Cleopatra VII

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Cleopatra VII
BY MEHAK

QUEEN OF KINGS
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Cleopatras Life

• Cleopatra was the last queen of Egypt. She was
  born in Alexandria in 69 B.C. and died in 30 B.C.
  She was a very strong and determined woman for
  her time. Even though she was the last queen of
  Egypt she wasnt Egyptian. She was actually
  Macedonian. Her father Ptolemy XII treated his
  subjects badly and eventually he was overthrow by
  his people. He found no help from the Greeks so
  he went to Rome. Then, after her father was
  overthrown, Bernice, older sister to Cleopatra,
  ruled from 58 B.C55 B.C. While ruling
  Cleopatras other sister Cleopatra Tryphaena VI
  died mysteriously. In time Ptolemy XII came back
  and ordered execution of Bernice IV leaving her
  with only two brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy
  XIV and one younger sister Arsinoe IV. After her
  father died in 51 B.C. she married her brother
  Ptolemy XIII to keep the royal blood in the
  family. At age 18 she became queen and ruled
  without her brother until 48 B.C. when Ptolemys
  advisors stripped her from her power and banished
  her to Syria.

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Cleopatras Loves

• Cleopatra had two loves in her lifetime. One
  of them was Julius Caesar and the other was Marc
  Antony. After Julius Caesar died she fell in love
  with Marc Antony. There is also a play written
  about them by Shakespeare called Cleopatra and
  Antony.

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Julius Caesar

• Julius Caesar was Cleopatras first love. They
  fell in love despite the age difference between
  them. After her brother died by drowning in the
  river, they got married partially because of
  their love and partially of what they would gain.
  Cleopatra married him because she would obtain a
  better army and Caesar married her because he
  wanted her wealth. They had a son, Ptolemy XV,
  also called Caesarion. On the Ides of March of 44
  BC, Caesar came to an end. The senators he most
  trusted assassinated Caesar. They murdered him
  because they thought Caesar was making plans to
  have himself declared king. After Caesar's
  murder, Cleopatra fled Rome because she knew none
  of the Romans wanted her to be ruler, and
  returned home to Alexandria.

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Marc Antony

• The other person she loved was Marc Antony. She
  met him after Caesars Death a few years later.
  They got married and had three children Cleopatra
  Selene, Alexander Helios and Ptolemy
  Philadelphus. Marc Antony divorced Octavians
  sister Octavia so Octavian declared war on
  Cleopatra. In 31 B.C. they fought a critical
  battle at sea. Even though Marc Antony wanted to
  battle on land Cleopatra insisted it would be
  better on sea. Their fleet was destroyed. After
  several months, Octavian accompanied by his army,
  went to Alexandria. Fearing Egypt would be
  occupied, Cleopatra sent Caesarion to India and
  while going there he was killed. Then Octavian
  spread rumors that Cleopatra was killed. Thinking
  that Cleopatra died Antony killed himself. His
  friends brought him to Cleopatra where he died
  peacefully. Cleopatra then died shortly after.

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Pictures
Marc Anthony
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
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Cleopatras Death

• Cleopatras death is a mystery to all. Some
  believe that she died from a being bitten by a
  poisonous snake inside the basket of figs that
  were brought to her by a strange man. It is also
  believed that Cleopatra poisoned herself on
  purpose. Before she died Cleopatra wrote a letter
  to Octavian to be buried in the same tomb as
  Antony. Alarmed, Octavian sent his men to check
  on her. When they got there they found she was
  already dead. They put her in the same tomb as
  Antony as it was her last request. After
  Cleopatras death only one of her children
  survived. Caesarion, the oldest and who was son
  of the Julius Caesar posed a threat to Octavian
  so he was killed after Cleopatra died. Alexander
  Helios, Ptolemy Philadelphus and Cleopatra Selene
  were sent to Italy to Octavia. After they were
  sent to Octavia, the boys disappeared
  mysteriously. Cleopatra Selene, the only one who
  survived, married King Juba II of Mauritania and
  had two children, Ptolemy XVI and Drusilla.
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Bibliography

• BOOKS
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• MacDonald Fiona, Cleopatra, The Queen of Kings,
  DK, 2001
• Gregory, Kristiana, Cleopatra VII Daughter of
  the Nile, Scholastic, 1999
• Langley, Andrew, Cleopatra and the Egyptians,
  Wayland, or Bookwright, 1985
• Stanley, Diane, Venniema Peter Cleopatra
• León, Vicki, Outrageous Women of Ancient Times,
  Wiley, 1998
• Marzollo, Jean, My first book of biographies.,
  Scholastic, 1994.
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•  Pictures  from
• http//www.afbm.org/images/cleopatra.jpg
• www.kaliman.com.mx/kalitarjetas/
  fotos/cleopatra.jpg
• http//www.methos.org/adam/images/caesar.jpg
• http//images.google.com/images?qtbnCVlOxCYMME0C
  exn.ca/news/Images/19970918-bw.GIF
• Websites Used
• www.google.ca/images

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