Pothinus, the Glossary
Pothinus or Potheinos (Ποθεινός; early 1st century BC – 48 or 47 BC), a eunuch, was regent for Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.[1]
Table of Contents
51 relations: Achillas, Alexandria, Apollodorus the Sicilian, Arsinoe IV, Assassin's Creed Origins, Battle of Pharsalus, Battle of the Nile (47 BC), Bayek of Siwa, Caesar and Cleopatra (film), Caesar and Cleopatra (play), Caesar's civil war, Capital punishment, Cecil B. DeMille, Cicero, Civil war, Cleopatra, Cleopatra (1934 film), Cleopatra (1963 film), Commentarii de Bello Civili, Egyptology, Elizabeth Taylor, Eunuch, Francis L. Sullivan, Gaius Cassius Longinus, George Bernard Shaw, Grégoire Aslan, Henry Thomas Riley, Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar (miniseries), Knights Templar, Leonard Mudie, List of Rome (TV series) episodes, Marcus Junius Brutus, Noel Willman, Pardon, Pharaoh, Pompey, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Regent, Right of asylum, Roma Sub Rosa, Roman Republic, Rome (TV series), Siege of Alexandria (47 BC), Steven Saylor, Theodotus of Chios, Throne, ... Expand index (1 more) »
- 1st-century BC executions
- 40s BC deaths
- Ancient slaves
- Cleopatra
- Egyptian slaves
- Eunuchs
- Executed ancient Egyptian people
- People executed by ancient Egypt
- People executed by stabbing
- Ptolemaic courtiers
- Ptolemaic regents
Achillas
Achillas (Ἀχιλλᾶς; died 47 BC) was one of the guardians of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, and commander of the king's troops, when Pompey fled to Egypt in September 48 BC.
Alexandria
Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.
Apollodorus the Sicilian
Apollodorus (Ἀπολλόδωρος) was a loyal follower of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII. Pothinus and Apollodorus the Sicilian are 1st-century BC births, Cleopatra and Ptolemaic courtiers.
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Arsinoe IV
Arsinoë IV (Ἀρσινόη; between 68 and 63 BC – 41 BC) was the fourth of six children and the youngest daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes. Pothinus and Arsinoe IV are Cleopatra.
Assassin's Creed Origins
Assassin's Creed Origins is a 2017 action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.
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Battle of Pharsalus
The Battle of Pharsalus was the decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War fought on 9 August 48 BC near Pharsalus in Central Greece.
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Battle of the Nile (47 BC)
The Battle of the Nile in early 47 BC saw the combined Roman–Egyptian armies of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII defeat those of the rival Queen Arsinoe IV and King Ptolemy XIII and secure the throne of Egypt. Pothinus and Battle of the Nile (47 BC) are Cleopatra.
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Bayek of Siwa
Bayek is a fictional character in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed video game franchise.
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Caesar and Cleopatra (film)
Caesar and Cleopatra is a 1945 British Technicolor film directed by Gabriel Pascal and starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains.
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Caesar and Cleopatra (play)
Caesar and Cleopatra (Shavian: ·𐑕𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑮 𐑨𐑯𐑛 ·𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑩𐑫𐑐𐑨𐑑𐑮𐑩) is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
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Caesar's civil war
Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) was a civil war during the late Roman Republic between two factions led by Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey), respectively. Pothinus and Caesar's civil war are Cleopatra.
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker and actor.
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Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. Pothinus and Cicero are 1st-century BC executions.
Civil war
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Κλεοπάτρα Θεά ΦιλοπάτωρThe name Cleopatra is pronounced, or sometimes in British English, see, the same as in American English.. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology);Also "Thea Neotera", lit.
Cleopatra (1934 film)
Cleopatra is a 1934 American epic film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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Cleopatra (1963 film)
Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the 1957 book The Life and Times of Cleopatra by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian.
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Commentarii de Bello Civili (Commentaries on the Civil War), or Bellum Civile, is an account written by Julius Caesar of his war against Gnaeus Pompeius and the Roman Senate.
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Egyptology
Egyptology (from Egypt and Greek -λογία, -logia; علمالمصريات) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt.
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011) was a British and American actress.
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Eunuch
A eunuch is a male who has been castrated. Pothinus and eunuch are eunuchs.
Francis L. Sullivan
Francis Loftus Sullivan (6 January 1903 – 19 November 1956) was an English film and stage actor.
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Gaius Cassius Longinus
Gaius Cassius Longinus (– 3 October 42 BC) was a Roman senator and general best known as a leading instigator of the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC.
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George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.
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Grégoire Aslan
Grégoire Aslan (born Krikor Kaloust Aslanian; 28 March 1908 – 8 January 1982) was a Swiss-Armenian actor and musician.
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Henry Thomas Riley
Henry Thomas Riley (June 1816 – 14 April 1878) was an English translator, lexicographer, and antiquary.
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Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Pothinus and Julius Caesar are Cleopatra.
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Julius Caesar (miniseries)
Julius Caesar is a 2003 miniseries about the life of Julius Caesar.
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Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity.
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Leonard Mudie
Leonard Mudie (born Leonard Mudie Cheetham; April 11, 1883April 14, 1965) was an English character actor whose career lasted for nearly fifty years.
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List of Rome (TV series) episodes
Rome, a dramatic television series created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald and Bruno Heller, premiered on 28 August 2005 on the HBO Network in the United States and ended on 25 March 2007, after 2 seasons and a total of 22 episodes.
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Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus (85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar.
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Noel Willman
Noel Willman (4 August 1918 – 24 December 1988) was an Irish actor and theatre director.
Pardon
A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction.
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (Egyptian: pr ꜥꜣ; ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ|Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: Parʿō) is the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt, who ruled from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic in 30 BCE.
Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic.
Ptolemaic Kingdom
The Ptolemaic Kingdom (Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period.
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Ptolemy XII Auletes
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus (Ptolemy the new Dionysus – 51 BC) was a king of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt who ruled from 80 to 58 BC and then again from 55 BC until his death in 51 BC. Pothinus and Ptolemy XII Auletes are Cleopatra.
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Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (Πτολεμαῖος Θεός Φιλοπάτωρ, Ptolemaĩos; c. 62 BC – 13 January 47 BC) was Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 47 BC, and one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC).
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Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
The Realencyclopädie (German for "Practical Encyclopedia"; RE) is a series of German encyclopedias on Greco-Roman topics and scholarship.
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Regent
In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.
Right of asylum
The right of asylum, sometimes called right of political asylum (asylum), is an ancient juridical concept, under which people persecuted by their own rulers might be protected by another sovereign authority, such as a second country or another entity which in medieval times could offer sanctuary.
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Roma Sub Rosa
Roma Sub Rosa is a series of historical mystery novels by Steven Saylor set in ancient Rome and therefore populated by famous historic Roman citizens.
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Roman Republic
The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
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Rome (TV series)
Rome is an American-British historical drama television series released 2005–2007 created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller.
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Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)
The siege of Alexandria was a series of skirmishes and battles occurring between the forces of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra VII, Arsinoe IV, and Ptolemy XIII, between 48 and 47 BC. Pothinus and siege of Alexandria (47 BC) are Cleopatra.
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Steven Saylor
Steven Saylor (born March 23, 1956) is an American author of historical novels.
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Theodotus of Chios
Theodotus of Chios (Θεόδοτος) (died in 43 or 42 BC) was the rhetoric tutor of the young Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII. Pothinus and Theodotus of Chios are 1st-century BC births and 40s BC deaths.
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Throne
A throne is the seat of state of a potentate or dignitary, especially the seat occupied by a sovereign (or viceroy) on state occasions; or the seat occupied by a pope or bishop on ceremonial occasions.
Tony Guilfoyle
Tony Guilfoyle (born 30 March 1960) is an Irish actor.
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See also
1st-century BC executions
- Acme (enslaved woman)
- Adiatorix
- Alexander of Judaea
- Anula of Anuradhapura
- Ariarathes X of Cappadocia
- Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia
- Attidius (senator)
- Caesarion
- Cicero
- Costobarus
- Gaius Marcius Censorinus (Marian)
- Gnaeus Papirius Carbo (consul 85 BC)
- Jing Fang
- Li Yannian (musician)
- Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus
- Manius Aquillius (consul 101 BC)
- Marcus Caeparius
- Marcus Favonius
- Marcus Marius (quaestor 76 BC)
- Marcus Marius Gratidianus
- Marcus Perperna Veiento
- Mariamne I
- Pothinus
- Pseudo-Marius
- Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura
- Quintus Lucretius Afella
- Quintus Servilius Caepio (quaestor 103 BC)
- Quintus Tullius Cicero
- Sang Hongyang
- Shangguan Jie
- Vercingetorix
40s BC deaths
- Antipater of Tyre
- Aulus Gabinius
- Cornificia
- Deiotarus
- Gaius Claudius Marcellus (consul 49 BC)
- Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus
- Gaius Valerius Triarius
- Marcus Licinius Crassus (quaestor 54 BC)
- Porcia (sister of Cato the Younger)
- Pothinus
- Publius Cornelius Sulla
- Publius Vatinius
- Quintus Ligarius
- Serapion (strategos)
- Theodotus of Chios
Ancient slaves
- Acacius of Amida
- Apame (concubine)
- Aristonicus (eunuch)
- Artoxares
- Bagoas
- Bagoas (courtier)
- Bigthan and Teresh
- Bilhah
- Chrysaphius
- Cozbi
- Dabitum
- Ebed-Melech
- Ganymedes (eunuch)
- Hagar
- Hermotimus of Pedasa
- Joseph (Genesis)
- Lüzhu
- Lausus (eunuch)
- Makkhali Gosala
- Malchus
- Oracle of Nusku
- Pothinus
- Saint Patrick
- Sha-Nabu-shu
- Tavi (slave)
Cleopatra
- 216 Kleopatra
- Alexandrian Kings
- Alexandrian war
- Antirhodos
- Antony's Atropatene campaign
- Apollodorus the Sicilian
- Arsinoe IV
- Asp (snake)
- Athenion (general)
- Battle of Actium
- Battle of the Nile (47 BC)
- Caesar's civil war
- Caesareum of Alexandria
- Charmion (servant to Cleopatra)
- Cleopatra
- Cleopatra's Needles
- Cleopatrodon
- Cultural depictions of Cleopatra
- Death of Cleopatra
- Donations of Alexandria
- Early life of Cleopatra
- Ethnicity of Cleopatra
- Ganymedes (eunuch)
- Julius Caesar
- Pothinus
- Prix Cléopâtre
- Ptolemy XII Auletes
- Reign of Cleopatra
- Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)
- Taposiris Magna
- Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra
- War of Actium
Egyptian slaves
- Abu al-Misk Kafur
- Ahmad ibn Tulun
- Ayn al-Hayat Qadin
- Baha al-Din Qaraqush
- Bamba Qadin
- Ferial Qadin
- Hagar
- Ibn Rassam
- Ikbal Hanim
- Inji Hanim
- Jamal Nur Qadin
- Jananiyar Hanim
- Jeshm Afet Hanim
- Khawand Toghay
- Melekber Hanim
- Nafisa al-Bayda
- Neshedil Qadin
- Nur Felek Qadin
- Pothinus
- Rasad
- Roustam Raza
- Shafaq Nur Hanim
- Shajar al-Durr
- Shehret Feza Hanim
- Sirin bint Shamun
Eunuchs
- Abu al-Misk Kafur
- Aghawat
- Ahmed es-Sikeli
- Al-Taj Gümüshtegin
- An To-ch'i
- Aristonicus (eunuch)
- Baha al-Din Qaraqush
- Bahram-i Mah Adhar
- Björn the Eunuch
- Chinese eunuchs
- Ebed-Melech
- Emasculation
- Ethiopian eunuch
- Eunuch
- Eunuchs in China
- Eunuchs in Vietnam
- Eunuchs: India's Third Gender
- Ganymedes (eunuch)
- Gohar-A'in
- Judar Pasha
- Malik Sarwar
- Philetaerus
- Philip of Mahdia
- Pothinus
- Richard the Qaid
- Samson Rowlie
- Yaqut Khan
Executed ancient Egyptian people
People executed by ancient Egypt
- Artavasdes II of Armenia
- Asiya
- Bakenranef
- Bay (chancellor)
- Cleomenes of Naucratis
- Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus
- Pebekkamen
- Pothinus
People executed by stabbing
- Anna Demidova
- Cassius Chaerea
- Henry Preussel
- Isabel Cristina
- James Hannington
- John of Leiden
- Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
- Nikolay Dukhonin
- Ormon Khan
- Pothinus
- Volodymyr Pryjma
- Yang Hucheng
- Zhuge Ke
Ptolemaic courtiers
- Agathoclea (mistress)
- Apollodorus the Sicilian
- Bilistiche
- Charmion (servant to Cleopatra)
- Ganymedes (eunuch)
- Kleino (musician)
- Pothinus
Ptolemaic regents
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pothinus
Also known as Potheinos, Potheinus.