Cleopatra VII Philopator

Born in Alexandria, Egypt in 69 BCE, Cleopatra VII Philopator was one of the seventh Cleopatra in the family. She was the third daughter of King Ptolemy XII Auletus, and her family was known as the Ptolemies, they ruled Egypt for over 300 years. The Ptolemies were Greek rulers, which descended from General Ptolemy who took control over Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. At the age of 17 Cleopatra assume the throne when her father King Ptolemy XII died, he left in his will that she ought to marry her 10 year old brother Ptolemy XII (whom she detested) in order to keep the power within the family (Remler, 1996).

Queen Cleopatra VII wasn’t known for her beauty, but many men found her intelligence and personality be one of

She wanted to removed her brother from throne and the only way that she was going to make that happen, was if she assembled an army in order to go to war with him. Meanwhile Julius Caesar was at war with Pompey, who was murder in Egypt by orders of Ptolemy XII, when he fled seeking refugee. Caesar following the steps of his enemy, met Cleopatra along the way whom he fell in love with, this was a victory for Cleopatra. She used Caesar to gain enough military muscle to dethrone her brother and solidify her grip on Egypt and be a sole ruler. Cleopatra was a woman of full control and power. Which wasn’t likely to happen in Egypt, but because she came from a powerful family it was embedded in her blood. She was able to gain and hold this sense of control with Caesar because he didn’t questioned or intercept with any of her decision-making, he was head over heels in love with her. Julius helped her defeat her brother Ptolemy in the Battle of the Nile and now he had made her much more powerful than ever, once again Queen Cleopatra VII was the only sole ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra VII reached her ultimate goal by defeating her youngest brother, which was said, had fled Egypt and drowned in the Nile (“Cleopatra VII” 3). What I like the most about Cleopatra was that she was determined to get things done, when she wanted to get her point across, she would fight with tooth and nails to accomplish that, no matter who or what stand in her way. She used her personality and her intelligence to achieve those goals at the same time still having Caesar wrapped around her fingers In 4.7 B.C. Cleopatra gave Caesar a son, whom she name Caesarion; though Julius never claimed him to be his. She followed Julius Caesar to Rome, but later returned to Egypt after his