How old was Cleopatra when she married Caesar?

How old was Cleopatra when she married Caesar?

Cleopatra arranges to meet Caesar under intimate terms by having herself rolled up in a carpet that is delivered to Caesar's home quarters. When the carpet was unrolled a vivacious 21 year old Egyptian queen emerges. Caesar was about 52 at the time. Cleopatra captivated him but it was probably not her youth and beauty.

What was the age difference between Cleopatra and Caesar?

He was 32 years older than her and married. The two of them sailed down the Nile together in a 300-foot barge with gardens and banquet rooms. In 47 B.C., Cleopatra gave birth to Caesar's son, Ptolemy Caesarian (“Little Caesar”) . To honor the event she had a coin minted showing her as Aphrodite nursing Eros.

How old was Cleopatra when she met Julius?

In 51 BC, 18-year-old Cleopatra emerged onto the political scene as co-regent of Egypt with her younger brother and (in true Egyptian royal tradition) husband, ten-year-old Ptolemy XIII.

When did Cleopatra first meet Julius Caesar?

46 B.C. Cleopatra joined Julius Caesar in Rome beginning in 46 B.C., and her presence seems to have caused quite a stir.

Was Cleopatra the first female pharaoh?

Cleopatra may not have been ancient Egypt's only female pharaoh -- Queen Arsinoë II, a woman who competed in and won Olympic events, came first, some 200 years earlier, according to a new study into a unique Egyptian crown.

Did Cleopatra and Caesar have a child?

Caesarion was the child of Cleopatra and Caesar, although a few Classical authors, perhaps for political reasons, expressed doubts about his paternity. After Cleopatra's arrival in Rome in 46, Caesar himself, officially recognized the child as his son.

When did Egypt stop having Pharaohs?

343 BC List of pharaohs

Pharaoh of Egypt
Formation	c. 3100 BC
Abolition	343 BC (last native pharaoh) 30 BC (last Greek pharaohs) 313 AD (last Roman Emperor to be called Pharaoh)
Residence	Varies by era
Appointer	Divine right

How old was Cleopatra when she had her son?

• Caesar and Cleopatra. In 48 B.C. Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt and met a 22-year old Cleopatra, rolled in a carpet, supposedly. An affair followed, leading to the birth of a son, Caesarion. Caesar and Cleopatra left Alexandria for Rome in 45 B.C. A year later Caesar was assassinated.

When did Caesar take Cleopatra back to Rome?

• Caesar took Cleopatra to Rome with him. When he was killed on the Ides of March, 44 B.C., it was time for Cleopatra to return home. Soon another powerful Roman leader presented himself in the person of Mark Antony, who with Octavian (soon to become Augustus), had taken control of Rome.

When did Cleopatra become the sole ruler of Egypt?

• In 48 B.C. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar became lovers. She became the sole ruler when her brother was drowned during the Alexandrian War (47 B.C.). Cleopatra then had to marry another brother for the sake of formality, Ptolemy XIV. In 44 B.C. Julius Caesar died.

Where did Cleopatra live during the Civil War?

• Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV are housed in a villa belonging to Caesar on the outskirts of Rome. Caesar orders that a gold-plated statue of Cleopatra be placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix. Caesar's clan, the Julians, were supposedly descended from Venus. Although Pompey had been defeated and was killed in Egypt the civil war did not end.