Chapter 1
Cleopatra was one of the most popular queens of Egypt and daughter of Ptolemy XII. During her time, women were not considered for leadership roles, but she was able to stand up to protect her country. She was alleged to have an affair with two powerful emperors so as to protect the throne. Cleopatra was also known as the only person in her family who could speak the Egyptian language. Although she failed to secure freedom for Egypt, she inspired many Egyptian women to lead independent lives.
Cleopatra made everybody realize that women have high value and are fit and smart enough to become equal or even better leaders than men.She fought to keep her Egyptian culture alive in the places her and her …show more content…
When their father dies In the Ptolemaic tradition, Cleopatra marries her brother Ptolemy XIII and at the age of eighteen is joint ruler of Egypt. The siblings rebel against each other and start a civil war.Julius Caesar, now fifty-two, meets the 21-year-old Cleopatra in Alexandria and they become lovers, both in hopes to take down her brother.The combined forces of Caesar and Cleopatra defeat Ptolemy XIII in a battle fought in the Nile delta.Cleopatra gives birth to a son and calls him Ptolemy XV Caesar (later known by the nickname Caesarion).On March 15, the Ides of March, Julius Caesar is stabbed to death during a meeting of the senate.Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus meet in Bologna and form an alliance known as the second triumvirate.Cleopatra persuades Mark Antony to execute her sister Arsinoe, thus removing her last potential rival in the Egyptian royal family.Cleopatra gives birth to twins and calls them Alexander and Cleopatra. In a spectacular cerermony known as the Donations of Alexandria, Mark Antony distributes the eastern Roman territories between Cleopatra, her eldest son (Caesarion) and his own three children.Octavian defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra (both are at sea with their fleets) in a battle off the Greek coast at Actium.Octavian arrives in Egypt with an army, and holds Cleopatra a prisoner in her palace in Alexandria.Hearing
Cleopatra was one of the most popular queens of Egypt and daughter of Ptolemy XII. During her time, women were not considered for leadership roles, but she was able to stand up to protect her country. She was alleged to have an affair with two powerful emperors so as to protect the throne. Cleopatra was also known as the only person in her family who could speak the Egyptian language. Although she failed to secure freedom for Egypt, she inspired many Egyptian women to lead independent lives.
Cleopatra made everybody realize that women have high value and are fit and smart enough to become equal or even better leaders than men.She fought to keep her Egyptian culture alive in the places her and her …show more content…
When their father dies In the Ptolemaic tradition, Cleopatra marries her brother Ptolemy XIII and at the age of eighteen is joint ruler of Egypt. The siblings rebel against each other and start a civil war.Julius Caesar, now fifty-two, meets the 21-year-old Cleopatra in Alexandria and they become lovers, both in hopes to take down her brother.The combined forces of Caesar and Cleopatra defeat Ptolemy XIII in a battle fought in the Nile delta.Cleopatra gives birth to a son and calls him Ptolemy XV Caesar (later known by the nickname Caesarion).On March 15, the Ides of March, Julius Caesar is stabbed to death during a meeting of the senate.Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus meet in Bologna and form an alliance known as the second triumvirate.Cleopatra persuades Mark Antony to execute her sister Arsinoe, thus removing her last potential rival in the Egyptian royal family.Cleopatra gives birth to twins and calls them Alexander and Cleopatra. In a spectacular cerermony known as the Donations of Alexandria, Mark Antony distributes the eastern Roman territories between Cleopatra, her eldest son (Caesarion) and his own three children.Octavian defeats the forces of Antony and Cleopatra (both are at sea with their fleets) in a battle off the Greek coast at Actium.Octavian arrives in Egypt with an army, and holds Cleopatra a prisoner in her palace in Alexandria.Hearing