Speech On Cleopatra

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Cleopatra VII, one of the most renowned female ruler in history to be last the last one of her family line of Pharaohs. The myths and stories that surrounded her life have made her the subject of books, movies, and plays. Cleopatra VII has been fascinated people throughout the years, but has been misunderstood by all of them.
The last Macedonian Greek queen, Cleopatra VII. Born 69 B.C., in the beginning of the King Ptolemy XII reigning years as a king in Egypt. “She was one of the most dynamic figures in the world. And yes, I do not think this is an exaggeration.” (Pomeroy, S. B, 1990, p 24) Her knowledge and parents kept her tradition steeped in Greek culture. She was well educated by scholars who have big strengths in her education. Cleopatra …show more content…

Cleopatra marrying her eldest brother who was as of ten years old to be co-ruler to her dynasty and to keep it alive, but it would be the help of Julius Caesar that made it happen. The will save Cleopatra to retain her power and to start the love affair to all we know about. She had a son with him name Caesarian, although Caesar did not mention it was his child. Ptolemy XIII, thereafter died in a failed rebellion and was replaced as co-ruler with his and Cleopatra's younger brother Ptolemy XIV. Cleopatra, who would eventually have planned to kill the two brothers after she regain her emotions of power and lastly murder her younger sister Arsinoe IV with the help of Marc Antony soldiers, friend of Julius …show more content…

(Cicarma,2017) With all the planning to negotiation the tactics of both were lacking and defeat. When all things are all well in the eyes that seem to doom Cleopatra puts herself in seat of death of a cobra granted that this was a myth or not. Plutarch says that those who believed in the asp theory that the snake was smuggled in to her bowl of figs. (Baldwin, 1964, p 182: 2) And still no one knows if it was Cleopatra killed Antony for her own free will. It was the power that struck her and her own risk to not anyone have her Antony right beside her. This goes to that this fascinated to us about Cleopatra show us in ways as a woman she did her best to reign and what she expected for the last Pharaoh to do what's right mind of her

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