Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator
By: Nallely Martinez
About Cleopatra
Cleopatra was born on 69 B.C, and died on August,12 30 B.C.
Her parents were Ptolemy Xll Auletes & Cleopatra V of Egypt.
Her parents were Ptolemy Xll Auletes & Cleopatra V of Egypt.
When she was born her father was the pharaoh.At the age of 11 her father lost his throne.
She had four brothers.
She had 3 spouses.
She was also married to Ptolemy Xlll Theos Philopatar from 51 B.C to 47 b.C .They had four children.
Beauty
Cleopatra's beauty wasn't her biggest asset.There were portraits, that showed her many features like a large hooked nose.But she did bring the most powerful men in egypt to there knees.
What she did
Cleopatra was the egyptian ruler.She was a female ruler in the time of male rulers.She stopped the greeks from evading Egypt and that kind them give up there plan for world domination.
The romance between Antony & Cleopatra might of changed the world!
Cleopatra was not Egyptian.
Everyone thinks Cleopatra is egyptian but she's not she is a greek woman.She was born in egypt. Despite not being egyptian Cleopatra embraced many of her country's ancient customs.She was the first Ptolemaic line to learn the egyptian language.
How she died
Legand saids that she died from a egyptian cobra, that bit her arm.No one really know what happened.They also say that she was poisoned by one of her hair combs
A 1963 film about her was one of the most expensive movies of all time.
The Queen of the nile was played by Elizabeth Taylor.The film went form 2 million to 44 million including $200,000 just to cover Elizabeth's costumes.
"Cleopatra" remains one of the priceiest movies in history, even today.
Cleopatra - Trailer