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Cleopatra
Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh who ruled Ancient Egypt. She committed suicide after losing the Battle of Octavia. Her liaisons with popular Roman figures Julius Caesar and Mark Antony are taken to be proof of her beauty and sexual appeal.
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Nobody knows but she was born on 69 B.C and died on august 12 30B.C.
What did Cleopatra do for her country?
Cleopatra was a good queen that did a lot for her country. She built temples, monuments and much more.
she committed suicide with the bite of an asp. An asp is an Egyptian snake and very poisonous--at least that's what the romantic novelists would have you believe. In reality, it is not known how Cleopatra died. Even the ancient writers admit this and they say that she died of some type of poison. Recently research has been done on this subject and the conclusion is that she died of a cocktail of three poisons. There are several reasons why she could not have died by snakebite. Incidentally, the myth of her dying by snakebite was begun by Octavian himself.
Were any pyramids or sphinx made in honor of chleopatra?
No, unfortunately, there have been no monuments of any type made to honor Cleopatra. According to the ancient writers there were statues of her in Alexandria and Octavian allowed them to remain, but none of them have drifted down to us. Also bear in mind that Cleopatra was not a major pharaoh of Egypt, who would deserve some monument dedicated to her memory. We remember her today because of all the hype surrounding her and because she was the last ruler of ancient Egypt and her gender. In her own time, she was simply a queen of a wealthy country who had overreaching ambition.
Answer 1:
Smart meaning clever. Her let her heart ruled rather than her head. Choosing Mark Anthony over Caeser was not a smart move. Mark Anthony was implicated in the assasination of Caesar in 44BC. He was wanted man persuaed all over the empire and beyond by Octavian, Caeser's nephew and the first emperor of Rome. The combined forces of Ceoplatra and MA were finally defeat at Actium. The rest is history, Egypt became a Roman province and Cleopatra committed suicide. Not so smart maybe?
Answer 2:
Smart meaning well dressed. As queen of Egypt one of the wealthiest nations in the ancient world she was no doubt always smart.
How did Cleopatra impact Egypt?
Cleopatra's impact on Egypt was negative. She raised the taxes in order to pay off her father's debt. She allowed the country's infrastructure to crumble and she eventually lost the entire country to Rome.
Why did Cleopatra not kill Octavian?
How could she? Cleopatra was Octavian's prisoner as soon as he rode into Alexandria.
Did Cleopatra have a famous quote?
Back in those days no one would have recorded anything she said. You kind find quotes from Shakespeare's play, Antony and Cleopatra. However, some ancient authors attribute the quote "as sure as I shall give judgment on the Capitol in Rome" to Cleopatra.
She was part Macedonian Greek and part Egyptian
yes and no. Cleopatra was ethically a Greek, but she lived and ruled in Egypt and she followed the Egyptian religion and customs. We don't know who her mother was or her mother's ethnicity, so we can only say for certain that she was Greek on her father's side.
How was Cleopatra's childhood?
We know nothing about Cleopatra's childhood. It can be assumed that she was raised like any other princess of the time.
Did queen Cleopatra kill herself?
Yes, she committed suicide rather than face the humiliation of defeat.
What happened to Cleopatra's needles?
There were Egyptian three obelisks known as Cleopatra's Needles which were originally erected at Heliopolis. They have nothing to do with Cleopatra. One was taken to London and re-erected on the Thames Embankment in 1879 after an eventful voyage. A second was taken to Paris and re-erected in the Place de la Concorde in 1833. The third was erected in Central Park in New York in 1881.
What did Cleopatra do to help her country?
Cleopatra did absolutely nothing for her country. She did little building and allowed the infrastructure to crumble. She, like all the Ptolemies, used Egypt as a source for personal wealth and aggrandizement. She was more concerned with keeping her crumbling dynasty on the throne than the common good.
What were all of Cleopatra's accomplishments and goals in life?
Ø Used political alliances with Julius Caesar to provide protection for Egypt. Ø Provided Egypt with a secure heir <queens duty Ø Regained control of the land to the west of Egypt called Cyrenaica; to our east, Nabataea, Phoenicia, and southern Syria; and to the north, Cilicia and the islands of Cyprus and Crete. Ø Fought hard to ensure that Egypt did not succumb to civil war.
What land did Cleopatra conquer?
Cleopatra with the help of Mark Antony conquered Cyprus, Egypt, Libya, and some areas around the Syrian coast.
Yes, she was a Macedonian Greek on her father's side. Because we don't know who her mother was, we can't say for certain if she had any other ethnic blood.
Cleopatra was a queen because her father left the kingdom to her and her brother jointly. After the civil war with her brother, Julius Caesar made her the joint ruler with her remaining brother.
She took an asp snake and put it above her chest and Light it bight away.....:(
