as co-ruler.
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49 BCESole rule of Ptolemy XIII, recognized by both Gaius Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, and his opponent, Pompey the Great.
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48 BCECleopatra tries to return, but her army is defeated near Pelusium.
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48 BCECaesar defeats Pompey (Battle of Pharsalus); Pompey flees to Egypt and is killed by courtiers of Ptolemy XIII.
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48 BCECaesar arrives in Egypt and orders Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII to disband their armies, but instead, war breaks out.
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46 BCEJulius Caesar celebrates a quadruple triumph in Rome.
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15 Mar 44 BCEJulius Caesar is killed; Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV return to Egypt, where Ptolemy is soon killed and Caesarion recognized as king; first of a series of bad harvests.
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41 BCE - 31 BCEMark Antony of Rome allied with Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
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41 BCEArsinoë IV is murdered in the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
