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Apr 3, 2014 · Cleopatra, who reigned as queen of Egypt during the 1st century B.C., is one of the most famous female rulers in history. Her life inspired a Shakespeare play and several movies.
Cleópatra VII Filopátor. Cleópatra. Cleópatra de Berlim, busto romano da rainha usando um diadema, c. século I a.C. (época de suas visitas a Roma em 46– 44 a.C. ). Foi descoberta numa vila italiana ao longo da Via Ápia e encontra-se exposta no Museu Antigo, na Alemanha [ 1][ 2][ 3][ nota 1] Rainha do Reino Ptolemaico.
Mar 24, 2022 · Cleopatra VII, often simply called "Cleopatra," was the last of a series of rulers called the Ptolemies who ruled ancient Egypt for nearly 300 years. Cleopatra ruled an empire that included Egypt ...
Cleopatra - Queen, Egypt, Pharaoh: The vast majority of Egypt’s many hundreds of queens, although famed throughout their own land, were more or less unknown in the outside world. As the dynastic age ended and the hieroglyphic script was lost, the queens’ stories were forgotten and their monuments buried under Egypt’s sands. But Cleopatra had lived in a highly literate age, and her ...
Aug 16, 2023 · Cleopatra VII, also called Cleopatra Theo Philopater (“father-loving goddess”), was born around 70 B.C.E., the daughter of Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy XII. She was part of the Ptolemaic line of rulers, descended from Ptolemy I, the Macedonian general who’d served under Alexander the Great and founded the dynasty about 304 B.C.E.
May 10, 2023 · Cleopatra’s first taste of power came at the tender age of 14, when she was made co-regent with her father, following his restoration to the throne after three years in exile, albeit with limited powers. Ptolemy XII’s return to the throne had cost Cleopatra’s elder sister, Berenice – who had seized power in his absence – her life.
Cleopatra schemed against and antagonized Antony’s friend Herod the Great, thereby losing his support. At a celebration in Alexandria after Antony’s Parthian campaign (36–34), he bestowed Roman lands on Cleopatra and her family. Octavian declared war on Cleopatra and Antony and defeated their joint forces at the Battle of Actium (31).
