Ptolemy Philadelphus

Ptolemy Philadelphus (36 - ? BC) was the youngest child of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. His shares his name with Ptolemy II Philadelphus who succeeded Ptolemy Soter, the founder of the dynasty. The implication that Mark Antony was a second Ptolemy Soter was probably intentional.

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36 - ? BC - Mark Antony - Cleopatra - Ptolemy II Philadelphus - Ptolemy Soter

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In 34 BC, at the age of two he was proclaimed King of Syria and Anatolia.

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34 BC - Syria - Anatolia

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Augustus Caesar took him, his brother Alexander Helios and sister Cleopatra Selene back to Rome as captives after their parents killed themselves in 30 BC.

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Augustus Caesar - Alexander Helios - Cleopatra Selene - Rome - 30 BC

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The children lived with Octavia, who was Augustus's sister and had been Antony's wife. Nothing is known of Ptolemy's life afterwards. D. W. Roller, in The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene, notes that Ptolemy is not mentioned by Dio Cassius (51.21.8) as taking part in one of Augustus' triumphs, while his siblings are, causing him to believe that he died in 29 BC at the latest (pg. 83). This argument from silence is far from proven, however.

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Octavia - Dio Cassius - Augustus - 29 BC - Argument from silence

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