She rolled up in one when she went to visit Julius Ceaser.
Cleopatra did her carpet caper in 47 BC.
A merchant named Apollodorus rolled her into a carpet and gave the carpet to Ceaser.
Cleopatra VII is said by Plutarch to have done this,
she smuggled into his chambers by rolling herself in a carpet
Cleopatra rolled herself up in a carpet or mat to get into the palace because she would have been killed on sight if she entered Alexandria freely. She was at war with her brother and her brother would have liked nothing more than to be rid of her.
Cleopatra did her carpet caper in 47 BC.
Cleopatra was smuggled into Caesar's quarters. Weather it was in a carpet or a reed mat or a bundle of bedclothes, remains a mystery.
A merchant named Apollodorus rolled her into a carpet and gave the carpet to Ceaser.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII is said by Plutarch to have done this,
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator
She rolled off a carpet and begged for his aid he slowly gave in.
she smuggled into his chambers by rolling herself in a carpet
They usualy use carpet tacks or screws.
We can't say for certain if Cleopatra had herself wrapped in a carpet to gain access to Caesar. Some sources say she was wrapped in a carpet, others say she was in a large jug, and yet others say she was in a laundry sack. However, the story is so widespread, that she must have wrapped herself in something to get to Caesar.
Cleopatra rolled herself up in a carpet or mat to get into the palace because she would have been killed on sight if she entered Alexandria freely. She was at war with her brother and her brother would have liked nothing more than to be rid of her.
Cleopatra actually did nothing special or outstanding except ally herself with the two most powerful Romans of her time. Otherwise she was just a minor queen of a weak dynasty.