Queen Cleopatra was seventeen when she took the throne. She died at the age thirty-nine. As a child she witnessed the defeat of her guardian. She and her husband/brother Ptolemy XIV dueled over the throne silently. She married her younger brother. She became involved with Caesar. She bored Caesar's son and named him Caesarion. In 45 BCE, Cleopatra and her son left Alexandra and went to Rome where she stayed in a palace built by Caesar in her honor. Caesar's acts were looked over by the Romans.
In 44 BCE, Caesar was killed. With his death, Rome split and Cleopatra watched in silence and supported a man named Mark Antony. They then became lovers witch angered Rome even more. Senators began calling her a sorceress and accused her of all sorts of different evils. Octavian then declared war on Egypt. Queen Cleopatra and Octavian met in one of the biggest battles in history. See Egypt vacation
The Egyptian defeat was often attributed to the early withdraw of Cleopatra from the scene. Octavian waited a year before claiming Egypt as a Rome province. They easily defeated Mark Antony and brought him alive to queen Cleopatra. He died in her arms and was buried as king. Cleopatra was then captured and taken to the Roman Caesar. She realized her end was close and killed herself. It is believed she killed herself with an asp, a poisonous snake. She was the last Egyptian pharaoh. Pharaohs were very important to the Egyptians. Some were very cruel and some were tolerant. Egyptian pharaohs helped Egypt be the way it is today.
Cartouche of Queen Cleopatra:
Cartouche of Cleopatra
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