Waschtische Cleopatra
Despite what is known of her brilliance and charm in mass media depictions what often comes to the forefront is cleopatra as a ravishingly seductive proto femme fatale.
Waschtische cleopatra. She came to power in 51 bc at the age of seventeen and was married to her eldest brother ptolemy xiii. As a woman the ruler of a very rich country cleopatra s independence was anathema to rome. Cleopatra was born in 70 or 69 bc and was the oldest daughter of pharaoh ptolemy xii auletes of egypt. While cleopatra was born in egypt she traced her family origins to macedonian greece and ptolemy i soter one of alexander the great s generals.
69 10 or 12 august 30 bc was the last active ruler of the ptolemaic kingdom of egypt. More than 2 000 years after her death in 30 bce the egyptian queen cleopatra still looms large in the popular imagination. After the death of cleopatra egypt became a. κλεοπάτρα φιλοπάτωρ kleopátra philopátōr.
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. Cleopatra was not egyptian. Cleopatra vii philopator koinē greek. She was also the last true pharaoh of egypt.
During her reign she forged political alliances and became romantically involved with. Famous in her father in full cleopatra vii thea philopator cleopatra the father loving goddess born 70 69 bce died august 30 bce alexandria egyptian queen famous in history and drama as the lover of julius caesar and later as the wife of mark antony. As a member of the ptolemaic dynasty she was a descendant of its founder ptolemy i soter a macedonian greek general and companion of alexander the great. Cleopatra was of macedonian descent and not a native egyptian.
She was the second daughter of king ptolemy xii and the last sovereign of her dynasty which had been founded by alexander s general ptolemy in 326 bc. Cleopatra vii was part of the macedonian dynasty that took over rule of egypt in the late 4th century b c.