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Cleopatra

In order to .
             regain her throne she amassed an army on Egypt's border. Caesar took over .
             the city of Alexandria after he heard of the death of his old friend Pompey. .
             Cleopatra and Pompey were to dismiss their armies and meet with Caesar .
             who would settle their dispute. She couldn't enter the city because her .
             brother's spies would kill her. So she entered the city hidden in a carpet. When .
             she rolled out of the carpet Caesar was immediately enchanted by her. .
             Cleopatra was again proclaimed Queen of Egypt by Caesar and to calm .
             Cleopatra's brother, Caesar give him the island of Creta. Cleopatra mired her .
             brother ptolemyXIV. She gave birth to Caesars son called Caesarionn or "little .
             Caesar". She went to Rome to visit Cesar and lived there for almost 2yrs. On .
             March 15 44BC when a crowd of conspirators surrounded Caesar at a senate .
             meeting and stabbed him to death. Cleopatra quickly left Rome because she .
             knew it was too dangerous for her there. After she returned to Egypt Ptolemy .
             was killed and maybe at her command.
             Caesars Empire was divided among Caesar's great nephew .
             Octavian, Marcus Lepidus and Marcus Antonius / Mark Anthony. In 42 BC .
             Cleopatra was summoned to Tarus by Mark Antony to question her about .
             whether she had assisted his enemies. When She arrived looking very .
             glamorous Mark Anthony invaded her to supper in hoping to outdo her .
             magnificence. Mark Anthony accompanied her to Alexandria and spent the .
             winter with her there. Cleopatra later gave birth to two twins: Selene and .
             Alexander. Antony married Qctabins half sister Octavia: they had to daughters .
             named Antonia and in 37 BC when he went to invade Parthia after he went .
             back to Cleopatra and from than on Alexandria was his home. Cleopatra and .
             Mark Anthony got married in 36BC and she gave birth to another son .
             Ptolemy Philadelphus. In 34 BC Anthony made Alexander king of Armenia, .
             Cleopatra queen of Cyrenaica and Crete and Ptolemy Philadelphus king of .


Essays Related to Cleopatra

1. Cleopatra

Cleopatra Cleopatra was a great ruler of Egypt, Beauty icon as well as a shrewd and clever politician. ... Cleopatra had two older sisters named Bernice and Cleopatra VI, younger sister named Arsinoe and tow younger brothers called Ptolemy. ... Cleopatra was again proclaimed Queen of Egypt by Caesar and to calm Cleopatra's brother, Caesar give him the island of Creta. Cleopatra mired her brother ptolemyXIV. ... Cleopatra later gave birth to two twins: Selene and Alexander. ...

  • Word Count: 1143
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Cleopatra

The story of Cleopatra's life has been told in many different forms. ... When you think of the name Cleopatra what comes to mind? ... Pothinus was amazed at what power Cleopatra had. ... Caesar with the help of Cleopatra hoped to become the master and Cleopatra with the help of Caesar hoped to become the mistress of the world (6). ... He ordered a temple to be built to himself and to Cleopatra and set up his own and Cleopatra's image in the shrine to warship. ...

  • Word Count: 2380
  • Approx Pages: 10
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Cleopatra

As a princess Cleopatra lacked for nothing. ... Cleopatra had two older sisters, Cleopatra VI and Berenice IV. ... Now Cleopatra was truly alone. ... Cleopatra was now twenty one years old. ... Caesar sent for Ptolemy and Cleopatra. ...

  • Word Count: 3907
  • Approx Pages: 16
  • Grade Level: High School

4. Cleopatra: Brains not Beauty

When her sister Cleopatra VII died of an unknown cause, Cleopatra remained as the pharaoh's eldest child. ... In compliance with Egyptian traditions, Cleopatra married her younger brother, Ptolemy XIV, when he was only 11 years old (Cleopatra 1). ... It was alleged that Cleopatra had poisoned him, but no one could prove anything (Cleopatra 2). ... Antony spent the winter of 40-41 BC with Cleopatra in Alexandria (Cleopatra VII 2). ... About six months later Cleopatra had twins named Cleopatra Selene and Alexander Helios. ...

  • Word Count: 2288
  • Approx Pages: 9
  • Grade Level: High School

5. The Life of Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII was the grandchild of Ptolemy IX, whose illegitimate son Ptolemy XII Alutes the flute player married his sister Cleopatra V. Cleopatra VII was one among the couple's offspring. ... These developments caused Cleopatra to seek Cesar's asylum, as he had summoned both Cleopatra and her brother for conciliation. ... Julius Caesar was 50, while Cleopatra now 18. ... Cleopatra mothered a number of children by Antony including the twins Cleopatra Selene and Alexandria Helios born in 40BC and her last child Ptolem...

  • Word Count: 2591
  • Approx Pages: 10
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

6. Enobarbus" Description Of Cleopatra In Her Barge

In this scene Enobarbus tells the story of how Antony met Cleopatra. ... This is a sharp contrast also as Octavia is the opposite of Cleopatra, humble and unexciting. ... In lines 221-228 Enobarbus explains the moment Cleopatra's barge sailed up to the land and all the people gathered to see her. ... Shakespeare used the image of art throughout Antony & Cleopatra, one example being that Cleopatra seems to imagine an Antony that she would like, rather than the one that exists (act 5:scene 2 lines 95-99). ... It helps us get an image of Cleopatra in our minds but also shows us the differe...

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7. Movie reaction: Cleopatra

Movie Reaction: Cleopatra After watching the movie Cleopatra for the first time, I was fascinated by how moving the movie was. ... I especially liked the scene were Cleopatra and her son parade into Rome to meet Julius Caesar. ... Cleopatra just had to snap her fingers and he would jump. ... Cleopatra seemed to play on his jealousy of what Caesar had to make him do as she pleased. ... It really hit Cleopatra after Marc Antony committed suicide and died in her arms. ...

  • Word Count: 558
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

8. Review: Antony and Cleopatra

Ribner continually refers to both Antony and Cleopatra's actions throughout the play as both sinful and evil for they were not acting, as he terms it: Morally. ... "Antony and Cleopatra uses as a moral exemplum to teach the evils of lust, with Cleopatra as the embodiment of animal lechery and Antony the drunken, prodigal fool ensnared by her duplicity, discarding an empire and damning his soul." ... Later she is quoted as being the "magnificent Cleopatra" but then not more than a few paragraphs away, she transforms back to the "treacherous Cleopatra" selfish cause of Antony's destruc...

  • Word Count: 797
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

9. Cleopatra VII And The Ptolemaic Dynasty

The dynasty ended with Cleopatra VI, the last pharaoh. Cleopatra was the daughter of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VI. ... C., Cleopatra's older sister stole the throne. ... Caesar and Cleopatra won, Ptolemy XIII was killed, and Caesar then made Cleopatra the Queen of England. ... Cleopatra also gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. ...

  • Word Count: 1290
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: High School

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