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Mother, lover, warrior, femme-fatale. Mother of a country, lover of all that brings beauty, warrior of the state, femme-fatale over all men; this was Cleopatra Queen of the Nile. Cleopatra's intelligence, wit and beauty are still remembered and written about to this day. Born a Greek, Cleopatra adapted to the Egyptian ways and even learnt their native tongue, a feat which had not been ccomplished since the Ptolemies had first ruled. Although not a "true Egyptian", she utilized her tremendous aptitude and cunning female ways to gain and provide, for her country that she so loved. Cleopatra was a born ruler and did so with a flourish that would later be her undoing. Cleopatra's seductive, yet absolute ability to keep Egypt in the means of profit and gain was accomplished through her fabled beauty, cunning intelligence and political know how and intimate details of

events surrounding her life. "He was moved by the beauty of the damsel, which was enhanced by the fact, being so fair, she seemed to have been wronged" (Florus). Cleopatra's beauty was and still is to this day said to have been quite memorable. In 49 BC Cleopatra was in dire straits and had to cross enemy borders in order to speak with Caesar. T

she spoke nine languages. (Shankman webpg) The first show of her ability to achieve her desires came when she was put on the throne in 51 BC and made to rule with her brother Ptolemy XIII. After a three year reign with Ptolemy in the shadow of her ruling, Ptolemies advisors finally convinced him to overthrow the throne and send

Cleopatra eventually lost Antony again for the period of four years in which she gave birth to his twins, he then came back to Egypt where he stayed. In 36 BC Cleopatra became his life and wife. Although Cleopatra never forgot his other Roman wife, she made it so that Antony could never leave her side, in fact she starved, cried, and fainted her way when Antony had intended to leave to visit his

canopy.(Webpg source 7) This would have been an extremely decadent sight to Antony's Roman eyes. Yet Antony considered himself to be Dionysis incarnate and therefore again, Cleopatra had gained his admiration for her glamour. Antony had yet another surprise that night. Cleopatra did not step off her boat to greet him but instead invited him to dinner that night with his men. Antony was

Cleopatra's life was filled with extravagance and riches beyond compare. Egypt was an extremely well managed country and had the profits to show. Thus Cleopatra had the money to be as extravagant as she pleased. Her trip down the Nile to visit Mark Antony after being summoned was done on a impressively large barge-like ship. The ship was not a barge at it is commonly thought for it would not have floated, it was a boat covered in plated gold, silver oars, with billowing purple, scented sails. Pipers, and flute players playing below decks set the mood with music that drifted to shore.

Roman wife. (Comptons Encyclopedia Cleopatra) Although this undying devotion of Antony to Cleopatra was eventually his and their undoing. In 31 BC Antony was losing a sea battle, seeing this Cleopatra took her army and fled, seeing this he, the captain of the army,turned heel and abandoned his army to follow her. In this, Cleopatra had lost her alliance to Rome through Antony, for Rome believed him to be under a spell that kept him from acting rationally. Thus removing him from teh army and influence on Rome. (Heinrich 17)

with her personality, was a perfect queen idol. Cleopatra's coloring was another very bizarre and hard to exact fact. Ptolemies, Cleopatra's family, were Macedonian Greeks and their people had a wide range of hair and eyes shades, from light to dark. Their skin, too, could have been one of many light or dark shades. The precise skin, hair and eye color seems to depend on the source used. (George 961) Cleopatra's hair is a myth in its own right. She never wore

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