Julius caesar arrived in egypt and met a 22 year old cleopatra rolled in a carpet supposedly.
Cleopatra julius caesar carpet.
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.
Consider the dramatic way she introduced herself to julius caesar and mark antony.
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.
It is smuggled through alexandria and is presented as a gift for the roman leader grochowski 2005.
After wrapping her up her servant apollodoros presented the carpet to caesar.
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.
It was at first a political alliance.
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.
Julius caesar is smitten by the woman delivered through a carpet.
Then her servants rolled up the carpet with cleopatra inside.
Cleopatra s father ptolemy xii auletes had decided to ally with rome as he rightly believed it was becoming the region s greatest power.
A year later caesar was assassinated.
Then the carpet was taken to the palace where caesar was staying.
As outlined in amy crawford s smithsonian article it is often said that cleopatra came up with a scheme to sneak herself into the palace where caesar was staying by hiding inside a rolled up carpet.
Caesar and cleopatra left alexandria for rome in 45 b c.
κλεοπάτρα φιλοπάτωρ kleopátra philopátōr.
An affair followed leading to the birth of a son caesarion.
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.
Julius caesar immediately recognized the potential of being lovers and allies.
The sculpture was made by franciszek pinck 1733 1798.
Cleopatra was determined to make the most of pothinus miscalculation and managed to arrange a secret meeting with caesar.
Cleopatra received caesar in her own unique way.
69 10 or 12 august 30 bc was the last active ruler of the ptolemaic kingdom of egypt.
She lay down on a carpet.
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.
After the death of cleopatra egypt became a.
The relationship could have been for love among any other.
