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Excerpt from Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden Maonachi Cestrensis, Vol. 4: Together With the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century The next king of Egypt whom Higden mentions is Ptolemy Dionysus, l better known as Auletes but he only states the length of his reign. Of his daughter, the famous Cleopatra, somewhat more is said. She is stated to have reigned two years before Caesar, five under Caesar, and fifteen under Augustus. She shared the kingdom with her elder brother Ptolemy, who during his minority was under the protection of Rome. Pompey, eeing to Egypt after his defeat in Thessaly, is killed, according to Higden, by the stratagems of Ptolemy.2 On Caesar's arrival in Egypt, the people of Alexandria entreat his pardon for Ptolemy, who soon requites the grant by a rebellion, in the end of which he perishes,3 and Caesar gives the kingdom to Cleopatra, by whose blandishments he is fascinated. This queen is next mentioned as taking the part of Antonius against Octavianus, a notice of which is repeated at the commencement of the next chapter, together with the story of their defeat and ight after the battle of Actium. A few sentences tell of the death of both Antony and Cleopatra, and the subjection of Egypt to the Romans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
