Cleopatra - The Roman Republic annexed Cyprus

Time: 58 BC

Place: Alexandria, Egypt

Details: In 58 BC, after Roman senator Publius Clodius Pulcher accused Ptolemy XII's brother of aiding pirates who disrupted Roman shipping, the Roman Republic annexed Cyprus and drove Ptolemy of Cyprus, where he committed suicide rather than face exile to Paphos as a priest of Apollo.

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