Cleopatra Controversy

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Known mainly for her beauty, Cleopatra, an Egyptian pharaoh, was a rather in depth individual who to this day historians are still discovering more information of her life and debates to discuss about her. One thing many can agree on, is how significant of a person she was during her life. Aside from her political life, Cleopatra led a full life in her thirty-nine years of living. Cleopatra was born in 69 BCE according to Biography.com editors. According to Joshua Mark of Ancient History Encyclopedia, Cleopatra ruled alongside her father Ptolemy XII. When Ptolemy XII died in 51 BCE, according to History.com staff, Cleopatra ruled and ceremonially married her younger brother Ptolemy XIII, since it was a custom of the time, at the age of 18. …show more content…

Like her romance with Caesar, Cleopatra’s romance with Mark Antony resulted in children. During the war after Caesar’s death, Cleopatra sent four Roman Legions in Egypt to help and in return to obtain Egypt’s eastern empire again which included areas of Lebanon and Syria (Biography.com Editors). After the war, Cleopatra was to meet with Mark Antony and discuss her questionable participation, during this meeting she seduced him into helping her protect her crown and had him pledge support for the removal of her sister and rival Arsinoe (History.com Staff). Cleopatra conceived Mark Antony to kill Arisnoe in 41 BCE (Mark). Within the years of 41-40 BCE, Cleopatra and Mark Antony created a drinking society called “The Inimitable Livers” (History.com Staff). In 40 BCE, Cleopatra gave birth to twins, Alexander Helios (sun) and Cleopatra Selene (moon) and these twins were Mark Antony’s (History.com Staff). In this time of Cleopatra’s reign, Egypt grew prosperous in 37 BCE (History.com Staff). Later when Fulvia, Mark Antony’s first wife, passed he was soon married to Octavia, however during this marriage he once again had an affair with Cleopatra and had another child, Ptolemy Philadelphos in 36 BCE (History.com Staff). Due to Mark Antony’s affair with Cleopatra, Octavian declares a war on Cleopatra that proved devastating (History.com Staff). On August 12, 30 BCE,

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