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Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos ( 117 BCE - 51 BCE) was son of Ptolemy IX Soter II. His mother is unknown. He was king of Egypt from 80 BCE until his death. He followed Ptolemy XI Alexandros II who had been killed by an angry crowd, after having killed his popular coregent Berenice III , who was incidentally also a daughter of Ptolemy IX Soter II. At first, he was coregent with Cleopatra VI Tryphania, but she mysteriously disappears from the records in 69 BCE. His personal cult name (Neos Dionysos) earned him the ridiculing sobriquet Auletes (flute player) - which he was by the way, as we learn from Strabos writing (Strab. XVII, 1, 11). During his reign he tried to secure his own fate and the fate of his dynasty by means of a pro Roman policy. At the height of his success in 59, after paying substantial bribes to Caesar and Pompey, a formal alliance was formed (foedera) and his name was inscribed into the list of friends and allies of the people of Rome (amici et socii populi Romani). However in 58 after he failed to comment on the Roman conquest of Cyprus, a territory ruled by his brother, he was forced to flee to Rome. His daughter Berenice IV became his successor. From Rome he prosecuted his restitution. He was finally brought back into office with help of the Romans in 55. From then on he reigned until he fell ill in 51. Soon before his death he chose his daughter Cleopatra VII as his coregent. In his will he declared that she and her brother Ptolemy XIII should rule the kingdom together. To safeguard his interests, he made the people of Rome executors of his will.

Preceded by: Ptolemy XI	Ptolemaic King of EgyptPtolemy one of Alexander the Great's generals, was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 BC. In 305 BC he declared himself King Ptolemy I, later known as "Soter" (saviour). The Egyptians soon accepted the Ptolemies as the successors to First Reign with Cleopatra VI	Succeeded by: Cleopatra VCleopatra V of Egypt is the mother of Cleopatra VII, by her husband Ptolemy XII, and is possibly the mother of Cleopatra VI of Egypt and Berenice IV. External link Pharaohs. and Berenice IV
Berenice IV	Ptolemaic King of EgyptPtolemy one of Alexander the Great's generals, was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 BC. In 305 BC he declared himself King Ptolemy I, later known as "Soter" (saviour). The Egyptians soon accepted the Ptolemies as the successors to Second Reign with Cleopatra VII	Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII

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