The Role of Education in Cleopatra’s Life:
Females of this time period were rarely mentioned in any historical record so it should come as no mystery as to way Cleopatra was never talked about until the end of her father’s reign (Ptolemy XII) when she was close to twenty years old (Roller pg. 43). For being a royal woman Cleopatra was very well educated which was a rare thing being that education was not very prominent during that time (Roller pg. 43). It was actually Cleopatra’s fathers who wanted to restore education and make it important again and it was this very ideal that Cleopatra carried on during her reign (Roller pg. 43). Timagenes of Alexandria was a very important scholar during the rule of Ptolemy XII (Roller pg. 45). Though he never actually taught Cleopatra himself it was people taught by Timagenes who had an in impact on Cleopatra’s life (Roller pg. 45). …show more content…
45). Another area of study she practiced in was language (Roller pg. 46). Cleopatra spoke many languages which definitely helped her as a ruler (Roller pg. 46). She was great speaker very persuasive and because she knew many languages she was better able to communicate to people all around (Roller pg. 46). When Cleopatra came to power she was very well educated and because in those days education was not an opportunity very many women had that fact she was very intellectual was an amazing achievement as well as a very rare one (Roller pg. 51). It’s this accomplishment that set a stepping stone for women of that time (Roller pg.
Females of this time period were rarely mentioned in any historical record so it should come as no mystery as to way Cleopatra was never talked about until the end of her father’s reign (Ptolemy XII) when she was close to twenty years old (Roller pg. 43). For being a royal woman Cleopatra was very well educated which was a rare thing being that education was not very prominent during that time (Roller pg. 43). It was actually Cleopatra’s fathers who wanted to restore education and make it important again and it was this very ideal that Cleopatra carried on during her reign (Roller pg. 43). Timagenes of Alexandria was a very important scholar during the rule of Ptolemy XII (Roller pg. 45). Though he never actually taught Cleopatra himself it was people taught by Timagenes who had an in impact on Cleopatra’s life (Roller pg. 45). …show more content…
45). Another area of study she practiced in was language (Roller pg. 46). Cleopatra spoke many languages which definitely helped her as a ruler (Roller pg. 46). She was great speaker very persuasive and because she knew many languages she was better able to communicate to people all around (Roller pg. 46). When Cleopatra came to power she was very well educated and because in those days education was not an opportunity very many women had that fact she was very intellectual was an amazing achievement as well as a very rare one (Roller pg. 51). It’s this accomplishment that set a stepping stone for women of that time (Roller pg.