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Cleopatra VII (69-30 BCE), "Thea Philopator" ("father-loving goddess"), "Thea Neotera" ("the younger goddess"), and Philopatris ("loving her country"), ruler of Egypt (52-30 BCE), as well as of Cyprus (47-30 BCE), Libya, and Coele-Syria (37-30 BCE), the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of the Ptolemies and the best known of all the Cleopatras, was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos ("the new Dionysos"), nicknamed Auletes ("fluteplayer"), and of his sister Cleopatra VI Tryphaina, or possibly of an Egyptian noblewoman. She ruled first as coregent with her father (52-51 BCE), then jointly with her younger brother Ptolemy XIII, with the Roman people as guardian as requested in Ptolemy XII's will. She ruled alone in 51/50 BCE until she was exiled by her brother (50/49-48 BCE) and re-established by Julius Caesar as joint ruler with Ptolemy XIII, then with her younger brother Ptolemy XIV (48-44 BCE). After his death, she ruled jointly with Ptolemy XV Caesar, her son by Caesar. Cleopatra expanded the Ptolemaic empire through her political alliance and relationship with the triumvir Mark Antony, with whom she had twins, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene (born 40 BCE), and Pto

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Author

Dorothy J. Thompson

Published

2015

Language

CS

Category

nonfiction