Since Cleopatra died

Cleopatra was Queen of Egypt during the Ptolemaic dynasty. This family of Macedonia came to power in Egypt after Alexander the Great (323 BC). But who was Cleopatra, and how he died?

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Intelligent and beautiful, she has been able to manipulate the great men like Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, to rule Egypt. Cleopatra spoke nine languages and therefore was closer to his people.

Cleopatra of Macedon, born in 69 BC and last Queen of Egypt, committed suicide twenty-one years later by the bite of a serpent.

Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra simply called, ascended the throne in year 51, age 17, after her father, Ptolemy XII. Egyptian law required him to marry to rise to power. Cleopatra married her brother Ptolemy XIII in 12 years. The custom was that man govern, but it was Cleopatra who ruled in a country plagued by hunger and misery, leaving her young husband in the shadows. After three years of reign "shared", Ptolemy XIII, encouraged by his advisers, acquired the power of Cleopatra and sent into exile. Cleopatra fled to Syria, where he raised an army, triggering a civil war.

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Ptolemy XIII was allied with the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, who came to Alexandria with a large army. Julius Caesar was installed only in the royal palace. Comprrendió Cleopatra who, forming an alliance with Julius Caesar, you can return the civil war in their favor and decided to return to the palace to seduce Julius Caesar.

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When Ptolemy discovered the new alliance between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, led the "war of Alexandria". Part of the legendary library burns down and the lighthouse was taken by troops of Caesar. Ptolemy, the king deposed, tried to flee but drowned. Cleopatra won the battle and returned to the throne of Egypt.

To comply with Egyptian law, Cleopatra married another brother, Ptolemy XIV of 12 years but continued his relationship with Julius Caesar and have a child. Caesar brought Cleopatra to Rome, but the Romans disapproved of his marriage to an Egyptian emperor.

Julius Caesar died later murdered by one of his sons and senators. Civil war breaks out soon. Cleopatra did not take sides on any of the aspirants for power in Rome until Antony invited her to Tarsus (in modern Turkey), became lovers and had twins.

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But, Antony decided to return to Rome and allying Octavio - his main rival for the couple who contracted with his sister Octavia - and went to war on behalf of Rome against the current Persia. Far from Italy and Octavia, Cleopatra led to modern Turkey, and they returned to Alexandria.

Marco Antonio won against the Persians and the victory was celebrated in the streets of Alexandria. According to Cleopatra, Egyptian reign divided between her and her children. In Rome, Octavian broke down and Mark Antony had to divorce Octavia. The union between the Roman and Cleopatra and Octavian became official declared war.

This time, Antony was forced to surrender. His army and Cleopatra were defeated at the Battle of Actium, in Greece, and took refuge in Alexandria but soon after, Mark Antony committed suicide, convinced by the Romans that Cleopatra was dead. "Cleopatra was arrested by troops Octavian but managed to regain his way last time.

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Locked in his mausoleum, under the command of Octavius, Cleopatra asked secretly to his servants to bring him a cobra snake or brownish red. Cleopatra chose to commit suicide with the deadly bite of the snake.

Cleopatra's death marked the end of the monarchy in Egypt. The Ptolemies, Macedonian, ruled in Egypt for nearly three centuries. Cleopatra's death marked the end of his dynasty and, especially, the end of pharaonic Egypt.

According to Egyptian beliefs, Cleopatra-longed to reach through his death-immortality. When the Roman guards realized the drama queen Cleopatra had already started its journey toward eternity.

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