Cleopatra Julius Caesar Carpet

As a member of the ptolemaic dynasty she was a descendant of its founder ptolemy i soter a macedonian greek general and companion of alexander the great.

Cleopatra julius caesar carpet.

Julius caesar arrived in egypt and met a 22 year old cleopatra rolled in a carpet supposedly. It was at first a political alliance. Cleopatra received caesar in her own unique way. Caesar and cleopatra left alexandria for rome in 45 b c.

It is smuggled through alexandria and is presented as a gift for the roman leader grochowski 2005. Consider the dramatic way she introduced herself to julius caesar and mark antony. Julius caesar immediately recognized the potential of being lovers and allies. Then her servants rolled up the carpet with cleopatra inside.

She lay down on a carpet. The relationship could have been for love among any other. After wrapping her up her servant apollodoros presented the carpet to caesar. In 48 bc the resourceful cleopatra forbidden by her brother ptolemy xiii to meet with the roman general had herself wrapped in a carpet or according to some historians a linen sack and smuggled into caesar s quarters.

News of the battle had traveled ahead of him though and the egyptians who took his loss as a sign that the gods favored caesar over him promptly killed him. A sculpture of the roman emperor julius caesar near the old orangery in lazienki park warsaw. Gérôme s painting is one of the earliest modern depictions of cleopatra emerging from a carpet in the presence of julius caesar a minor historical inaccuracy that arose out of the translation of a scene from plutarch s life of caesar and the semantic change of the word carpet over time. A year later caesar was assassinated.

Plutarch tells the famous tale of how cleopatra was hidden in a role of carpet or sleeping bag depending on the translation which was unrolled to reveal her in all her glory. Cleopatra was determined to make the most of pothinus miscalculation and managed to arrange a secret meeting with caesar. The sculpture was made by franciszek pinck 1733 1798. Julius caesar is smitten by the woman delivered through a carpet.

Cleopatra s father ptolemy xii auletes had decided to ally with rome as he rightly believed it was becoming the region s greatest power. Then the carpet was taken to the palace where caesar was staying. Cleopatra is then about 21 or 22 years old. After the death of cleopatra egypt became a.

κλεοπάτρα φιλοπάτωρ kleopátra philopátōr. An affair followed leading to the birth of a son caesarion. Cleopatra the vii s famous relationship with julius caesar has its beginnings in the egyptian ruler s ascent to power at the hands of the roman dictator.