Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Cleopatra

Battles of Cleopatra

Queen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE, 69 BC to 30 BC

Cleopatra is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 47 BC and 30 BC: 2 battles, 1 siege and 1 naval action across 2 present-day countries, most in Egypt (3), Greece (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,617 km apart end to end, 872 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Alexandrian War (2).

Siege of AlexandriaBattle of the NileBattle of ActiumBattle of AlexandriaSiege of AlexandriaBattle of the NileBattle of ActiumBattle of AlexandriaAthensTel AvivDamascusBeirutBanghaziJerusalemNicosiaİzmirAdanaKonya500 km34.912N, 25.921E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

47 BC: 2 engagements2 in 47 BC31 BC: 1 engagements30 BC: 1 engagements47 BC30 BC
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Alexandria, 47 BCBattle of the Nile, 47 BCBattle of Actium, 31 BCBattle of Alexandria, 30 BC47 BC30 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
47 BCSiege of AlexandriaAlexandria, EgyptRoman victory
47 BCBattle of the NileNile Delta, Egypt119 km ERoman victory; Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV installed as...
2 September 31 BCBattle of ActiumIonian Sea, Greece1,300 km NWOctavian's victory
31 July 30 BCBattle of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt1,198 km SEOctavian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Louis le Grand, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.