In the meantime, Pompey had been defeated at Pharsalus in August of 48 BC. They returned by way of Ascalon which may have been Cleopatra's temporary base. During this time, she and her sister Arsinoe moved to Syria. Regardless, she started an army from the Arab tribes which were east of Pelusium. There was anarchy abroad and famine at home.īetween 51 and 49 BC, Egypt was suffering from bad harvests and famine because of a drought which stopped the much needed Nile flooding. Cyprus, Syria and other capitals were gone. When Cleopatra became co-regent, her world was crumbling down around her. She had amazing will-power her struggle began after being exiled to Syria with her sister by her brother, husband and Co-regent Ptolemy XIII. She was very intelligent and was a shrewd politician with an extraordinary charisma. She was the only Ptolemic Pharoah to speak the Egyptian language. She came to reign in 51B.C.and was of 17 years of age. Tributes had to be paid to the Romans to keep them away from Egypt. ![]() ![]() During the later rule of the Ptolemies, the Romans gained more and more control over Egypt. The Ptolemies' strength was failing and the Roman Empire was rising. Cleopatra came to the throne after death of her two elder sisters and after death of her father whom was much hated by the Egyptian and had fled to Rome several years before.ĭuring the two centuries that preceded Ptolemy XII death, the Ptolemies were allied with the Romans. Not only because of her great love, but because she is classified by historians to be the last Pharoah of Egypt. Her younger brother Ptolemy XIII later reigned with her.Ĭleopatra’s story is one of the most famous ever. She was the third daughter in line to her father Ptolemy XII she later had another sister and two younger brothers. She was highly educated and possessed an impressive intellect, being a student of philosophy and international relations.Ĭleopatra was born in 69 B.C. Her story of love and death is very famous and she ruled Egypt and made it quite powerful at the time. She later elevated her son with Caesar, Caesarion, to co-ruler in name.Ĭleopatra is by far one of the most ever famous queens of all times in ancient Egypt. As pharaoh, she consummated a liaison with Gaius Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne. She originally shared power with her father Ptolemy XII and later with her brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, whom she also married, but eventually gained sole rule. ![]() Pharaoh, Queen, Dernière Reine d'Egypte, Inte gifta, Last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, fick ej gifta sig men levde ihopĬleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ January 69 BC – August 12, 30 BC) was the last effective pharaoh of Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty. ![]() , IV, Philadelphus of Egypt and Ptolemy of Egypt , IV of Egypt Ptolemy XIII, Pharaoh of Egypt Ptolemy XIV, Pharaoh of Egypt Berenice. Mother of Ptolemy XV 'Caesarion', Pharaoh of Egypt Alexander Helios Cleopatra Selene II, Queen of Mauretania and Ptolemy Philadelphus Wife of Ptolemy XIII, Pharaoh of Egypt Ptolemy XIV, Pharaoh of Egypt and Marcus Antonius "Mark Antony" Greek, Ancient: Κλεοπάτρα, Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ, Latin: Cleopatra PhilopatorĪlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egyptĭaughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, Pharaoh of Egypt and Cleopatra V Tryphaena
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