Queen Cleopatra
Cleopatra was the daughter of Ptolemy XII. She succeeded him as queen in the year 51 BC, sharing the throne with her brother, Ptolemy the Thirteenth. She was described as beautiful and charming. Contrary to what is shown in the photos that have come to us. As for the men who fell in love with her, they were captivated by her strong, sweet personality, her intelligence, and her cunning.
She was constantly in conflict with her brother, who ended up expelling her from Egypt. The country at that time was a kingdom under Roman protection, and the main source of wheat for the Roman people. And Caesar came to Egypt after the defeat of Pompius in Persallus in the year 48 BC, and found that the civil war was still going on there. Cleopatra was trying to return to Egypt, so she suddenly appeared before Caesar wrapped in a carpet - as they claim - so that she could beg him to help her achieve her goal of returning to power. He captivated him, either with her charms, or with the obvious reasoning that she would be a better ruler than her brother. Caesar helped her defeat Ptolemy, who was drowned at the end of the battle.
And Cleopatra ruled a few years. In the year 40 BC. Its kingdom was part of the imperial share that afflicted Marcus Anthony when he divided the Roman world with Octavius and Marcus Lepidus after the death of Julius Caesar. Marcus Anthony loved Cleopatra, and this affair cost him the loss of his favour in Rome.
And Antony's suicide ended after the defeat that Octavius had inflicted on him in the Battle of Actium in the year 31 BC. When Cleopatra heard the news, she also committed suicide.
Facts you may know for the first time about Queen "Cleopatra"
It was said about Cleopatra that she is of enchanting beauty and that she has determination and intelligence, and that she enjoys quick intuition and sharp intelligence. Was everything that was said true or was theظre some exaggerations? Certainly Cleopatra is not an ordinary woman. Persuading a great Roman leader, Marc Anthony, to marry her.
1 - The eye make-up that Cleopatra used was not only used for cosmetic purposes, but had medical benefits, as it contained iodine salts that contribute to protecting the eye from a number of diseases.
2- Egyptologists believe that Cleopatra committed suicide by ingesting poison through the mouth, and not, as is common, by being bitten by a live.
3- Cleopatra persuaded her husband, Mark Antony, to order the murder of her sister Arsinoe in 41 BC, and after she gave birth to her son Caesarion by Julius Caesar, she poisoned her brother Ptolemy XIV.
4- Cleopatra used to bathe in a basin of milk to preserve her beauty and the freshness of her skin.
5- After finding a silver coin with Cleopatra's face inscribed on it, many experts began to doubt the stories that talk about the legendary beauty of Cleopatra.
6- Some Arab references dating back to the era after the conquest of Egypt reported that Cleopatra was proficient in philosophy, chemistry and mathematics.
7- Cleopatra was appointed as a deputy to her father, Ptolemy XII, when she was fourteen years old, and then became queen of Egypt at the age of eighteen, in partnership with her brother, Ptolemy XIII.
8- Cleopatra was not Egyptian, but was of Greek and Roman origins.
9- The era in which she lived is considered closer in time to the era of man’s descent on the moon than the era of building the pyramid of Khufu, so between her birth and the construction of the pyramid 2491 years, on the other hand, the landing on the moon occurred only two thousand years after her death.
10- Her full title is Cleopatra VII. There were six women who preceded her and bore the name Cleopatra, although Egyptologists consider her the most famous of all, despite her being the last pharaoh to rule Egypt.
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