cleopatra

was born in October 69 B.C. in

Alexandria.

BIRTH Daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, king

of Egypt.
She had two older sisters, Berenice IV
and Cleopatra VI, a younger sister
Arsinoe IV and two younger brothers,
Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV.

When the king died in 51 B.C.,

youth
seventeen-year-old Cleopatra and her
brother, twelve-year-old Ptolemy XIII,
took the throne together on condition
of marriage.
In the third year of his reign, Ptolemy
took control of the government and
sent his sister into exile.

Cleopatra gathered an army in

crowing
Syria, in 48 BC, Julius Caesar,
became her lover and supported
her cause. In 47 BC Ptolemy XIII
was killed in battle and Caesar
proclaimed Cleopatra queen of
Egypt.
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Cleopatra married and regained the

throne. She was the mother of
CHILDREN Caesarion, Cleopatra Selene,
Alexander Helios and Ptolemy
Philadelphius. Ptolemy was
assassinated, and decided to share
the throne of Egypt with his son
Caesarion.

marco Antonio
In 41 BC the Roman general Marco
Antonio summoned her for a meeting.
There, the two fell in love and lived
together for a while until Marco Antonio
had to leave for Rome.

In 34 BC, Cleopatra announced the

division of the ancient empire of

marco antonio deaTh Alexander the Great between her and her
sons, while Marco Antonio was still
fighting with Octavio, who was then
emperor of Rome, declared war on Marco
Antonio and Cleopatra, and making
Marrco antonio believe that Cleopatra
was dead, he also decides to die for love.
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Octavio managed to reach Egypt

and met with Cleopatra, whom he

DEATH
assured that he would not harm any
of her children if she marched to
Rome. She agreed, but after her son
was killed by Roman soldiers, she
decided to let herself be stung by a
poisonous snake, and die of
poisoning so as not to give victory
to her Roman enemies in 30 BC.