![]() ![]() Nevertheless, it was a failed endeavor, and he lost the invasion to the Persians in 36 B.C. However, when Octavian refused to give him the military power he required, he went to Cleopatra for help, and she gave him the troops he needed. Antony agreed to do so, and now there was peace between them, and they decided to split the Empire into East, with a more significant portion of the West for Octavian Antony keeping the East and they gave Lepidus some Southern lands.Īntony goes back to the East to plan a battle between the Parthians (Persians) He was angry with there conquest of Syria and wanted to get that territory back and avenge the death of Crassus who died in the Battle of Carrhae against the Persians years earlier. Octavian suggested Antony marry his recently widowed half-sister Octavia. This opened another avenue for Antony and Octavian to patch their relationship. Trivia, she was the first living woman ever to have her face on a Roman coin.However, though Octavian and Antony had a stressed friendship at best due to the issue of the rightful heir to the republic, to make things even worse Fulvia took arms against Octavian in a civil war and lost resulting on her fleeing the city and wanted to meet up with Antony however, Octavian’s men killed her along the way. Mark Antony was married to an influential aristocrat named Fulvia. However, the Parthians, better known as Persians, decided to invade during this time, so before their twins were born, Antony left for Tyre around February or March in preparation to battle the Parthians. their twins Selene (named after the moon) and Helios (named after the sun) was born sometime in autumn. They both returned to Alexandria, and in 40 B.C. At this point, history records Antony and Cleopatra fell in love with each other. Cleopatra wanted the same power in Rome as she held in Egypt, and Antony saw an alliance with the enormously prosperous client state of Egypt would be desirable for his campaign against Persia. Each of them saw something they needed from the other. Additionally, he needed a great deal of wealth to conduct these campaigns against Asia, and Egypt was abundant in great wealth. He told her he intended to base his navy in Egypt to fight against Rome’s enemies in Asia. Cleopatra was summoned by Mark Antony to Tarsus where she arrived on a barge dressed as Isis-Aphrodite. You can also access the video at the bottom of this page.Ī head-on shot of the Bust of Cleopatra at the Royal Ontario Museum The bust of Cleopatra you see above is from the video on the Royal Ontario Museum site, and that is the bust that is on display at the museum. the entire Roman Empire ended with the Eastern empire ( Byzantine Empire,) fall of Constantinople modern-day Istanbul, Turkey in 1453 A.D. It should be noted that it was the Roman Republic until Caesar Augustus aka Octavian became the first Emperor and ushered in the Imperial era in 31 B.C. To better understand the plight of Selene and her siblings, it is necessary to delve into the structure and life in the Roman Empire. The only child of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony that survived through the historical account was their daughter Selene. Additionally, she worried about her three other children and decided to send them to Thebes, yet they too fell to the Romans and her sons Helios and Philadelphus vanished from history, and there are no other historical accounts of them. Years later, while a Roman republic conquest of Egypt appeared imminent, she sent her son, Caeserion by Julius Caesar, to the East for his presumed safety however, the Romans executed him by order of Octavian. His name was Caesarion (Meaning Little Caesar). Their names were Alexander Helios (name meaning: The sun), Cleopatra Selene (Name meaning: The moon), and Ptolemy Philadelphus(Name meaning)loving one’s brother from philein, to love + adelphos, brother.) However, these were not her only children, for she had a child through her lover Julius Caesar as well. She and Mark Antony had a most legendary affair, and Cleopatra bore three children, by Mark Antony. What comes to mind with the name Cleopatra (Greek: Famous in Her Father)? Of course, the most famous Cleopatra of all time was the 7th Cleopatra.
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