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2 days ago · Caesar declared Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy XIV joint rulers but maintained a private affair with Cleopatra that produced a son, Caesarion. Cleopatra traveled to Rome as a client queen in 46 and 44 BC, where she stayed at Caesar's villa.
8 hours ago · Cleopatra wasn’t about to give up her rightful place as queen. She began gathering an army to take back the throne. In a bold move, Cleopatra sought the help of Julius Caesar, the Roman general who had recently arrived in Egypt in pursuit of his rival, Pompey. Caesar saw an opportunity in the young queen’s plight.
8 hours ago · Caesar arrives in Egypt and orders Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII to disband their armies, but instead, war breaks out.
4 days ago · In 32 BCE, the Roman Senate declared war on Antony and Cleopatra at Octavian's instigation. Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide after their defeat at the Battle of Actium in 30 BCE. Octavian annexed Egypt, executing Cleopatra's heir Caesarion, and taking her other children hostage.
1 day ago · Cleopatra, the last active queen of Egypt was born in 69 BC to Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra V Tryphaena. Cleopatra belonged to the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egyptian origin ruling over Egypt after the death of Alexander; nevertheless, she must have been educated in Greek and was also introduced to Egyptian customs.
5 days ago · Cleopatra was Egypt’s last pharaoh and remains one of history’s best-known figures. She ruled for 22 years, from 51 to 30 BC, and is particularly famous for her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
3 days ago · Caligula, Roman emperor from 37 to 41 CE, who succeeded Tiberius and transferred the last legion under a senatorial proconsul to an imperial legate, completing the emperor’s monopoly of army command. Accounts of his reign by ancient historians are so biased against him that the truth is nearly impossible to discern.
