11-21-2011, 11:19 AM
This may also be of interest.
In the Donations of Alexandria, Caesar's son Caesarion was proclaimed "King of Kings" and Cleopatra "Queen of Kings" (Dio, Book XLIX, 41).
Plutarch (Antony, 54) tells a different version. Antonius "proclaimed his own sons by Cleopatra Kings of Kings, and to Alexander he allotted Armenia, Media and Parthia (when he should have subdued it), to Ptolemy Phoenicia, Syria, and Cilicia. [5] At the same time he also produced his sons, Alexander arrayed in Median garb, which included a tiara and upright head-dress, Ptolemy in boots, short cloak, and broad-brimmed hat surmounted by a diadem. For the latter was the dress of the kings who followed Alexander, the former that of Medes and Armenians. [6] And when the boys had embraced their parents, one was given a bodyguard of Armenians, the other of Macedonians. Cleopatra, indeed, both then and at other times when she appeared in public, assumed a robe sacred to Isis, and was addressed as the New Isis. "
Now neither of Antonius' nor Caesar's sons by Cleopatra were Roman citizens but Antonius did make the proclamation in his capacity as Triumvir. Constantine seems to have been following this precedent of proclaiming his heir with the title in anticipation of conquering an eastern kingdom to bestow upon him.
~Theo
In the Donations of Alexandria, Caesar's son Caesarion was proclaimed "King of Kings" and Cleopatra "Queen of Kings" (Dio, Book XLIX, 41).
Plutarch (Antony, 54) tells a different version. Antonius "proclaimed his own sons by Cleopatra Kings of Kings, and to Alexander he allotted Armenia, Media and Parthia (when he should have subdued it), to Ptolemy Phoenicia, Syria, and Cilicia. [5] At the same time he also produced his sons, Alexander arrayed in Median garb, which included a tiara and upright head-dress, Ptolemy in boots, short cloak, and broad-brimmed hat surmounted by a diadem. For the latter was the dress of the kings who followed Alexander, the former that of Medes and Armenians. [6] And when the boys had embraced their parents, one was given a bodyguard of Armenians, the other of Macedonians. Cleopatra, indeed, both then and at other times when she appeared in public, assumed a robe sacred to Isis, and was addressed as the New Isis. "
Now neither of Antonius' nor Caesar's sons by Cleopatra were Roman citizens but Antonius did make the proclamation in his capacity as Triumvir. Constantine seems to have been following this precedent of proclaiming his heir with the title in anticipation of conquering an eastern kingdom to bestow upon him.
~Theo
Jaime
