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Julius Caesar and Cleopatra: Cleopatra needed whatever help she could get if her reign was to be successful (The Search for Cleopatra by Michael Foss pg. 71). There was a group barbaric soldiers called Gabinius a kind of Egyptian mob that were trained to do many horrible things that made the streets of Egypt unsafe (Foss pg. 72). Though this mob was very well feared Cleopatra was determined to stop them or at least lessen the impact this group of barbarians had on Egypt (Foss pg. 72). It was…

the lovely child he has met under such strange circumstances”. Julius Caesar were an very kind and respectful man. Caesar was born on July 13, 100 BC, he was a general and politician of the late Roman republic. Caesar is the father of his son Caesarion and daughter Julia Caesaris. Caesar was a great military leader that want the crown of Rome. Caesar were married to three different women and their name was Calpurnia ,Pompeia ,and Cornelia . Cornelia were the first wife of Caesar then Pompeia…

My whole life I have heard it said that the Roman Empire mainly dwelled on the Roman general Julius Caesar. On the one hand, I agree that Julius Caesar played a critical role in the collapse of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. On the other hand, I have come to the conclusion there is much more when it comes to the topic of the Roman Empire. Of the numerous topics involving the Roman Empire the ones that struck me most were the Punic Wars: Carthage and Hannibal, the Crusades-…

Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (mean: Cleopatra the father loving goodness) or Cleopatra, she is a daughter of the King Ptolemy XII Auletes. Cleopatra is the last Queen of Egypt and she is the last Ptolemy dynasty of Macedonia, so she is the last Egypt ruler who have the Greek lineage, and she is very smart and beautiful when she was young, she can understand 14 languages. Before her father, the King Ptolemy XII Auletes died, she ruled Egypt with her father, and when the King died, she became to…

Cleopatra’s Reputations Reputation has been defined by the LASDE(1) as the “opinion held by others (about someone or something)” (517). While OED(2) has defined it as “A widespread belief that someone or something has a particular characteristic”. According to these definitions, we can realize that reputations are created by the way people act, look, talk and described by others. In fact, while making a reputation about someone, we must be objective by not engaging our feelings and opinions…

XIII died on the battlefield. Cleopatra then returned to Egypt and gets married to yet another younger brother Ptolemy XIV. At this time, Caesar returned to Rome and shortly after that Cleopatra gave birth to Caesars child, a son, and she named him Caesarion. Clearly this child didn’t mean much to Caesar, one would think if the child was important he would’ve stuck around. However, since Cleopatra wasn’t much to Caesar except a mistress and now an ally, one could say that’s why the child wasn’t…

Barely anything is known about Cleopatra’s early life. For instance, she was born in the winter of 69 B.C., in Egypt, to her mother and father. Cleopatra’s full name was Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator – meaning Cleopatra the father loving goddess. Also, history shows that Cleopatra was highly educated and smart. ”Well – educated and clever, Cleopatra could speak various languages….” (History.com, page 1) Without Cleopatra history would be very different. Cleopatra’s family was very interesting.…

Both young rulers, kept councils of advisors. There was a lot of friction between them and their advisors because Cleopatra didn’t want or need a co-ruler and because many despised the fact that a woman held incredible power in Egypt. This split the kingdom and caused a civil war to break, forcing Cleopatra to flee Alexandria for the sake of her safety. In 48 BCE it was Ptolemy XIII who had the most power in Egypt. Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt that same year because he was chasing after Pompey…

Cleopatra VII could be considered the Queen of the Kings (Samson 1985:103). She had the title of a Pharaoh, but not the blood of an Egyptian as she was a Greek (Samson 1985:103). Cleopatra was not only a great beauty, but possessed charm, determination and great intelligence which contributed to her strength as a ruler (Samson 1985:103). The Egyptians seemed to have no problem being ruled by a woman as Cleopatra was Pharaoh of Egypt during the Ptolemaic period (Ashton 2008:72). She was…

A notorious Roman by the name of Julius Caesar once said, “If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.”(Caesar) That one spoken sentence alone can define this man’s actions in detail from his very first success, all the way to his downfall. Opinions have been thrown left and right; to and fro, as to wether or not it was justified for Caesar to bend Roman law. It is asked wether it was right or not for this legendary dictator to break the law, if it was for the…