Cleopatra

Ptolemy XIII died in January of 47 BC. Ptolemy XIV died in 44 BC after Caesar's murder.

The men in Cleopatra's dynasty all were called Ptolemy because that was their family name. They also had other names, but these secondary names were added after the designation Ptolemy. In other words, they put their last names first instead of last as we do. Some examples are, Ptolemy Sotor, Ptolemy Philadelphus, Ptolemy Eugergetes, and Ptolemy Epiphanes.

I think you're getting the myths a little confused. Cleopatra was supposed to have killed herself by getting bitten in the arm by a snake. Shakespeare changed it to getting bit in the breast. However the actual way that Cleopatra died is undetermined, but they definitely know it was not by snakebite.

To us some of the things Cleopatra did are horrible, but in reality, most of the murders she ordered were for self-preservation. She was actually no worse than other ruler of her time. We can't make the mistake of judging Cleopatra or any of the ancient people by our standards. We have to consider them in the time and world in which they lived.

Yes, Cleopatra is Cleopatra's real name. Her complete name was

Cleopatra VII Philopater.

Cleopatra was actually the heir to her father's kingdom. However, her brothers and sister indulged in the Ptolemy family sport of trying to kill off or usurp one another. They drove Cleopatra out, and it wasen't until Julius Caesar arrived that Cleopatra was firmly established on the throne. This was in 47 BC.

Yes...but my the standards in ancient times

Actually Cleopatra did very little for the Egyptian people. She did get the country out of debt, but the benefits never trickleled down to the people. She completed a maternity house at the temple of Hathor in Dendera, but this had been started by her father. She is said to have constructed a boat rest stop at the temple at Kon Obmbo and she built a temple to Julius Caesar. Nothing more has been discovered that can be attributed to Cleopatra---so far.

Marc Antony had at least ten legitimate children. More than one with his first wife, but we don't know how many. One with his second wife, two with his third wife, two with his fourth wife, and three with Cleopatra.

Cleopatra actually had very little power outside of her strictly domestic affairs. Her dynasty and independence depended on her relationship with Rome. She knew that Rome could take over Egypt at any time, as it had done to most of the territories surrounding Egypt. Therefore she had to ally herself with Rome's most powerful leaders in order to remain in power.

Yes, at least her chldren by Marc Antony survived. They were taken to Rome and raised and educated by Octavia, Octavian's sister, who had once been married to Marc Antony. Caesarion was executed.

Cleopatra reigned from 47 to 30 BC. A period of 17 years.

She made a few decisions, but they were mostly important only to herself and her desire to keep her dynasty alive. Her most important political decision was her alliance with Rome. first under Caesar, which established her on the throne with Rome's backing, and her second alliance with Marc Antony, against Octavian. The second alliance ended disastrously, both for Cleopatra and her dynasty.

She was 18 years old.

In addition to Pascal's other achievements, he was also a wit. Now even in his day, it was known that Cleopatra had a very large nose. There was/is an old saying that one should "pull in his nose" or "pull in his horns", when others think he is being too greedy. So, he was saying that if Cleopatra had been content with what she had, the culture (face) of the world would have evolved differently. At least that's my idea of his meaning.

If Cleopatra wore a wig at all, it would have been black. The bust supposed to be Cleopatra and all her coin portraits show her with hair styled in the Greek fashion. She may have popped on a wig for a public ceremony, though, and it certainly would have been black.

she was a very sucessful risk taker

Casesar erected a statue of Cleopatra in Rome in the temple he built called the temple of Venus Genetrix. This was to celebrate his Egyptian victory and Cleopatra was the symbol of Egypt at the time.

Most likely she was Nubian (from Nubia on the Nile R.), which had some spectacularly beautiful black women.

Just shorten her name to Cleo.

After Cleopatra married her first brother, Ptolemy XIII, the Alexandrian War broke out and he was killed. She then married her other brother and had him poisoned as soon as she returned to Egypt after Caesar's assassination.

There are a number of ancient Egyptian women of note named Cleopatra. However, none of them are saints.

She was supposed to have bathed in asses milk, but common sense would relegate that story to nothing but a myth.

Cleopatra went to school at letiecoot hightown school when she was 5 and stop when she was 15 years old and become queen

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