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Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last queen of Ancient Egypt before it was annexed as a province of Rome. Cleopatra VII Philopator lived between circa 69 and 30 BCE and ruled Ancient Egypt as queen between 51 and 30 BCE. She was the last queen of Egypt before it was annexed as a province of Rome, and it’s interesting that she is easily the most famous queen of Egypt even though she was actually mostly Greek as the final ruler of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Dynasty, a period of rulers that came to power after the death of Alexander the Great when his general Ptolemy I became king of Egypt.
Cleopatra has been remembered as a great beauty, but ancient scholars were far more impressed by her intelligence and charm than her physical attributes. She has continued in history as the most famous Queen of Egypt, but she is more often remembered not as a powerful and intelligent woman in her own right, but as a woman who successfully seduced two of the most powerful men in Rome of her time. When she died, Cleopatra was only 39 years old and had ruled Egypt for 22 of those years, and whilst she held her throne, she maintained a state of balance and harmony in Egypt. Although she was of Macedonian-Greek descent, she is remembered to this day as a symbol of Ancient Egypt, more than any other Egyptian monarch.
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0:00 Introduction
0:53 Who Was Cleopatra VII?
2:16 Cleopatra's Youth
3:59 Cleopatra and Julius Caesar
6:44 Cleopatra and Mark Antony
7:44 Death and Legacy of Cleopatra VII
10:10 Outro
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Cleopatra VII https://www.worldhistory.org/Cleopatra_VII/
Caesarion https://www.worldhistory.org/caesarion/
Was Cleopatra Beautiful? https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1491/was-cleopatra-beautiful/
Cleopatra & Antony https://www.worldhistory.org/article/197/cleopatra—antony/
Great Female Rulers of Ancient Egypt https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1040/great-female-rulers-of-ancient-egypt/
Ptolemaic Dynasty https://www.worldhistory.org/Ptolemaic_Dynasty/
Battle of Actium https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Actium/
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Kelly is a graduate from Monash University who has completed her BA (Honours) in Ancient History and Archaeology, focussing on iconography and status in Pylos burials. She has a passion for mythology and the Aegean Bronze Age.
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