Cleopatra

Cleopatra was on the throne officially for 17 years, from 47 to 30 BC. She inherited the throne along with her brother four years previous to 47, but was engaged in a power struggle which she lost. She was reinstated on the throne in 47 and kept it, so that's when her reign officially began.

Cleopatra was on the throne officially for 17 years, from 47 to 30 BC. She inherited the throne along with her brother four years previous to 47, but was engaged in a power struggle which she lost. She was reinstated on the throne in 47 and kept it, so that's when her reign officially began.

Cleopatra was on the throne officially for 17 years, from 47 to 30 BC. She inherited the throne along with her brother four years previous to 47, but was engaged in a power struggle which she lost. She was reinstated on the throne in 47 and kept it, so that's when her reign officially began.

Cleopatra was on the throne officially for 17 years, from 47 to 30 BC. She inherited the throne along with her brother four years previous to 47, but was engaged in a power struggle which she lost. She was reinstated on the throne in 47 and kept it, so that's when her reign officially began.

Cleopatra was on the throne officially for 17 years, from 47 to 30 BC. She inherited the throne along with her brother four years previous to 47, but was engaged in a power struggle which she lost. She was reinstated on the throne in 47 and kept it, so that's when her reign officially began.

Cleopatra was on the throne officially for 17 years, from 47 to 30 BC. She inherited the throne along with her brother four years previous to 47, but was engaged in a power struggle which she lost. She was reinstated on the throne in 47 and kept it, so that's when her reign officially began.

Cleopatra was on the throne officially for 17 years, from 47 to 30 BC. She inherited the throne along with her brother four years previous to 47, but was engaged in a power struggle which she lost. She was reinstated on the throne in 47 and kept it, so that's when her reign officially began.

Cleopatra was on the throne officially for 17 years, from 47 to 30 BC. She inherited the throne along with her brother four years previous to 47, but was engaged in a power struggle which she lost. She was reinstated on the throne in 47 and kept it, so that's when her reign officially began.

Cleopatra was on the throne officially for 17 years, from 47 to 30 BC. She inherited the throne along with her brother four years previous to 47, but was engaged in a power struggle which she lost. She was reinstated on the throne in 47 and kept it, so that's when her reign officially began.

Cleopatra's children by Marc Antony would be about ten and either four or five when she died, depending on the source. The ancient writers did not pay attention to the dates of the births of children, so there are conflicting guesses as to their age. Caesarion would have been 17, of that we are fairly certain.

Cleopatra's children by Marc Antony would be about ten and either four or five when she died, depending on the source. The ancient writers did not pay attention to the dates of the births of children, so there are conflicting guesses as to their age. Caesarion would have been 17, of that we are fairly certain.

Cleopatra's children by Marc Antony would be about ten and either four or five when she died, depending on the source. The ancient writers did not pay attention to the dates of the births of children, so there are conflicting guesses as to their age. Caesarion would have been 17, of that we are fairly certain.

Cleopatra's children by Marc Antony would be about ten and either four or five when she died, depending on the source. The ancient writers did not pay attention to the dates of the births of children, so there are conflicting guesses as to their age. Caesarion would have been 17, of that we are fairly certain.

Cleopatra's children by Marc Antony would be about ten and either four or five when she died, depending on the source. The ancient writers did not pay attention to the dates of the births of children, so there are conflicting guesses as to their age. Caesarion would have been 17, of that we are fairly certain.

Cleopatra's children by Marc Antony would be about ten and either four or five when she died, depending on the source. The ancient writers did not pay attention to the dates of the births of children, so there are conflicting guesses as to their age. Caesarion would have been 17, of that we are fairly certain.

Cleopatra's children by Marc Antony would be about ten and either four or five when she died, depending on the source. The ancient writers did not pay attention to the dates of the births of children, so there are conflicting guesses as to their age. Caesarion would have been 17, of that we are fairly certain.

Cleopatra's children by Marc Antony would be about ten and either four or five when she died, depending on the source. The ancient writers did not pay attention to the dates of the births of children, so there are conflicting guesses as to their age. Caesarion would have been 17, of that we are fairly certain.

Cleopatra's children by Marc Antony would be about ten and either four or five when she died, depending on the source. The ancient writers did not pay attention to the dates of the births of children, so there are conflicting guesses as to their age. Caesarion would have been 17, of that we are fairly certain.

Cleopatra's birth name was Cleopatra.

Cleopatra's birth name was Cleopatra.

Cleopatra's birth name was Cleopatra.

Cleopatra's birth name was Cleopatra.

Cleopatra's birth name was Cleopatra.

Cleopatra's birth name was Cleopatra.

Cleopatra's birth name was Cleopatra.

Cleopatra's birth name was Cleopatra.

Cleopatra's birth name was Cleopatra.

There is no historical evidence that Cleopatra was even with her father when he was in Rome. It is just speculation on the part of some historians. However her father would have been housed in a wealthy person's home or villa, as he was a royal visitor. Now here is where facts are very fuzzy. Her father was supposed to be begging for money, trying to get financial backing in order to get his throne back. He was supposed to have been turned down and treated disrespectfully and was forced to live in squalid surroundings. He was also said to have given expensive gifts as bribes to the Roman money lenders and to have generally spread wealth around. During this time he also gave a gift of bronze doors to the temple at Ephesus. This does not sound like a poor man who would be forced to live in a slum. He was more than likely housed by a wealthy person while he was on his mission.

Cleopatra only had one important accomplishment and that was only for a brief time when she enlarged her territories to almost the size of her ancestors' holdings. You have to remember that Cleopatra was only a minor queen of a crumbling dynasty. She only came to the attention of the world because of her support of Marc Antony. Most of everything else that is popularly "known" about her is myth and misconception.

Few of Cleopatra's friends' names have drifted down to us, unless they were important to politics in some way. Personal friendships did not interest the ancient writers. Besides Caesar and Antony, Cleopatra had Quintus Dellius as a kind of friend and adviser and we know that she was friends with Alexandria, Herod's mother-in-law. That's about all.

Cleopatra did her carpet caper in 47 BC.

It is safe to say her jewelry looked like Egyptian jewelry of the time. We know that she liked pearls as some of her coins show her with a strand of pearls around her neck. There is also the story of her having a pair of huge pearl earrings and that she dissolved one in a glass of wine on a bet.

We have none. We don't know for certain who she was, so no information about her is available.

There is no proof that Cleopatra's sister Cleopatra Tryphanea was murdered. Authorities think she died young, but not too young, as some historians believe that she may have ruled for a brief time with her sister Berenice. There's also speculation, give the reputation of the Ptolemies, that perhaps Berenice may have had something to do with Tryphanea's death, but no proof.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra. But remember that Cleopatra was a very common Macedonian name and there may have been other queens by that name who never made the history books.

Yes, in a way. Antony and Cleopatra were real people. Their relationship was mainly a political one, with each having his/her own agenda. Just because they had children, a romantic mystique grew up about them and since the time of William Shakespeare, it stuck.

Cleopatra never married Alexander the Great. They lived about 350 years apart.

We know that she may have betrayed him by sending the false death report. Because she knew Antony very well, she knew that if he thought she were dead, he would do the honorable thing as a Roman and kill himself, or escape from the city, leaving her free to negotiate with Octavian. However, months before Octavian entered the city, it was said that she sent messages secretly to Octavian. After Antony's death, in the interview with Octavian, she tried to put all the blame for the war on Antony.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra.

There were seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra.

You have to remember the scene in Alexandria at the time. Cleo and Antony were defeated, Octavian was about to enter the city. There were going to be consequences for both Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra went into hiding. Some think that Cleo deliberately caused a message to be sent to Antony saying that she was dead, and with that certainty, she knew Antony would commit suicide. That way she could try to pin all the blame for the war on Antony. (which according to Plutarch, she tried) Others think it was a matter of miscommunication. All the ancient writers say is that Antony received a message saying that Cleopatra was dead. They don't say if this message was written or oral. If it were an oral message, which would make sense, as the city was in turmoil and a written message could be easily confiscated by the Romans who were looking for Cleopatra, it could very easily have been garbled. As Cleopatra wanted Antony to know where she was hiding, her messenger could very easily have said "Cleopatra is in her tomb" instead of "Cleopatra is hiding out in her tomb". Therefore Antony thinks that Cleo is dead. This makes the most sense.

ptolemy was the name of Cleopatra`s brothers.

No one knows cCeopatra's hair color. If her tomb is found and her mummy is here perhaps the scienists will be able to tell.

If you take a serious objective look at the reign of Cleopatra and of Egypt at the time, you will see that Cleopatra was not important except for the fact that she was the last pharaoh of Egypt. In reality she was a minor queen of a crumbling dynasty. Her importance has been grossly overrated. All the hype concerning her began with Octavian himself as he tried (and succeeded) in making her the villain in his excuse for a war against Antony.

As far as we know at present, Cleopatra's line of descendants died out during the reign of Claudius or shortly thereafter. Cleopatra's granddaughter married the governor of Syria and died childless. We know absolutely nothing of any descendants of the boys.

Only a few of her favorite things have drifted down to us. We know that she liked to eat. She was always throwing or attending elaborate dinners and right before she killed herself the ancient writers say that she ordered a "sumptuous meal". This fits in with the reconstructors theory that she may have been "quite plump" and also the fact that a few of her ancestors had what we would politely call weight problems. We also know that she owned and liked expensive jewelry by the story of Cleopatra and the pearl as told by Pliny the Elder. That's about all we can say about her personal likes.

Cleopatra, despite her reputation, only married twice and she was widowed both times. Her two legal marriages were to her two younger brothers. There was a political "marriage" to Marc Antony, but not a legal one as Antony, as a Roman, was forbidden to marry a foreigner, and he was also married to his Roman wife at the time.

There is no proof that Cleopatra ever bathed in milk. Perhaps milk was used in a bath oil or mixed in a skin lotion. You have to remember that Egypt is a hot country and in Cleo's day there was no refrigeration. If she bathed in milk as some suggest, it would be stinky sour milk hardly a bath for a queen.

After Caesar's death Cleopatra stayed neutral waiting to see how the war between the triumvirates and the assassins would turn out. Once the assassins were defeated, she made her move and allied herself with Marc Antony who was the supreme Roman authority in the east.