Cleopatra
Cleopatra was queen of Egypt, last ruler of the dynasty founded by Ptolemy, aMacedonian general of Alexander the Great, who took Egypt as his share in dividingAlexander's empire. Her capital, Alexander, founded by Alexander the Great, wasthe center of Hellenistic Greek culture of the world at that time, as well as a greatcommercial center. Although she imagined as a "beautiful and glamorous womantoday, she was not very attractively depicted on ancient coins, having a long hooknose, and masculine features" (Flamarion 181). She deemed to be a strong-willedMacedonian queen who was brilliant and dreamed of a greater world empire. Highlyintelligent, this shrewd politician almost achieved this goal. Her contributions as thelast of the Ptolemaic Greek rulers of independent Egypt, were the endless expansionof the Roman Empire throughout the Mediterranean, and at her death left behind "arich, imperial province which continued to flourish as the center of commerce,science, and learning under Roman rule" (Newman 554). This natural born leaderwas the oldest living daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes and of his sister and wifeCleopatra Tryphaena. Such brother-sister marriages were common among mem
It stated that "after the Triumvirate ended the two would both rule theRoman world, though they allowed Lepidus to remain in northern Africa and governthe area" (Foreman 95). When Antony arranged for Caesarion, and his own three children byCleopatra, to share ruling both Egypt and Roman provinces in Asia Minor andformally divorced Octavia, the Romans were furious. During this naval battle, when Cleopatra retreated and Antony, infatuatedas he was with her, quickly followed, and Octavian won a great victory. A golden statue of her had been put in the Temple of Venus Genetrix,the anchantress of the Julian family to which Caesar belonged. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the life of aprominent Egyptian figure, who through her determination and strong will,established herself as a pharaoh and queen of Egypt. Hellenistic Queens: A Study of Woman Power in Macedonia, Seleucid, Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt. What had begun as a war between Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII evolved into awar between Ptolemy XIII allied with Arsine, his sister, against Caesar, and becameknown as the Alexandrian War. The Egyptian religion declared that "death by snakebitesecured immortality, allowing her to achieve her dying wish, not to be forgotten"(MacUrdy 129). Her father, who died in 51 BC, requested theCleopatra and his oldest son, Ptolemy XIII, become joint rulers, and made Rome theguardian of the Egyptian state. Caesar had not been"enchanted, and being friends with Pompey, did not desire to have him treated sodisrespectfully" (Foreman 61). She already new enough about his "limited strategic andtactical abilities, his blue blood, the drinking, his womanizing, his vulgarity and hisambition," (MacUrdy 79) to know how to get to him. Cleopatra's Palace: The Search for the Real Queen of the Nile. Caesar read Aulete's will to Ptolemy and forcedhim to restore her to the throne. Hellenistic Queens: A Study of Woman Power in Macedonia, Seleucid, Syria, and Ptolemaic Egypt.
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