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Cleopatra: Biography and Facts
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Cleopatra
Cleopatra Vll was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. Despite her glamorous and stunning perception, she actually had a different physical appearance. Ancient coins depict her with a long nose that was hooked and masculine traits. However, despite lacking conventional beauty, she possessed an alluring charm that she employed for political purposes in Egypt….
Describing the tense events taking place in ancient Egypt before and after Cleopatra’s reign as Queen
Ancient Egypt
Cleopatra
Nonfiction
In her book Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff describes in great detail the tense events taking place in ancient Egypt before and after Cleopatra’s reign as Queen. Schiff is an acclaimed nonfiction author. She has won the coveted Pulitzer Prize and has written plenty of historical books, essays, and columns featuring historical women such as:…
| born | 69 BC, Alexandria, Egypt |
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| died | August 30 BC, Alexandria, Egypt |
| description | Cleopatra VII Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, and its last active ruler. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. |
| children | Cleopatra Selene II, Caesarion, Alexander Helios, Ptolemy Philadelphus |
| quotations | “I will not be triumphed over.” “All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.” “Fool! “My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.” “In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.” |
| information | Place of burial: Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra Spouse: Ptolemy XIV Philopator (m. 46 BC), Mark Antony (m. 32 BC–30 BC) Parents: Ptolemy XII Auletes, Cleopatra V Siblings: Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Ptolemy XIV Philopator, Arsinoe IV, Berenice IV Paintings of Cleopatra: The Death of CleopatraJuan Luna, 1881, The Banquet of CleopatraGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1744, Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned PrisonersAlexandre Cabanel, 1887, The Death of CleopatraGuido Cagnacci, |
