CLAS 335 Lecture 21: Egypt and Cyrenaica

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLAS 335
• Professor: David Carlisle

Document Summary

The site o" an ancient and stable civiliza(cid:2210)on. Changed a lot, almost en(cid:2210)rely "or the worse. Annexa(cid:2210)on in (cid:402)(cid:399) bce: no recovery un(cid:2210)l byzan(cid:2210)ne period, i" ever. Geography made a di erent history "or egypt "rom the rest o" the mediterranean. Memories o" na(cid:2210)onal glory "rom (cid:404)th millennium bce: explained to greeks by high priest. Ptolemy i appointed satrap o" egypt: (cid:402)(cid:401)(cid:402) bce. Bureaucracy at rst sta ed mostly by greeks; later included hellenized egyp(cid:2210)ans. Military se(cid:130)les granted land in villages "or preserva(cid:2210)on o" security. Full recogni(cid:2210)on o" na(cid:2210)ve priesthood encouraged collabora(cid:2210)on/loyalty. Cleopatra vii queen in (cid:404)(cid:400) bce; exploited liaisons with roman men o" power to preserve independence and gain cyprus and cyrenaica. C. (cid:401)7(cid:402) bce: diploma(cid:2210)c rela(cid:2210)ons established between rome and egypt. Summer (cid:400)68 bce: rome compels an(cid:2210)ochus iv to withdraw "rom egypt. (cid:404)8 bce: ptolemy auletes seeks pompey(cid:317)s help, mortgages his kingdom to romans. (cid:402)7 bce: alexander helios and cleopatra selene born.