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The Romans portrayed Cleopatra as an immoral and greedy woman because that is what she was in Roman eyes. She was immoral because she lured Antony way from his Roman wife, the well respected Octavia. Her greed became evident when she negotiated for the territory along the eastern Mediterranean coast which was Roman territory and had been won by Roman soldiers. The Donations of Alexandria proved her greed and immorality to those back in Rome.

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What did Cleopatra want?

Cleopatra was a greedy, ambitious, power hungry person. Her ambition was to rule Rome and gain more territories.


What did Cleopatra use her intelligence and charms for?

Cleopatra used her "intelligence" and her charms to further her ambitions. These were to keep her country independent and to preserve her dynasty. However, she got greedy and deluded herself into thinking she could rule Rome. I put the word intelligence in quotes, because Cleopatra, made the dumbest most stupid mistake that anyone wanting power could make. She did not know her enemy. Fatal for Cleopatra.


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Cleopatra is/was perceived by different people at different times in different ways. In her own time, she was hated by the Romans as they thought she was an evil seductress, who had destroyed a good man. Herod considered her arrogant and greedy and her neighboring rulers did not trust her. At home she was disliked by some who felt that she stole the throne from her brother and Caesar aided her. The Alexandrians preferred her brother as king over Cleopatra as queen and deeply resented the fact that Rome, in the person of Caesar, meddled in their affairs. However there were some who liked and admired her, especially her carousing friends who belonged to her inner circle. The average Egyptian in the nomes was indifferent. Their lives stayed the same no matter who was on the throne. Her reputation as a seductress grew in the middle ages due to Shakespeare and today she is still considered a symbol for sensuality.


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Cleopatra, although a greedy and ambitious person, did try and succeeded to an extent, to make her country a major power. Despite poor Nile floods and a famine in the early part of her reign, she managed to pay off the massive debt her father incured in order to keep his throne. She expanded Egypt's territory through her alliance with Marc Antony, and had enough children to secure the Ptolomic dynasty. (Or so she thought)


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