The revised date matches when Cyprus became part of the Ptolemaic Empire. "That is a different historical context," says Manning. And in dating, context is almost as important as timing.

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By the time Cleopatra VII ascended the throne in 51 B.C. at age 18, the Ptolemaic empire was crumbling. The lands of Cyprus, Cyrene (eastern Libya), and parts of Syria had been lost; Roman troops ...