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Ptolemy XII Auletes

117 BC to 76 BC 4 documented presences 4 places

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Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus ( – 51 BC) was a king of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt who ruled from 80 to 58 BC and then again from 55 BC until his death in 51 BC.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ptolemy XII Auletes was documented, and when

117 BC to 116 BCperiod
Alexandriaattested “In 117 BC, Ptolemy IX was governor of Cyprus, but in 116 BC he returned to Alexandria upon the death of his father, Ptolemy VIII.” source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes
88 BCyear
Ancient Egyptattested “When Ptolemy X had died in 88 BC, his will had left Egypt to Rome in the event that he had no surviving heirs.” source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes
88 BCyear
Ancient Romeattested “When Ptolemy X had died in 88 BC, his will had left Egypt to Rome in the event that he had no surviving heirs.” source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes
76 BCyear
Memphis, Egyptattested “In 76 BC, the High Priest of Ptah in Memphis died and Ptolemy XII travelled to Memphis to appoint his fourteen-year-old son, Pasherienptah III, as the new High Priest.” source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes

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Places Ptolemy XII Auletes is documented in

Alexandria1 presence · 117 BC
Ancient Egypt1 presence · 88 BC
Ancient Rome1 presence · 88 BC
Memphis, Egypt1 presence · 76 BC

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April 80 BCmonth
Alexandriamentioned “On his arrival in Alexandria, in April 80 BC, Ptolemy XII was proclaimed king.” source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes
60 BCyear
Heracleopolis Magnamentioned “A strike by farmers of royal land in Herakleopolis which is attested in a papyrus document from 61/60 BC has been interpreted as a sign of widespread discontent with this taxation.” source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes
60 BCyear
Ancient Romementioned “Finally, in 60 BC, Ptolemy XII travelled to Rome, where the First Triumvirate, composed of Pompey, Crassus, and Julius Caesar, had just taken power, in order to negotiate official recognition of his kingship.” source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes
58 BCyear
Ancient Egyptmentioned “The Alexandrians then summoned Ptolemy XII to Egypt to assume the kingship; his brother, also named Ptolemy, became king of Cyprus, where he would reign until 58 BC.” source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes
54 BCyear
Ancient Romementioned “Rabirius immediately left Egypt and went back to Rome at the end of 54 BC.” source: Wikipedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes

Documented at the same place, the same year

CiceroRome · 88 BC

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