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Essay Archive - The Life and Rule of Cleopatra
The Life and Rule of Cleopatra
Cleopatra was born in 69 B.C. in Alexandria which was the capital
of Egypt. Her father was the pharaoh, Ptolemy XII. Cleopatra’s mother was
probably his sister, Cleopatra V Tryphaena. The family was Macedonian, not
really Egyptian. Her father, Ptolemy XII was a weak and cruel ruler and in
58 B. C. was overthrown by the people. He fled to Rome and his eldest
daughter, Bernice, took the thrown, she married her cousin but soon had
him strangled because she wanted to marry again. In 55 B.C. Ptolemy XII
returned and had Bernice beheaded and her husband executed. Cleopatra VII
was the p....
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