Cleopatra: A Sign of the Times

Cleopatra: a symbol of the era "For Rome it never yields to the fear of any country or people, in her era, they were really afraid, one is Hannibal and the other is a woman" ( Lefkowitz 126). Summary The last dominant queen of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, aroused interests for centuries. Her story has been spoken many times and many different and varied expressions of her and her story are entirely in the way that men and society through history understand their role in women and society It is based.

Cleopatra VII was born in 69 BC, then Egypt 's capital Alexandria. Her father was Pharaoh of Egypt, and Ptolemy XII was nicknamed Olithes. Cleopatra's mother is traditionally a sister of Oretes and her name is Cleopatra V Tryphaena. Many of these parents, including Cleopatra VII's sister, her name is Cleopatra VI. Cleopatra VIII, the future Pharaoh, has another sister, the oldest Bernice, the sister of Arsinoe, and two younger brothers called Ptolemais. Their families are Macedonian, not Egyptian. Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XIII, is a weakly cruel ruler, and in 58 BC the Alexandrians rebelled him for his hatred and knocked him down. During this time he ran away from Rome and his eldest daughter, Bernice, came to the throne. Then she married a cousin, but soon he narrowed his head to marry another person named Archelaus.

She was 17 years old when Cleopatra VII became infatuated. Cleopatra married her brother and ruler Ptolemie XIII, but Ptolemy was only a nominal pharaoh. For three years Cleopatra dominated, and he was still in the background. Ptolemy 's adviser was dissatisfied with Cleopatra' s independence, and they robbed Cleopatra 's power in 48 BC and banished her to Syria. Pompeii competes with Caesar for the Roman Empire and is sailing towards Alexandria after the loss of Falsaros to seek protection of Ptolemy. Ptolemy's adviser supports Caesar. When Pompei arrived, Pharaoh saw that he was stabbed (Dun, Jimmy; 2002). Caesar was shocked by the brutal murder of the man who was once his friend. He entered the city and dominated the palace

In the magnificent battle of Nile, the Roman army overturned the Greek army and made Cleopatra the Pharaoh. She married Caesar soon when she was 18 years old. At that time he was 52 years old. Then Cleopatra began depicting himself as Hathhor and as a Horus to help consolidate their position. Nine months later, Cleopatra bore their son Ptolemy XV, or "Caesarion". Then, on March 15th BC, Julius Caesar was cruelly killed. Cleopatra lost the military power in Rome. As a result, Pharaoh immediately poisoned Ptolemy XIV, a 13-year-old brother, including the "queen of poison". Later, she invited Mark Anthony in her early twenties around the early 40s. Shortly thereafter, they assassinated Cleopatra 's sister.