Where can i find the true.story of how Cleopatra's husband/brother PtolemyXIII was killed?

Question

Where can i find the true.story of how Cleopatra's husband/brother PtolemyXIII was killed?

Answer 1

Tough one. Most of the stories are controversial to each other. Some sources claim he died in a battle with Romans. Other sources say he drowned while crossing the river of Nile, trying to run away from the Romans. According to a document from 44 AD he was poisoned by Cleopatra, a common practice in the ancient world.

The truth is somewhere between those three stories. This topic is controversial among the scholars as well, so I guess you will have to dig in deeper and decide which one you will accept as closest to the truth.

Edit:

Links that Ptolemy XIII was drowned:

http://www.mymacedonia.net/cleopatra/cle...

http://www.touregypt.net/cleopatr.htm

http://www.phouka.com/pharaoh/pharaoh/dy...

http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptole...

http://www.ahram.org/cleopatra.htm

http://www.mrdowling.com/604-cleopatra.h...

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002037F/c...

http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/...

http://www.term-papers.us/ts/db/gqc46.sh...

http://www.atrium-media.com/bibliotheca/...

http://www.rhul.ac.uk/scolar/cl2361/lect...

http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b1...

Link supporting the idea Ptolemy XIII was murdered:

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/cleopa...

http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/amethyst...

http://www.questia.com/library/encyclope...

http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/...