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    Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She became queen in 51 BCE and ruled Egypt until her death in 30 BCE. Cleopatra was famous for her relationships with Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony. She actively influenced Roman politics during this crucial period and came to represent the prototype of the romantic femme fatale. After Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra's forces, they both committed suicide, bringing Egypt under Roman rule.

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    Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She became queen in 51 BCE and ruled Egypt until her death in 30 BCE. Cleopatra was famous for her relationships with Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony. She actively influenced Roman politics during this crucial period and came to represent the prototype of the romantic femme fatale. After Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra's forces, they both committed suicide, bringing Egypt under Roman rule.

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    Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She became queen in 51 BCE and ruled Egypt until her death in 30 BCE. Cleopatra was famous for her relationships with Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony. She actively influenced Roman politics during this crucial period and came to represent the prototype of the romantic femme fatale. After Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra's forces, they both committed suicide, bringing Egypt under Roman rule.

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    Cleopatra in full Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (born 70/69 BCE—died
    August 30 BCE, Egyptian queen, famous in history and drama as the
    lover of Julius Caesar and later as the wife of Mark Antony. She
    became queen on the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, in 51 BCE and
    ruled successively with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII (51–47) and
    Ptolemy XIV (47–44) and her son Ptolemy XV Caesar (44–30). After the
    Roman armies of Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) defeated their
    combined forces, Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide, and Egypt fell
    under Roman domination. Cleopatra actively influenced Roman politics at
    a crucial period, and she came to represent, as did no other woman of
    antiquity, the prototype of the romantic femme fatale.
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    Soon after her return to Alexandria, in 44 BCE, Cleopatra’s coruler, Ptolemy XIV, died. Cleopatra
    now ruled with her infant son, Ptolemy XV Caesar. When, at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE,
    Caesar’s assassins were routed, Mark Antony became the heir apparent of Caesar’s authority—or so it
    seemed, for Caesar’s great-nephew and personal heir, Octavian, was but a sickly boy. Antony, now
    controller of Rome’s eastern territories, sent for Cleopatra so that she might explain her role in
    the aftermath of Caesar’s assassination. She set out for Tarsus in Asia Minor loaded with gifts,
    having delayed her departure to heighten Antony’s expectation. She entered the city by sailing up the
    Cydnus River in a barge while dressed in the robes of the new Isis. Antony, who equated himself with
    the god Dionysus, was captivated. Forgetting his wife, Fulvia, who in Italy was doing her best to
    maintain her husband’s interests against the growing menace of young Octavian, Antony returned to
    Alexandria, where he treated Cleopatra not as a “protected” sovereign but as an independent monarch.
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    Why is Cleopatra famous?
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    While queen of Egypt (51–30 BCE),
    Cleopatra actively influenced Roman
    politics at a crucial period and was
    especially known for her relationships
    with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
    She came to represent, as did no other
    woman of antiquity, the prototype of
    the romantic femme fatale. Cleopatra
    inspired numerous books, plays, and
    movies.?
    With the arrival of the conquering Octavian (the
    future Roman emperor Augustus), Cleopatra’s husband,
    Mark Antony, committed suicide under the false
    impression that she was dead. After burying him, the
    39-year-old Cleopatra took her own life, though how
    is uncertain. Some claim it was by means of an asp,
    the symbol of divine royalty.
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