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1 http://lexicorient.com/cgi-bi n/eo-direct-frame.pl?http://www.i-cias.com/e.o/cleopatr.htm(69- 30 BC)Queen of ancient Egypt, belonging to the Ptolemaicdynasty and de factoruler of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC. Cleopatrarevived the Ptolemaic powersthrough diplomatic skills, inaddition to her using her personality tomake alliances withRoman rulers, and to have Egyptian competitorsmurdered. Herfame is connected to a turbulent life of love affairs withthemost influential men of her time. Her actual achievements hadonlyimportance for a short period of time _ with the revival ofPtolemaicpowers _ but nothing proved tolast. Her life storyhas inspiredplaywrights, and movie makers, making her themostfamous personality ofancient Egypt.BIOGRAPHY:69 BC: Born, as the daughterof Ptolemy 11.51 BC:Cleopatra is made joint ruler with her 12 year oldbrotherPtolemy 12, asthe two marry.48 BC: Ptolemy takes full control over Egypt, drivingCleopatrainto exile in Syria. Civil war breaks out between Cleopatraandher brother.47 BC: Ptolemy is killed by drowning by the Romangeneral,Julius Caesar._ Cleopatra is proclaimed queen of Egypt. Shemarries her 11year old brother, Ptolemy 13, which is the only legitimatewayshe can be in power, but she chooses to become the mistress ofJuliusCaesar, with whom she travels to Rome to live. The couplehas the sonCaesarion together, and later Cleopatra gives birthtoPtolemy 14, who,according to the mother, also was the son ofJulius Caesar.44 BC: JuliusCaesar is killed and Cleopatra returns to Egypt._ After Cleopatra has hadPtolemy 13 murdered by poison, she isthe real ruler, as the nominalruleris her infant son, Ptolemy14.41 BC: Cleopatra forms an alliance withthe Romangeneral MarkAntony, based upon a romantic relationship.40 BC:Mark Antony is called back to Rome, where he marriesOctavia, the sisterof the Roman consul Octavian. Soon afterCleopatra gives birth to twins.36BC: Cleopatra marries Mark Antony in Antioch and later athird child ofthe two is born. The couple plan to establish avast kingdom, of which thesons of Caesar and Mark Antony withCleopatra are to be the inheritors.34BC: After Mark Antony has successfully met the Parthians inwar, hereturns to Alexandria with Cleopatra, where theyannounces that the oldkingdom of Alexander the Great is tobelong to the descendants ofCleopatra.32 BC: Octavian, the original inheritor of JuliusCaesar,declares war against Mark Antony and Cleopatra. MarkAntonydivorces Octavia.31 BC: At the battle at Actium, Cleopatra and MarkAntony aredefeated by Octavian. Octavian hunts them down, back toEgypt.30 BC: In Alexandria, when Mark Antony and Cleopatraaredivided, heis surrounded by the troops of Octavian and when hehears the rumour thatCleopatra has committed suicide, he killshimself by falling on thesword._ Cleopatra surrenders to Octavian and tries to make him herlover.As this doesn't prove successful, she poisons herself, orhas herselfbitten by a snake and dies. Her sons, Caesarion andPtolemy 14, are thenmurdered and the Ptolemaic dynasty has cometo the finalend.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://myron.sjsu.edu/romeweb/ladycont/art2.htmCleopatra VII, LastQueen of EgyptConsort of Julius Caesar, Wife of Marc AntonyCleopatra isone of those legendary and romantic figures ofhistory who have capturedthe imaginations of every generationsince her owntime. She was thesubject of one of Hollywood'smost popular movies, and her character inthis movie wasportrayed by an actress whose powerful intellectandpersonality, as well as whose human weaknesses, were similartoCleopatra's own.Cleopatra was an ambitious woman, determined to ruleher kingdomand keep it out of the hands of the ever more powerfulandexpansionist Romans in Italy to the West. She was considered tobe oneof the most intelligent and canny female rulersof alltimes and was notafraid to utilize her fe
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