Cleopatra VII.

Cleopatra VII

Daughter of Ptolemy XII.

He succeeded him as queen in 51 BC sharing the throne with her brother Ptolemy XIII. She was described as beautiful and charming.

Contrary to what is highlighted by the images that have reached us.

The men who fell in love with her were captured by her strong, funny personality, intelligence and cunning.

I was born in 69 BC,

Cleopatra was described as actively influencing Roman politics at a critical period,

As described as coming to represent, as no other woman from antiquity has done,

The first model of romantic women charming.

She is the daughter of King Ptolemy XII "Oletis",

Cleopatra was destined to become the last queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty that ruled Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and annexed it to Rome in 30 BC.

The dynasty was founded by officer Alexander Ptolemy, who became King Ptolemy I of Egypt.

Cleopatra was a Ptolemaic dynasty. For political reasons, she called herself the "New Isis", a title that distinguished her from Queen Cleopatra III.

Which also claimed to be a living embodiment of the gods Isis.

When Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, the throne moved to his young son, Ptolemy XIII, and his daughter Cleopatra VII.

Cleopatra, 18, was eight years older than her brother,

She became the dominant ruler. Evidence suggests that the first decree in which Ptolemy's name preceded Cleopatra was in October 50 BC.

Cleopatra realized that she needed the support of the Romans, or more specifically the support of Caesar,

If she had to regain the throne.

She was in constant conflict with her brother, which ended in her expulsion from Egypt.

This country was at that time a kingdom under Roman protection,

And the main source of wheat for the Roman people,

Caesar came to Egypt after the defeat of Bombay in Versalus in 48 BC.

He found civil war still in it. Cleopatra was trying to return to Egypt,

She suddenly appeared in front of Caesar wrapped in a carpet - as they claim -

So that she can beg him to help her achieve her goal. He has his family,

Who knows, either by her charms, or by the obvious logic that she will be a better ruler than her brother.

Caesar helped her to overcome Ptolemy who drowned at the end of the battle.

Cleopatra ruled a few years.

In the year 40 BC. Her kingdom was part of the empire's share of Marcus Antonyus when he shared the Roman world with both Octavius ​​and Lepidus after the armor of Julius Caesar. Antony has loved Cleopatra,

His love affair cost him the loss of his fortune in Rome.

Anthony's order ended in suicide following the defeat inflicted by Octavius ​​at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.

When Cleopatra heard the news, she also committed suicide.

At the dawn of a mid-August 30 BC. One of the servants of Queen Cleopatra gave the cobra snake ((likely an Egyptian cobra)) means of suicide after she heard the defeat of her husband, the Romanian leader Mark Antonius in the war,

The poisonous cobra snake remained a mantra of the monarchy in the Ptolemaic period above the kings of the kings.

Two snakes were if we could believe the words of the Roman poets Virgil, Horace and Propertius Propertius Some historians have stated that the left shoulder property was the one that received the first deadly sting

Others said it was Cleopatra's naked left breast.

Cleopatra committed suicide in this state of despair by putting a poisonous neighborhood on her chest

The new invader Octavius ​​Caesar hoped that the Queen who rules Egypt in the procession of his victory in Rome, but soon saw her body and headed to organize the government,

He announced Egypt's annexation to the Sultan of the Romanian people, and his announcement came in a very short sentence that includes no more than five words.

After Cleopatra's death, the Romans killed her son Caesaron for fear of claiming the Roman Empire as the heir of Julius Caesar and his heir.

The seventh Cleopatra is depicted on a coin on display at the Alexandria Museum, which tells the story of Cleopatra that inspired poets and story writers.

It was a material for the play (Antonio and Cleopatra) of William Shakespeare

A play (Everything for Love) 1977 by John Dryden

A play (Caesar and Cleopatra) by George Bernardshaw

A poetic glossary in the suicide of Cleopatra by Ahmed Shawky.

Cleopatra VII was the last Ptolemaic ruler in Egypt,

It has outperformed its predecessors in intelligence, prudence and ambition.

Cleopatra ascended the throne and ruled Egypt for twenty years (from 51 to 30 BC).

The image of Cleopatra appeared in the ancient Egyptian currency as a woman with a lustrous gorgeous sortie with a thin mouth and clear eyes.

Cleopatra is one of the most prominent in the history of Kefertiti, Semiramis and Shahrazad.

He denied the story of suicide by the snake bite

Professor Christoph Schaefer denied (Professor of History at the University of Trier in western Germany)

Cleopatra died of snake cobra sting and was likely to have died for drinking a combination of cocktails or drugs.

She is a beautiful woman and very proud of her beauty.

This statue is very rare. It is one of the seven in the world as defined in the most famous queen of Egypt: Cleopatra VII.

This statue is very rare. It is one of seven in the world identified as the most famous queen of Egypt: Cleopatra VII. Cleopatra VII was born in Macedonian family called the Ptolemies, who were famous for their vicious infighting. Matricide, patricide and fratricide were common in many generations, including Cleopatra VII's.

She had several relatives killed so she might survive.

For generations the Romans coveted Egypt, a bountiful sours of grain they could use to feed their army. They used the fighting in Cleopatra's family as an excuse to send an envoy to Egypt: Julius Caesar. The Romans expected Caesar to choose someone who would be friendly towards the Roman Empire to be Egypt's new pharaoh.

However, Julius Caesar was charmed by Cleopatra's wit and intelligence and brought her back to Rome as his lover. He supported Cleopatra as she struggled against her sister Arsinoe for the throne of Egypt.

Unfortunately Caesar was murdered on the Senate steps, and Cleopatra fled back to Egypt. The next envoy to Egypt was Mark Anthony, a friend of Caesar's. Anthony also fell in love with Cleopatra, and together they fought against Rome until they were defeated and Cleopatra was captured. She committed suicide, probably so she could not be dragged through the Roman streets in shame. Many of Cleopatra's statues were destroyed by the Romans after she died.

Her pose is classic Egyptian, probably meant to remind the Romans that her family had ruled Egypt as pharaohs for three centuries. However, her face is done in Greco-Roman style. The triple uraeus (snake) symbol on her brow is rare and helped to identify this statue as Cleopatra VII.

This statue was broken below the ankles, and the feet were later "restored" using another material. At the rear of the statue is a support called a plinth. S strip in the center of the plinth would have held names and titles, but this area has been filled in.c. 30 BCE

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