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Alexander I (
c.
495–450)
30

Alexander III the Great, King of Egypt (332–323)
30
,
106
,
121
,
131
,
145
,
163
,
209
,
242
n
7
,
248
n
8
,
257
n
6

reveres Dionysos
12

marches to confront Darius III
219

defeats Darius at Issus (333)
221

Egypt surrenders to him (332/1)
2
,
71
,
219
,
221

Egyptian coronation
133

semi-divinity
132–3

ambitious plans for Egypt
219

founds Alexandria
18
,
71–3

at the Siwa Oasis
133
,
221

visits the Zeus-Ammon oracle
133
,
195

death (323)
73
,
219–20
,
221

purported to have been embalmed
195

kidnapping and display of his body
73–4
,
221

fragmented empire
222

end of his dynastic line
222

Caesar visits his tomb
52
,
74

Alexander IV, King of Egypt (316–304)
221

posthumous son of Alexander the Great
220

murdered (310)
75
,
220

possible remains of
220–21

Alexander Romance, The
(Pseudo-Callisthenes)
73
,
132
,
194

Alexandra (Herod’s mother-in-law)
167

Alexandria

founded
18
,
71–3

development of
77

kidnapping and display of Alexander’s body in (323)
221

coronation of Ptolemy I Soter I (304)
75
,
221

location
75–6
,
78

its people
14
,
76
,
78

Jewish population
77
,
79
,
88
,
97
,
141

temple and cult to Homer
226

rival court of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra II
229

Romans prevent fall to the Syrians
229

Ptolemy XI killed by Alexandrians (80)
11
,
78
,
234

civil disturbances over taxation
37

grain crisis (50)
46

Caesar’s miniature invasion (48)
51–2

isolation from Egypt proper
78

buildings of
78–83
,
87–8
,
90

town planning
78
,
79

Palaces district
79
,
80
,
82
,
91
,
93
,
95
,
96
,
97

described by Strabo
79–80
,
82

a vibrant city
83

excessive drinking and casual sex
84–5

festivals and processions
85–7

religion
87–90

proclaims Arsinoë IV queen of Egypt
96

Alexandrians’ curious request to Caesar
96

surrenders to Caesar (47)
97
,
155

Cleopatra VII’s unpopularity
48
,
97

Cleopatra returns from Rome (44)
108

Antony relaxes in
155–6

Cleopatra and Antony spend winter in (35/4)
166

mummies found in
196

fall of
203

earthquakes and subsidence
80
,
81

loss of Ptolemaic Alexandria
5

Franco-Egyptian underwater excavation of
90–91

Alexandria mint
140

Alexandrian Wars
95–7
,
101
,
141
,
237

Algeria
199

Ali, Mohamed
92

Amen
68
,
111
,
121
,
129
,
132
,
133
,
134
,
222
,
248
n
18

Amen-Re
71
,
119
,
133

Amenhotep III
121
,
244
n
20

Amyntas of Lycaonia
177

Amyot, Jacques
213

animal cults
128–31
,
203

ankh
66
,
136

Ankhnesmerypepi II (queen consort)
241
n
2

Ankhwennefer (Theban counter-pharaoh)
227

Antigonid empire
222

Antigonos ‘the One-Eyed’, King of Macedon
209
,
222

Antioch
161
,
162
,
163
,
225

Antiochos III of Syria
25
,
226
,
227
,
228

Antiochos IV
229

Antiochos VIII
242
n
2

Antiochos IX
242
n
2

Antiochos X
242
n
2

Antirrhodos island
80
,
91
,
93

Anton (a son of Heracles)
146

Antonia (Antony’s daughter)
148

Antonia (Antony’s second wife)
148

Antonia Maior (Antony’s daughter)
159

Antonia Minor (Antony’s daughter)
159

Antoninus Pius, Emperor
121

Antony
4
,
7
,
32
,
37
,
188
,
209

family background
145–6

dissolute behaviour
146
,
147

military life
146

marriages
147–8

coinage
61
,
62

and Caesarion’s parentage
101

Caesar refuses his offer of a royal diadem tied with a lauyrel wreath
106–7

second triumvirate
143

controls Gaul and eastern provinces
144

financial matters
144–5
,
148
,
149
,
154
,
173

religious honour
145

appearance
146

feasts with Cleopatra in Tarsus
149–54

bargains with Cleopatra
154–5

orders execution of Arsinoë IV (41)
155
,
236

relaxes in Alexandria
155–6

a famous joker
156

Octavian erodes support for him in Rome
158

and Treaty of Brundisium
159

marries Octavia
159

settles in Athens
159

agreement to renew the triumvirate
161

negotiations with Cleopatra (37/6)
162

acknowledges the twins
162–3

Parthian humiliation
164

meets Cleopatra at Leuce Come, then retires to Alexandria
164

public rejection of Octavia
165

relationship with Octavian breaks down
165–6
,
169
,
171
,
173

reputation plummets
166

Dionysiac celebration in Alexandria
167–8

divorces Octavia
174

stripped of his titles by the Roman Senate
175

battle of Actium
176–80

failed attempts to influence Octavian
184
,
185

abandonment by his gods
185
,
255
n
12

loses battle with Octavian (30)
186

commits suicide, dying in Cleopatra’s arms
186–7

Cleopatra visits his tomb
190
,
195

interpretations of him since his death
206–10

De Sua Ebrietate (‘On His Sobriety)
173

Antyllus, Marcus Antonius
148
,
161
,
182
,
184
,
199

Anubeion, Sakkara necropolis
130

Anubis (jackal-headed god)
117
,
130
,
208

Apame
226

Apamea
166

Aphrodite
85
,
114
,
118
,
242
n
4

Aphrodite/Isis
170

Apion
79
,
211

Apis bull
43
,
89
,
129
,
130
,
138
,
203

Apollo
145
,
163
,
173
,
180

Apollo Tortor
173

Apollodorus
53
,
54

Apophis (serpent)
193

Appian
32
,
99
,
149

The Civil Wars
209

Appollonius:
Argonautica
82

Apuleius, Lucius:
The Golden Ass
(trans. William Adlington)
124–5

Aramaic
14
,
76

Archelaos
36
,
37
,
149
,
155
,
236

Archelaos of Cappadocia
177
,
202

Archibios
58

Ariadne
189

Aristarchus
82–3

Aristobulus
167

Aristotle
131
,
257
n
6

Armant Montu temple
119

birth house
109
,
119
,
121
,
127

Armenia
164
,
169

King of
17
,
181

Arrian
72–3

Arsinoë
12
,
146
,
224

Arsinoë I
134
,
224

Arsinoë II
32
,
68
,
138
,
223

marriage to Lysimachos of Thrace
224

masterminds death of Agathocles
224–5

marriage to Ptolemy Ceraunos
25
,
225

Ceraunos has her sons by Lysimachos murdered
225

marriage to Ptolemy II
25
,
46
,
133
,
224
,
225

influence on the developing role of the queen
225

deified after her death
67
,
88
,
134–6
,
225

Arsinoë III
138
,
226
,
227

Arsinoë IV, Queen of Egypt (47)
8
,
27
,
95
,
110
,
235

her tutor-guardian (Ganymede)
32
,
96
,
104

proclaimed Queen of Egypt by Alexandrians
96

proclaimed Queen of Cyprus by Julius Caesar
58
,
236

rules Egypt during civil war
236

captured and exiled to Ephesus
104
,
144
,
236

executed on the order of Antony
155
,
236

Arsinoë VI
198

Arsinoeion, Alexandria
88

Arsinoite nome
135

Artakama, Princess
222

Artavasdes, King of Armenia
167

Artaxerxes III
132

Aset
see
Isis

Ashkelon
48–9

Asia
144

Asia Minor
103
,
158
,
183

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