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Cleopatra VII Queen of Egypt was born around 69 B.C.E. (Cleopatra a Biography by Duane W. Roller pg. 15). She was born into a long line of Ptolemaic Kings and is considered to be the very last Macedonian Greek Queen to rule Egypt (Roller pg. 15). Her father was Ptolemy XII, no one is sure who her mother is and to this day she is still unknown, but she is thought to have been a part of the Egyptian Priestly Family of Ptah (Roller pg. 15). It is believed that it was her half Egyptian mother (because she is believed to be Macedonian as well) who educated Cleopatra on Egypt and instilled a respect for Egypt that the person who ruled before her did not have (Roller pg.15). She was not only educated about Egypt but she could also speak the Egyptian …show more content…
16). Her sister’s names were Berenike IV and Arsinoe IV, and it was Cleopatra and her two sisters who carried the most powerful female names of the dynasty (Roller pg. 16). Berenike is the eldest of the three sisters, and is considered to be the only daughter of Cleopatra VI; she was crowned Queen by a party during her father’s exile (Roller pg. 16). Berenike was than later killed by her father while he was traveling back from exile (Roller pg. 16). Arsinoe who was the youngest of the three sisters was crowned queen of Cyprus by Julius Caesar, and later turned into an enemy of Cleopatra who then requested that Arsinoe be killed (Roller pg. 16). Her brother’s names were Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, and though it was known that both brothers ruled alongside Cleopatra they both fell into the needs of Cleopatra for her rule of the dynasty (Roller pg. 16). None of her sibling’s deaths were by natural causes and as a child growing up Cleopatra would never know that her father would be the very last male ruler in his Ptolemaic line; and though Cleopatra had children none of them would grow up to rule after her (Roller pgs. 16
Cleopatra VII Queen of Egypt was born around 69 B.C.E. (Cleopatra a Biography by Duane W. Roller pg. 15). She was born into a long line of Ptolemaic Kings and is considered to be the very last Macedonian Greek Queen to rule Egypt (Roller pg. 15). Her father was Ptolemy XII, no one is sure who her mother is and to this day she is still unknown, but she is thought to have been a part of the Egyptian Priestly Family of Ptah (Roller pg. 15). It is believed that it was her half Egyptian mother (because she is believed to be Macedonian as well) who educated Cleopatra on Egypt and instilled a respect for Egypt that the person who ruled before her did not have (Roller pg.15). She was not only educated about Egypt but she could also speak the Egyptian …show more content…
16). Her sister’s names were Berenike IV and Arsinoe IV, and it was Cleopatra and her two sisters who carried the most powerful female names of the dynasty (Roller pg. 16). Berenike is the eldest of the three sisters, and is considered to be the only daughter of Cleopatra VI; she was crowned Queen by a party during her father’s exile (Roller pg. 16). Berenike was than later killed by her father while he was traveling back from exile (Roller pg. 16). Arsinoe who was the youngest of the three sisters was crowned queen of Cyprus by Julius Caesar, and later turned into an enemy of Cleopatra who then requested that Arsinoe be killed (Roller pg. 16). Her brother’s names were Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, and though it was known that both brothers ruled alongside Cleopatra they both fell into the needs of Cleopatra for her rule of the dynasty (Roller pg. 16). None of her sibling’s deaths were by natural causes and as a child growing up Cleopatra would never know that her father would be the very last male ruler in his Ptolemaic line; and though Cleopatra had children none of them would grow up to rule after her (Roller pgs. 16