Julia only made Claudius her husband as part of her devious plan to make Lucius the new emperor. Her marriage to Claudius was not based on love or trust but instead on power as Julia only wanted power. One the same day that she married her Uncle, she became an Empress and the most powerful woman in the Roman
However, Cleopatra benefited more out of the relationships. One of the main things she gained is fame and power. After her marriage with Caesar she has a statue built as a reincarnation of Isis in Rome even though she was hated by the people. The second thing that she gained was from her marriage with Antony. In her marriage with Antony, she was able to get land territory grant and will of Antony.
Cleopatra’s Influence on the Roman Empire Cleopatra VII has become one of the most well-known ruler and Egyptian in era of the Roman Empire because of her suppose beauty, cunning personality and her influence on the Roman Republic which turned into an Empire shortly after her death. While she is not Roman citizen herself, her relations with Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony are what brought her influence of power into Roman society and expanded her own in Egypt. Just like any ruler in history she sought power which was not something easily done as a woman in that time, however primary sources such as Josephus and Cassius Dio often do not refer to her as a great ruler, but as a seductress
In 41 BCE after Caesar’s supports won, Mark Anthony wanted to know who Cleopatra’s loyalty lied with. Cleopatra upon arriving to Rome charmed Anthony so much that they started an affair much like that of Julius Caesar’s. This time instead they officially got married even though Anthony already had a wife named Octavia Minor. In total Cleopatra had three more children with
At the age of 16 his dad died quite suddenly and he was named head of the household. At this point in time, Caesar married Cornelia, the daughter of Cinna. During this time, Sylla was the master of Rome and he wanted Caesar to put his wife away. He refused and was stripped of his inheritance and his wife’s dowry. After that, Caesar left Rome to join the army.
When his great-uncle, Julius Caesar was killed in 44 B.C, Augustus, at the age of 17, was named as his adoptive son and heir. He declared war on Egypt after his sister's husband, Marc Antony, divorced her in order to be with Cleopatra. When Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide, Caesar Augustus became the first Roman Emperor, the sole ruler of Rome. Like his adopted father, Caesar Augustus had a month named after him (August).
The author states “Cleopatra devised a plan to meet Julius Caesar on her own terms seeking a political alliance and a return to the throne” (Grochowski 1). By linking up with one of Rome’s powerful leaders it gave her a major power move, but it also gave her a part of Rome that she could control. The author states “Cleopatra and Mark Antony became allies and lovers and he returned with her to Alexandria in 40 B.C.E.” (Haughton 1). Since Cleopatra would do anything to keep Egypt successful, that also meant making new allies, especially if they were tied to Rome.
Since the fortune had it that Rome’s imperial regime was born from her defeat, Cleopatra played the role, as a unique as it was involuntary, of link between the Hellenistic and the Roman world. Her relationships with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony permanently have impacted on Ancient Rome and Egypt. Her being with Caesar and Anthony led to deaths, Cleopatra had been part of Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony deaths. He began to make unwise decisions. Cleopatra was thus heir to a line of determined women who were often the object of sincere devotion on the part of the Egyptian people of inept or discredited.
Her and her brother ended up getting married so the ruler ship of the throne of Egypt will stay in the royal family. When the roman governor of Seria son’s came to ask her for help for their father against the Parthians her mercenaries killed them. A group of men led by Theodotus, the eunuch Pothinus and a half-Greek general, Achilles, overthrew her ruling in favor of her younger brother. They believed him to be much easier to influence and they became his council of regency. Cleopatra is thought to have fled to Thebaid.
This became not only a relationship of convenience between the leader of the three who ruled Rome after the death of Caesar, but one of true mutual admiration and love. Cleopatra admired the dashing youthful energy and fable name and powerful position. She thought of herself as the wife of Caesar, evern though he had a wife in Rome. Caesar took Cleopatra back to
He fought in many wars and became involved in Roman politics. After having many alliances, he then became the dictator of the Roman Empire only to rule for just one year before his death. In 86 BC, He married Cornlia daughter of a nobleman, they had a daughter by the name of Julia Caeseris when Cornlia passed away he remarried to Pompeia, granddaughter of the Roman Dictator Sulla. Their marriage lasted a good amount of year but later divorced. Later in 59 BC Caesar married Calpurnia, she was a teenager who he remained married for the remaining years of his life.
This book didn’t just cover the lifespan of Cleopatra itself but also quite resourcefully shows the historical aspects of events that happened before and after Cleopatra’s lifetime. With Cleopatra being such central and well-known figure, not just back in her time but even now, she had a very strong impact on history herself and through her relationships with Caesar and Mark Anthony. Michael Grant went back as early as 323 BC to the death of Alexander the Great to explain the rise of the Ptolemaic Era through Ptolemy I and to show the proof of Cleopatra’s Hellenistic heritance. In detail he showed the hardships Caesar had to face while staying in Egypt with the Egyptian Queen but he also explained the happenings that lead to Caesar arriving
Antony and Cleopatra can be described as… Throughout this prose, Antony is faced with the complexity of the persuasive influence and stature the conflicting characters of Octavius Caesar and Cleopatra present. In “Celebrating Idleness: Antony and Cleopatra and Play Theory”, Abigail Scherer maintains the idea that Caesar uses manipulation as a strategic tactic just as much as Cleopatra, explicating on the perception that Caesar exploits others politically to gain the advantage in his conquests. Although starkly different in technique, both Caesar and Cleopatra use their strength in prestige to incite dominance not only over Antony, but over anyone, in an attempt to gain authority. The contrast between Caesar and Cleopatra’s essence of manipulation can be identified as being politically or emotionally driven.
Cleopatra VII, daughter of Pharaoh Ptolemy XII, was born into royalty. As her
To begin with, Caesarion was 17 when he, Antony, and Cleopatra died, but in the film he looks about 12, and Caesarion died after Antony and Cleopatra did, though not long after. Moreover, Cleopatra gave birth to three children with Antony, 9- or 10-year-old twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene II and a 6-year-old son Ptolemy Philadelphus; and Antony had a son Marcus Antonius Antyllus, whom all were not in the film. Furthermore, her entry to Rome scene is meant to indicate that Cleopatra entered the heart of the city and was received in the Forum, which is not correct.
