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| | MSN Encarta - Cleopatra |
 | | On her father’s death in 51 bc Cleopatra, then 17 or 18 years old, and her brother, Ptolemy XIII, a child of about 12 years, succeeded jointly to the throne of Egypt with the provision that they should marry. |
 | | She gave birth to a son, Caesarion, later Ptolemy XV; it is believed that Caesar was his father. |
 | | At the naval engagement at Actium in 31 bc, believing Antony’s defeat to be inevitable, she withdrew her fleet from action, and she and Antony fled to Alexandria. |
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