Cleopatra VII

Reading notes

• Ad Atticum 14.8 §1 The queen's flight

  Cleopatra VII of Egypt, who had been lodged in Caesar's gardens across the Tiber, slipped out of Rome after the assassination; no registry entity for Cleopatra exists, so the surface is left unbound.

• Ad Atticum 14.20 §2 About the queen --- and that ``Caesar'' of hers

  "The queen" is Cleopatra VII, who had been Caesar's guest in Rome and was now departing after the assassination; "that 'Caesar' of hers" is her son Caesarion, whom she styled as Caesar's child. Caesarion has no separate registry entry, so that surface is left unbound.

• Ad Atticum 15.1 §4 About the queen, the rumour is dying down

  Cleopatra VII of Egypt, who had been residing in Rome as Caesar's guest; after the assassination she left Italy, and the rumour Cicero refers to (probably of a miscarriage or of her flight) was fading.

• Ad Atticum 15.4 §4 about the queen I wish it may be true

  Cleopatra VII of Egypt; the rumour Cicero hopes is true is probably the report of her death or of a miscarriage following her departure from Rome, which he would have welcomed.

• Ad Atticum 15.15 §2 I detest the queen

  Cleopatra VII of Egypt, who had lodged in Caesar's gardens across the Tiber until shortly after the Ides; Cicero nurses a grudge over literary gifts she had promised him and never delivered, and over her haughty manner toward him.

• Ad Atticum 15.17 §2 About the queen

  Cleopatra VII of Egypt, who had been resident in Caesar's villa across the Tiber and left Rome after the assassination; Cicero is relieved that Atticus is not anxious about her.