- PII
- S0321-03910000338-7-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S10000338-7-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume 77 / Issue 4 (77)
- Pages
- 898-914
- Abstract
- The article aims to reconcile Suetonius' evidence about 6000 talents Caesar received "in his own name and that of Pompey" from Ptolemy for the latter's establishment on the throne of Egypt, and Plutarch's evidence that at the moment of his death Ptolemy owed Caesar a half of that sum (17 500 000 drachmas). The article argues against the view of M. Gelzer and M. Siani-Davies, according to which this debt originated in 54 BC, when a Roman banker Gaius Rabirius transferred unpaid debentures of Ptolemy to Caesar's name. Additional arguments are proposed in favour of H. Heinen and R. Westall's view that in 59 BC Caesar received only a promissory note but no payment in cash from Ptolemy. An attempt is made to clarify the roles of Pompey and Rabirius in this transaction.
- Keywords
- Ptolemy XII Auletes, Caesar, Pompey, Rabirius Postumus, Egypt of Ptolemies, Late Roman Republic
- Date of publication
- 01.10.2017
- Year of publication
- 2017
- Number of purchasers
- 4
- Views
- 518
RAS History & PhilologyВестник древней истории Vestnik drevney istorii
- ISSN (Print) 0321-0391
- ISSN (Online) 3034-5251
PTOLEMY XII AND CAESAR: HISTORY OF A DEBT
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