Cleopatra VII Philopator

Cleopatra VII Philopator Did you know that the marvellous, and stunning Cleopatra was also very clever? She was known to do anything to get what she wanted. Many historians still discuss how Cleopatra came into power because she left such an interesting legacy. Queen Cleopatra is one example of how women can be just as powerful as men. Although not originally from Egypt, Cleopatra became Queen of that country. She was known to be clever, stunning, and at times considered dangerous, often using others to get what she wanted In the beginning of Cleopatra’s reign she needed the help of someone powerful to keep her from losing her title as Queen, and she wanted the help of Julius Caesar. “To enter his palace undetected Cleopatra rolled

She wanted the help of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar the emperor of Rome he had a strong army, and majority of the people in Rome liked him because he won them a lot of territory, and they believed he was a great leader. Later, he was assassinated by Brutus, Cinna, and a few others. When Cleopatra entered his palace they began talking and he was very astonished by her intelligence, for such a young woman then he agreed to help her defeat her husband for the throne. They defeated her brother, killed him, and Julius Caesar married Cleopatra and had a

It wasn’t just her beauty that helped Cleopatra became Queen, it was because she knew how to use all of her traits, and she ruled with an iron fist. As a young child, Cleopatra did some activities such as taking dance lessons, swimming with her friends, Kebi, Nanu, and Rami, and writing. But the common activity that the girls would do was gymnastics, although Cleopatra wasn’t very good at it. “Kebi was the best, but she couldn’t even write her name!” (Geras 11) Instead of being one of the girls who was good at gymnastics, she was one of the girls who were intelligent, but bad at