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Cleopatra - School Essays

Cleopatra

I chose to write my "Significant Woman" paper on Egypt’s last pharaoh, . When I began my report, I knew very little about , except that she was the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony of Rome. I wondered what impacts on history made on her own.
I feel that was a very significant woman in history because she was very aggressive and assertive, characteristics that have always been considered unfeminine. At the same time, however, has been remembered by some as somewhat of a sex object, which is and always has been a common judgement of attractive females. did use her sex appeal to her advantage. It was one of the few manipulations that nobody could take ...

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after VII’s birth in 69 BC. VII had two older sisters, VI and Berenice IV, and one younger sister, Arsinoe IV. She also had two younger brothers, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV.

Ptolemy XII ruled until his death in 51 BC, with only a brief interruption in 58 BC when his second eldest daughter, Berenice IV, took over the kingdom. His will named Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII as heirs to the throne. Leaders in Rome were named as guardians and were to uphold the choice of Ptolemy XII for the two to marry and jointly rule Egypt. Ptolemy II had established these brother-sister marriages as custom when he married his sister Arsinoe II.

As children, Cleopatra and her siblings witnessed the defeat of their guardian, Pompey, by Julius Caesar in a duel. Meanwhile, Cleopatra and her brother/husband Ptolemy XIII were dueling, albeit silently, over the throne.

In the middle of all this turmoil, Julius Caesar left Rome for Alexandria in 48 BC. During his stay in the Palace, he received ...

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Added: 5/2/2004 08:56:28 AM
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