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Aug 16, 2023 · Julius Caesar was an ambitious and fearless ruler who heralded the end of the Roman Republic and became known (posthumously) as the first Roman Emperor. Cleopatra was the last in a line of Greek rulers holding tenuous control over ancient Egypt.
Apr 17, 2023 · Cleopatra and Julius Caesar met in the summer of 48 BC, and they were lovers until the Ides of March in 44 BC, when Caesar was tragically murdered.
Aug 22, 2024 · Cleopatra (born 70/69 bce —died August 30 bce, Alexandria) was an Egyptian queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty, famous in history and drama as the lover of Julius Caesar and later as the wife of Mark Antony.
Nov 9, 2009 · Cleopatra VII ruled ancient Egypt as co-regent for almost three decades. She is famed for her savvy political alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Jul 26, 2018 · As was the custom of the Greek Ptolemy dynasty in Egypt, Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy XIII were married in order to maintain the family’s power and inherited the rule of Egypt upon the death of their father in 51 BC.
May 26, 2024 · When Julius Caesar, the famed Roman general, arrived in Alexandria in pursuit of his rival Pompey in 48 BC, he stepped into a dynastic power struggle between 21-year-old Queen Cleopatra VII and her younger brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII.
Oct 30, 2018 · When Caesar was assassinated in 44 BCE, Cleopatra fled Rome with Caesarion and returned to Alexandria. Caesar's right-hand man, Mark Antony, joined with his grandnephew Octavian and friend Lepidus to pursue and defeat the conspirators who had murdered Caesar.
Caesar and Cleopatra’s relationship was of romantic nature but it also had its political reasons. Cleopatra needed Caesar’s armies to protect herself from Ptolemy XIII while Caesar needed Cleopatra’s impressive wealth to fund his armies and resources, thus gaining power back in Rome.
Cleopatra’s astronomers helped Caesar create a new calendar, the Julian calendar, to replace the defective Roman calendar. The new calendar had 365 days and a leap year and is the basis of the calendar we use today (with minor alterations added by Pope Gregory in 1585 BC).
Without Caesar's protection, she would never survive in Rome. She absconds, seeking shelter at home in the protective harbor of Alexandria. But her battle for stability and her struggle to remain in power continue unabated. Learn how Cleopatra used her influence over Julius Caesar to stay in power.
