Cleopatra unsuccessfully attempts to recruit this future king of Judea.A.SimonB.PontiusC.SeleucusD.Herod

When Ptolemy XII is forced to flee Egypt to Rome in 58 BCE, this daughter assumes the throne:A.Berenice IVB.Cleopatra VIIC.Selene IID.Nefertiti I

Who of the following was NOT a king of Thebes?Question 5Select one:a.Oedipusb.Laiusc.Creond.Adrastus

According to Cassius Dio, Ptolemy XII was able to regain his throne with the support of Gabinius and this Roman leader:A.Tiberius NeroB.PompeyC.Julius CaesarD.Octavian Augustus

In his will, Ptolemy XII named Cleopatra VII as joint heir to the throne, along with:A.Her uncle, Ptolemy XIVB.Her husband, Archelaus IC.Her Roman patron, Julius CaesarD.Her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII

Rome had long cast a greedy eye over Egypt. It seized its chance when Queen Cleopatra became embroiled in a messy struggle for political mastery after the assassination of Julius Caesar. After fatefully throwing in her lot with Mark Antony at the battle of Actium in 30 BC, the Egyptian ruler was soon faced with a Roman army led by Octavius, a master of political cunning, bearing down on Alexandria. Following a series of defensive decisions that combined profound negligence with gross incompetence, Cleopatra committed suicide, either as the result of a poisonous snakebite or perhaps by a self-administered toxin. Egypt fell like a ripe fruit.57 Octavius had left Rome as a general; he returned as its supreme ruler, with a new title shortly to be bestowed by a grateful Senate: Augustus. Rome had become an empire.