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  Egypt: Tour Egypt Monthly: Queens of Egypt, part III - Celopatra
Cleopatra was that last sovereign of the Macedonian dynasty, and though with no Egyptian blood, she proclaimed herself as "Daughter of Ra", the "Sun God of Egypt".
Cleopatra supported the later by a fleet of 50 ships and 500 men, which was not accepted by the Alexandrians.
Cleopatra was hailed as "Queen of the Queens" and Caesarion as "King of the Kings".
www.touregypt.net /magazine/mag04012001/magf4.htm   (2127 words)

  
  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : List of ancient Greeks   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cleopatra I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra VII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Ptolemy VII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
www.hallencyclopedia.com /List_of_ancient_Greeks   (1135 words)

  
 Cleopatra VII of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek:Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC – August 12, 30 BC), later Cleopatra Thea Neotera Philopator kai Philopatris, was queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, the last member of the Ptolemaic dynasty and hence the last Hellenistic ruler of Egypt.
Cleopatra was a co-ruler of Egypt with her father (Ptolemy XII Auletes), her brothers/husbands Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV and later her son Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
Cleopatra was a direct decendent of Alexander's general, Ptolemy I Soter, son of Arsinoe and Lacus, both of Macedon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cleopatra_VII_of_Egypt   (2515 words)

  
 Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator - History Notes - Emerson Kent.com
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was born 69 B.C. and killed herself August 30, 30 B.C. She inspired countless playwrights and artists because she masterfully blended love with politics.
Cleopatra reflected on Egypt's future and decided that it would benefit her country if she were to befriend the Roman world power.
Cleopatra was in Rome, accompanied by her brother Ptolemy XIII, when Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 B.C. The siblings retreated to Egypt.
www.emersonkent.com /history_notes/cleopatra_vii_thea_philopator.htm   (420 words)

  
 THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
The most famous member of the line was the last queen, Cleopatra VII, known for her role in the Roman political battles between Julius Caesar and Pompey, and later between Octavian and Mark Antony.
Whilst Ptolemy I and Cleopatra VII are perhaps the best-known rulers, most of the Ptolemaic kings and queens emerge as distinctive individuals.
Eventually, a propaganda campaign by Octavian and the actions of Cleopatra VII, the daughter of Ptolemy XII, and the sister-wife of Ptolemy XIII, provided an ideal pretext for the Romans to conquer Egypt.
www.egyptologyonline.com /ptolemies.htm   (1107 words)

  
 The cobra74 Creations Website
Cleopatra VII bore the name of Alexander's sister and had it in her bones to be a queen in Ptolemiac tradition.
Cleopatra, ever the adept propagandist, placed on the reverse of her coins the double cornucopia and the fillet of the royal diadem formerly used by her predecessor Arsinoe II, the queen remembered as the Lady of Abundance.
Cleopatra's preoccupation had always been the strength of her kingdom and the security of her borders, especially that of Pelusium which was the weak point of Egypt.
www.cobra74creations.com /cleopatra.htm   (10424 words)

  
 Cleopatra - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Cleopatra (69-30 bc), ill-fated queen of Egypt (51-30 bc), the last monarch of Egypt and the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Cleopatra (motion picture), epic drama starring Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt.
Ancient Egypt, civilization that thrived along the Nile River in northeastern Africa for more than 3,000 years, from about 3300 bc to 30 bc.
encarta.msn.com /Cleopatra.html   (85 words)

  
 Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII is the most famous and most studied woman of antiquity.
was intended to recall Cleopatra Thea, the Ptolemaic queen of Syria (as in: "the younger Cleopatra Thea").
Most likely, it should be dated to their meeting at Antioch in winter 37/6, when Antony acknowledged Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene as his children, and made donations to Cleopatra, and she took on new titles and inaugurated a new era.
www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/cleopatra_vii.htm   (3546 words)

  
 Egypt: Rulers, Kings and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon)
Egypt: Rulers, Kings and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon)
He was the younger brother of Ptolemy VI Philometor and the uncle of Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator.
He died on June 26, 116 BC and left his power to Cleopatra III and whichever of her sons she might prefer.
www.touregypt.net /32dyn08.htm   (178 words)

  
 CultureGrams Online Edition: Famous People: Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A queen of ancient Egypt, Cleopatra Thea Philopator (the last two names are Greek for “goddess loving her father”) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Cleopatra inherited the kingdom at age 18 and reestablished the dynasty through strategic alliances, diplomacy, and violence.
He actively sought to resolve Egypt's conflict with Israel and instigated peace talks which led to a 1979 peace agreement.
www.culturegrams.com /demo/famouspeople/country.php   (311 words)

  
 Anthony and Cleopatra
Cleopatra, worried that her little trick may have backfired, sends word to Antony that she is still alive.
Cleopatra: Seductive and cunning Queen of Egypt in the Macedonian dynasty.
Cleopatra, in her late twenties during her affair with Antony, was born in 69 B.C. as the second daughter of King Ptolemy XII.
www.cummingsstudyguides.net /xAntonyCleo.html   (3333 words)

  
 Egypt: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History
Kush invades and rules Egypt: As the New Kingdom declined, the vassal kingdom of Kush (Also known as Meroë), situated in the Sudan, invaded from the south to conquer and rule Egypt for nearly 80 years before being driven out by Assyrian invaders.
Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter (Lathyros) (116-107)
Cleopatra Berenice and Ptolemy X Alexander I(101-088) Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysios (Auletes) (080-58[51]) Berenice IV (058-055)
www.juyayay.com /outline/egypt   (240 words)

  
 *** The House of Ptolemy: Caesar, Cleopatra, & Marcus Antonius - the Transition to a Greco-Roman (Roman Imperial) ...
Caesar's campaign in Egypt, from the autumn of 48 BCE to March of 47 BCE, was a self-contained episode in the career of Rome's greatest general.
The Cleopatra Ode, a poem by Horace, opens with a bold juxtaposition of archaic Greek literature and contemporary Roman life, as the poet moves in mid-sentence from a motto taken from Alcaeus to an allusion to the contemporary Roman feasts of the Salii.
This was: *** The House of Ptolemy: Caesar, Cleopatra, and Marcus Antonius and
www.houseofptolemy.org /housecle.htm   (3393 words)

  
 Cleopatra | Oil Painting | Figure and Portrait | Oil Painting Studio
Egyptian queen famous in history and drama, lover of Julius Caesar and later the wife of Mark Antony.
She became queen on the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, in 51 BC, ruling successively with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII (51-47) and Ptolemy XIV (47-44) and her son Ptolemy XV Caesar (44-30).
Her ambition no less than her charm actively influenced Roman politics at a crucial period, and she came to represent, as did no other woman of antiquity, the prototype of the romantic femme fatale.
www.oil-painting-studio.com /oil-painting_25777.htm   (212 words)

  
 *** The House of Ptolemy: Kings, Queens, and the Rest of the Royal Ptolemies ***
coregency with Ptolemy XV (Caesar Philopator Philometor "Caesarion"): 36-30 involvement with Julius Caesar: 48 to 44;
This relief represents one of the great queens of the Ptolemaic Period, Arsinoe II, who was a strong-minded and influential ruler with her brother/husband Ptolemy II.
Caesar, Cleopatra, and Marcus Antonius: The Transition to a Greco-Roman (Roman Imperial) Egypt
www.houseofptolemy.org /housekng.htm   (1324 words)

  
 Hellenistic coins, Greek coins, Seleucid coins, Ptolemaic coins, Bactrian coins, Pergamon coins, Thrace coins
passage of the Macedonian armies of Alexander the Great, ending with the death of Cleopatra VII the last Macedonian
This 300-year period was dominated by several royal dynasties of which the most famous
bears the bust of the ruling king or queen (or both), sculpted in high relief with stunning detail.
www.ancientsculpturegallery.com /coins.html   (217 words)

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