Macedonian general of Alexander the Great, who took Egypt as his share in dividing

Alexander's empire. Her capital, Alexander, founded by Alexander the Great, was

the center of Hellenistic Greek culture of the world at that time, as well as a great

commercial center. Although she imagined as a "beautiful and glamorous woman

today, she was not very attractively depicted on ancient coins, having a long hook

nose, and masculine features" (Flamarion 181). She deemed to be a strong-willed

Macedonian queen who was brilliant and dreamed of a greater world empire. Highly

intelligent, this shrewd politician almost achieved this goal. Her contributions as the

last of the Ptolemaic Greek rulers of independent Egypt, were the endless expansion

of the Roman Empire throughout the Mediterranean, and at her death left behind "a

rich, imperial province which continued to flourish as the center of commerce,

science, and learning under Roman rule" (Newman 554). This natural born leader

was the oldest living daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes and of his sister and wife

Cleopatra Tryphaena. Such brother-sister marriages were common among mem

Octavian. It stated that "after the Triumvirate ended the two would both rule the

She was a mysterious and intriging woman who seemed that she would do

Alexandria in a small boat with only a few assistants. There she had herself rolled up

Hoobler, Thomas. Cleopatra. London: Random, 1989.

Foreman, Laura. Cleopatra's Palace: The Search for the Real Queen of the Nile.

and hoped Cleopatra would give him the funds he desperately needed. She set out

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