Cleopatra

Cleopatra had two brothers. They were Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV.

Cleopatra had three sisters; Cleopatra VI, who died as a child, Berenice IV, who her father beheaded, and Arsinoe IV, who Cleopatra had Marc Antony kill.

We don't know Cleopatra's mother's name. We know that her father was married to a woman named Cleopatra V, but we do not know if she was Cleopatra's mother. Pharaohs were allowed other wives beside their queen or "Great Wife".

Which time? It is now understood that Cleopatra made two trips to Rome. She would not go and stay there for close to two years for no practical reason. The reasons for both of her trips to Rome were political with important Egyptian territory at stake.

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We don't know. All we know about her was that she was queen of Mauritania, married to king Juba II. They had two children and their marriage was a happy one. She was supposed to have died a natural death sometime between 5 BC and 11 AD.

No, the Cleopatra mentioned in the Bible was a princess, the daughter of a Pharoah. She is mentioned in 1 Machabees, 10:57.

she can be found in the book 0f Daniel 11:17

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Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Problems happened after Cleopatra's father died. In his will he stated that Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII were to be co-rulers under the protection of Rome. Cleopatra tried to take over and push her brother aside. Her brother and his supporters, with the blessings of the people of Alexandria, usurped the power from Cleopatra and she had to flee the city. It was only after Caesar's arrival that she was able to regain her power.

I think her biggest challenge was one that she couldn't meat. It was her failed attempt to manipulate Octavian into feeling sorry for her and forgiving her.

Her reign started with the Alexandrian war, then there was the assassination of Julius Caesar, the civil war between the triumvirs and the assassins, Antony arriving in the east and the rivalry between Octavian and Antony culminating in the battle at Actium. Domestically, Egypt suffered drought and famine during the first three years of Cleo's reign.

She would more than likely wear the standard Greek chiton (in expensive fabric) for everyday use. When she was in public she liked dressing up as the goddess Isis and would wear the clothing associated with her.

Besides traveling in her own kingdom, it's documented that Cleopatra traveled to Rome, Tarsus, Athens, Antioch, Jerusalem, Samos and Actium.

No Cleopatra built the obelisks called "Cleopatra's Needles". They were built by Thutmose III in about 1450 BC. and they stood before a temple in Heliopolis. When the Ptolemies conquered Egypt, they had them moved to Alexandria. The only connection they have with Cleopatra, is that they stood before a temple to Julius Caesar that she built. The term "Cleopatra's Needles" is just a catchy name for the obelisks.

According to Cicero, she was arrogant and indolent. This arrogance came through in her ignorance of Romans and Roman law, as when she threatened a Roman citizen with torture. She murdered her brother and sister. She tried to manipulate people and once Antony was dead, she tried to put all the blame for the war on him to save her own skin. Even when Antony was alive, she tried to secretly negotiate with Octavian. She experimented on slaves and prisoners of war with various poisons to see if they would die painlessly.

We don't know for certain. Cassius Dio, like all the ancient writers, never mentions sources. We assume that he used other writers material and public documents in his research. The only ancient writer who vaguely mentions a source is Seutonius in his life of Nero.

We simply do not know how Cleopatra died. There is a myth that she killed herself by snakebite, but that is only a myth. Octavian himself is the one who started it for political purposes. All the ancient writers (and modern ones too) disbelieve that she died by snakebite. They all believe it was some type of poison. Recently a study has been made determining that she died by a poison "cocktail" of three different poisons.

Yes, Cleopatra was alive when Julius Caesar died. In fact, she was in Rome at the time. After Caesar's death she hustled back to Egypt to make certain that her rule would not be overthrown in case of any dissent at home.

They were all from the. The royal family's life was good. They lived city of Alexandria which had a mixed population of native Egyptians, Greeks, and Jews. They all lived in a Palace and ruled Alexandria. The peasant's life was ok. Some were the servants for the Queen and Pharaoh but then some are slaves that live in tiny huts and have to plant and cut down crops. The servants have nice clothes and eat all the food that the queen and pharaoh eat.

Egypt was called Egypt both before and after it became a Roman province. It had previous names far back in its long history, but Egypt was the name used for it in Roman times.

We won't know her body type until her mummy is found and analyzed. All the "full length" images we have of Cleopatra are stylized in the Egyptian way of depicting.

Cleopatra's had two brothers. The first, Ptolemy XIII, was drowned in the Nile during the Alexandrian war. The second brother, Ptolemy XIV, died under "mysterious circumstances" as soon as he and Cleopatra arrived back in Egypt after Caesar's death. Cleopatra had been married to both of them.

Cleopatra's capital city was Alexandria, in Egypt.

Cleopatra was not a great leader. She was a woman who was overly ambitious and deluded herself into thinking she could rule Rome itself. Consequently she caused her country to become a vassal of Rome. This is not a mark of a great leader by any means.