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The last of the Ptolemies is Cleopatra, …
Years: 45BCE - 99
The last of the Ptolemies is Cleopatra, the wife of Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony.
During her reign, Egypt again becomes a factor in Mediterranean politics.
Cleopatra is a woman of genius and a worthy opponent of Rome.
Her main preoccupations are to preserve the independence of Egypt, to extend its territory if possible, and to secure the throne for her children.
After the ruinous defeat at Actium in 31 BCE, Cleopatra is unable to continue the fight against Rome.
Rather than witness the incorporation of Egypt into the Roman Empire, she chooses to die by the bite of the asp.
The asp is considered the minister of the sun god whose bite confers not only immortality but also divinity.
During her reign, Egypt again becomes a factor in Mediterranean politics.
Cleopatra is a woman of genius and a worthy opponent of Rome.
Her main preoccupations are to preserve the independence of Egypt, to extend its territory if possible, and to secure the throne for her children.
After the ruinous defeat at Actium in 31 BCE, Cleopatra is unable to continue the fight against Rome.
Rather than witness the incorporation of Egypt into the Roman Empire, she chooses to die by the bite of the asp.
The asp is considered the minister of the sun god whose bite confers not only immortality but also divinity.
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- Egyptians
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Persian people
- Greeks, Classical
- Egypt (Ancient), Late Period of
- Zoroastrians
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
- Roman Republic
- Alexander, Empire of
- Greeks, Hellenistic
- Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom of
- Egypt (Roman province)
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Years: 45BCE - 99
Locations
People
Groups
- Egyptians
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Persian people
- Greeks, Classical
- Egypt (Ancient), Late Period of
- Zoroastrians
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
- Roman Republic
- Alexander, Empire of
- Greeks, Hellenistic
- Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom of
- Egypt (Roman province)
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Subjects
Regions
Subregions