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Cleopatra formed her alliances with the two most powerful Roman rulers that she met because it was the only way for her to try to attain her main objectives. She had two main goals which were to keep her country independent and to preserve her dynasty. She knew very well that she could never fight Rome as Egypt had no army to speak of. (The Ptolemies had become lax militarily and if needed preferred to hire mercenaries rather than fielding an Egyptian army.) She also couldn't help but notice that Egypt was surrounded by Roman territories and because of Egypt's vast wealth, it would be tempting for a senatorial takeover. To her way of thinking it was much better to enter into alliances of friendships. Her second concern was to preserve her dynasty. Since she had seen to it that all her family had been killed off (a Ptolemy family tradition) she had to have children to carry on. That's why she was so adamant that her illegitimate son, Ptolemy XV, (Caesarion) was fathered by Caesar who was considered a god in the east. Caesarion would marry his sister Cleopatra Selene and thus preserve the dynasty. Marriages between siblings were a common Ptolemy practice.

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