Cleopatra VII: Cleopatra The Last Queen Of Egypt
Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra, the last Queen of Egypt, would do most anything to keep her power. Crowned at the age of 18, she was already willing enough to raise an army and much more for the well being of her country.
In about 49 B.C. Cleopatra’s younger brother, Ptolemy XIII, expelled her from Egypt. She fled to Syria seeking help to take back the throne. There, she raised an army. Julius Caesar joined forces with the queen and he used his army alongside hers, to help Cleopatra regain power. Together they were successful.
(paragraph from Encyclopedia Britannica and San Jose State University)
Not only was she ready to fight, but Cleopatra would be happy to kill for the sake of power and her son. After the battle was over and won, the Egyptian queen remarried her younger brother, Ptolemy XIV. Later Cleopatra decides that her son should be co-ruler instead of her husband/brother. Not long after, Ptolemy XIV died of poisoning at Cleopatra’s request. …show more content…
Afterwards Cleopatra is taken captive. She sees to it that the servants smuggle a poisonous snake in with a basket of figs that was to be sent to her room. There Cleopatra ended her own life by allowing the snake to bite her arm, thus ending the reign of the last queen of Egypt.
(paragraph from Encyclopedia Britannica and San Jose University)
Cleopatra, even in her last days, stopped at nothing to get what she wanted. Power was always first in her
Cleopatra, the last Queen of Egypt, would do most anything to keep her power. Crowned at the age of 18, she was already willing enough to raise an army and much more for the well being of her country.
In about 49 B.C. Cleopatra’s younger brother, Ptolemy XIII, expelled her from Egypt. She fled to Syria seeking help to take back the throne. There, she raised an army. Julius Caesar joined forces with the queen and he used his army alongside hers, to help Cleopatra regain power. Together they were successful.
(paragraph from Encyclopedia Britannica and San Jose State University)
Not only was she ready to fight, but Cleopatra would be happy to kill for the sake of power and her son. After the battle was over and won, the Egyptian queen remarried her younger brother, Ptolemy XIV. Later Cleopatra decides that her son should be co-ruler instead of her husband/brother. Not long after, Ptolemy XIV died of poisoning at Cleopatra’s request. …show more content…
Afterwards Cleopatra is taken captive. She sees to it that the servants smuggle a poisonous snake in with a basket of figs that was to be sent to her room. There Cleopatra ended her own life by allowing the snake to bite her arm, thus ending the reign of the last queen of Egypt.
(paragraph from Encyclopedia Britannica and San Jose University)
Cleopatra, even in her last days, stopped at nothing to get what she wanted. Power was always first in her