Cleopatra & Julius Caesar

Did Cleopatra and Julius Caesar live at the same time?

Yes. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar lived at the same time for 25 years, from 69 BCE to 44 BCE.^[1][2][3][4]

Cleopatra · Julius Caesar · Born in 69 BCE · Born in 100 BCE

Cleopatra

69 BCE–30 BCE

Politics & Leadership

Last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt

Julius Caesar

100 BCE–44 BCE

Politics & Leadership

Roman dictator who transformed the Republic

How Cleopatra and Julius Caesar Are Connected

• According to Plutarch, Cleopatra was smuggled into the palace to meet Julius Caesar bound inside a bed sack.^[1]
• Sosigenes of Alexandria, a member of Cleopatra's court, helped Julius Caesar with the calculations for the new Julian calendar.^[1]
• Cleopatra was the first foreign queen on Roman currency, and she almost certainly inspired Caesar to become the first living Roman to put himself on his own coins.^[1]

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