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Rome nevertheless divests Egypt of Cyprus the …
Years: 58BCE - 58BCE
Rome nevertheless divests Egypt of Cyprus the next year, when the Roman demagogue Clodius Pulcher annexes the island—driving its king to suicide when his brother in Egypt fails to support him—to pay for his massive grain distributions in Rome.
Cato the Younger is sent by a law of Clodius to oversee the annexation of the island.
Marcus Junius Brutus—whose mother, Servilia, is a half-sister of Cato the Younger and reputed mistress of Caesar—is adopted by Quintus Servilius Caepio and takes the name Quintus Caepio Brutus.
Brutus in 58 at the age of about twenty-seven accompanies Cato to Cyprus.
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- Cato the Younger
- Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger
- Ptolemy XII Auletes
- Ptolemy of Cyprus
- Publius Clodius Pulcher
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Years: 58BCE - 58BCE
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- Cato the Younger
- Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger
- Ptolemy XII Auletes
- Ptolemy of Cyprus
- Publius Clodius Pulcher
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