![]() Ruthless in dealing with her enemies, many within her own family, Cleopatra steered her kingdom through difficult times, and very nearly succeeded in creating an eastern empire to rival the growing might of Rome. Her famous liaisons with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony had as much to do with politics as the heart. ![]() Highly intelligent, she spoke many languages and was rumored to be the only Ptolemy to read and speak Egyptian. But who was Cleopatra, really?Ĭleopatra was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. ![]() The Romans regarded her as fatale monstrum”a fatal omen. ![]()
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