Cleopatra
Cleopatra was known for her love for Julius ceaser & Mark anthony.Cleopatra was young when her and her 10 year old brother took the throne together but her brother soon took over because her brothers aides acted against his sister and forced her to leave egypt.Cleopatra's anger for what her brothers aide did to her made her gather an army and return a year later to fight her brothers armed forces of pelusium.Cleopatra's brother Ptolemy xiii allowed the roman's general Pompey to be assacinated and let Pompey's riva/enemy to come to Alexandria.Since Julius ceaser was o the inside he was able to sneak cleopatra in so she cold plead her case to her brother with ceaser.Julius ceaser needed a way to get back to Rome to take control of the land that he had controled once before and he neede Egypt to pay off his debts to get him back to Rome.After suffering through 4 months of war against Ptolemy xiii's armed forces Roman enforcements showed up Ptolmey was forced to leave alexandria and legend has it that he tried to use the Nile river and drowned.After all the war was over Ceaser and Cleopatra both received their spot on the throne as well as cleopatra's younger brother.Ceaser decided to stay in Egypt with cleopatra for some time.Cleopatra stared to fall head over heels for Ceaser and they soon had a son in 47 B.C..Cleopatra around 46-45 B.C. with her brother and newly born son would go to see ceaser in Rome who had returned not much longer before they decided to come.Soon aftter a year later ceaser was murdered and Clepatra decided to go back to egypt.Soon after Ptomley xiv was pronouced dead and Cleopatra made her son co-regent to sit along side his mother.Cleopatra soon strongly identified herself with her goddess Isis,the sister-wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.In Egypt it was traditon to classify royalty with Divinity in order to enforce once more of kings and queens.With Cleopatra's newly born son as co-regent made her power more secure but soon was bad because the Nile river kept flooding that caused the regions crops to be destroyed.While all this was happening in Egypt in Rome a conflict was raging about a second ceaser allieses and his assassins.Both sides needed egyptian's help and Cleopatra sent 4 romans Roman legions in egypt to go help in the triumvirate.After defeating the armed forces of Brutus and Cassius in the battle of Philippi,Mark anthony and octavian they divided rome in split power.Mark Anthony soon summoned Cleopatra to the Cicilian city of Tarsus to explain the act she played in the confusing aftermath of Ceaser's assassination.Based on the story recorded by Plutarch that Cleopatra sailed to Tarsus dressed in the robe of Isis.Anthony who affiliated himself with the greek deity Dionysus,seduced himself by her charms.Cleopatra convinced Anthony to protect egypt and Cleopatra's crown pledging support for the getting rid of of her sisters and rival Arsinoe then in extile.Cleopatra left for egypt with Anthony who left behind his third wife and children to be with cleopatra.He was in egypt the winters of 41-40 B.C. in Alexandria.While in this time him and Cleopatra formed a drinking society called "The Inimitable Livers".WHen Anthony left for egypt Cleopatra gave birth to twins.After the death of Anthony's third wife Anthony was forced and had to prove her loyalty to Octavian by making a Diplomatic marriage with octavian's half-sister octavia.Egypt grew more prosperous under Cleopatra's rule,and in 37 B.C. Anthony once more met with Cleopatra to obtain fundsfor his long-delayed military campaign against the kingdom of Parthia.In return he agreed to return much of egypts eastern empire,including Cyprus,Crete,Cyrenaica(Libya),Jericho and large portions of Syria and Lebanon.They again became lovers,and Cleopatra gave birth to another son,Ptomley Philadelphos,in 36 B.C..After receiving a humiliating defeat in Parthia,Anthony publicity rejected his wife octavia's efforts to rejoin him and instead returned to egypt and Cleopatra.In the celebration called "Donation's of Alexandria",Anthony declared Caesarion as ceaser's son and rightful (as opposed to his adopted son,octavian)and awarded land to each of his children with Cleopatra.With Anthony doing this started a war of Propaganda between him and fierce Octavian, who said that anthony was completely under Cleopatra's control and would leave Rome and found a brand new capitol of egypt.In 32 B.C. the Roman senate stripped Anthony of all his titles and Octavian decided to declare war upon Cleopatra.on the date of September 2,31 B.C. Octavian's forces soundly defeated those of Anthony and Clepaa ie battle of Actium.Cleopatra's ship left the battle andwent t egypt,and Anthony soon managed to break ay and follow h with a few hips.W Alxandria battle from Octaians troops Anthony was tiolda rumor that Cleopatra had kid herself.With him beinso upset he fell onhis sword just his news deliverer arrived o te hm the rumor was a phony.On August 12,30 B.C. after burying her lover Cleopatra had a meeting with Winner of the war Octavian and went home to lock herself in her chamber and used the famous snake Asp to kill herself.It is said that Cleopatra's body was Buried Right on top of Anthonys and Octavian to celebrate his acquistition of egypt and his consolidation of power.