cleopatra
Cleopatra Vll was born in 69 BC, in Alexandria, Egypt. Despite what people say today, that she was glamorous and beautiful, she was far from it. She is shown on ancient coins with a long hooked nose and masculine features. Although she was not beautiful she was clearly a very seductive woman, and she used this to further Egypt politically. She had a beautiful musical voice. It is also said that she was highly intelligent. She spoke nine different languages, and she was the first Ptolemy pharaoh who could actually spoke Egyptian. She ascended the Egyptian throne after her father, Ptolemy Xll Auletes died in 51 BC. Cleopatra which was seventeen at the time and her brother Ptolemy Xlll, which was twelve, were married because of the terms of her fathers will. They then ruled Egypt together. In the third year of their reign Ptolemy's advisers told him that he should rule Egypt by himself. So, because of this he drove Cleopatra into exile. Cleopatra then escaped to Syria. She then returned with an army. Ptolemy sent an army to meet with her. At this point, Julius Caesar of Rome arrived in pursuit of an enemy, who was seeking help from Ptolemy. Cleopatra had to roll herself up in a rug so that she wouldn't get killed while entering Eg
Antony abandoned his men to follow her. Eventually the empire was divided among three men. After her older brother Ptolemy Xlll was died, Cleopatra was then forced by custom to marry her youngest brother Ptolemy XlV, which was about eleven at the time. In 46 BC he invited Cleopatra to go to Rome to be with him. Those men were Caesar's great-nephew Octavian, who later became the emperor Augustus. At last Cleopatra's secretary came and told him Cleopatra wanted to see him. So he went to his room and opened his coat, exclaiming that he would soon be with Cleopatra. Cleopatra arrived in style on a barge with a gilded stern, purple sails, and silver oars. It is said that it was then she became pregnant, and she later gave birth to a son. From then on Alexandria was his home, and Cleopatra was his life. They returned to Egypt, where Antony lived alone for a time.
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