The Life And Rule Of Cleopatra

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Going along with the Egyptian tradition she married her brother and co-
ruler, Ptolemy XIII, who was only 12.The marriage was only of convenience
though, and Ptolemy pharaoh only in name. For three years he remained in
the background while Cleopatra ruled over Egypt. Ptolemy’s advisors
resented Cleopatra’s independence and conspired against her. In 48 B.C.
they stripped her of her power and she was forced to exile in Syria and
she was accompanied by her sister Arsinoe.
Although they had taken away her powers, Cleopatra was determined
to win them back she amassed an army at Egypt’s border. Around this time
Pompey was vying with Julius Caesar for control of the Roman Empire. After
losing the battle of Pharsalos, he sailed to Alexandria, pursued by Caesar,
to seek Ptolemy’s protection. But his advisors thought it would be safer to
side with Caesar, and when Pompey arrived he was stabbed to death while
the pharaoh watched. Three days after Caesar reached Alexandria and ...

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the victory Cleopatra and Caesar took a leisurely two month cruise
down the Nile. Some say that this is around the time when Cleopatra became
pregnant and gave birth to Ptolemy XV (nicknamed Caesarion or “Little
Caesar”) her son. Speculations came about the he was not the son of Caesar
even though he strongly resembled him Caesar still acknowledged him as a
son. After the cruise Caesar returned to Rome, leaving three legions in
Egypt to protect his precious Cleopatra. A year later he invited her to
visit him in Rome. She arrived in the autumn of 46 B.C., accompanied by
Caesarion and her young brother/husband, Ptolemy XIV. In September Caesar
celebrated his war triumphs by parading around ...

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