The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, by Walter Mosley, offered a unique insight into the mind of an elderly person struggling with dementia. Seeing the world through Mr. Grey’s perspective gave me a new appreciation for our elderly and the problems they face on a daily basis. Mr. Grey is an elderly man struggling with the beginning stages of dementia. He is no longer able to care for himself and has family members that come to take care of him, though Mr. Grey only trusts a select few people to do so. His physical and cognitive abilities have declined with age and make it difficult for him to get around and communicate with people.
Cleopatra was born in the year 69 bc, and she passed away in the year 30 bc. Cleopatra wasn’t exactly Egyptian blood, but she was part Greek and part Macedonian. To the public she was the most famous egyptian mind that there was. She wasn’t exactly attractive to anybody really but herself. So for anybody who disrespected her for her looks or other reasons, she used her four weapons related to her personality.
It’s likely that both of them were married to each other, since incest seemed to be the equivalent of dabbing and bottle flipping back then. While ruling together, Egypt had a lot of issues, such as economy issues, flood, hunger, etc. Tension was rising between quickly between Cleopatra and Ptolemy, after a few years, Cleopatra fled Egypt and into Syria. There, she started assembling an army to defeat her so
When Cleopatra’s father died, the throne was passed down to her and her and her brother, just like her father wanted. When her father died when she was eighteen and her brother who ruled with her, was ten yeats old.
Cleopatra was Macedonian- Greek, not Egyptian. Cleopatra was a descendant of Alexander the Great. Cleopatra’s brother, Ptolemy drowned because of his heavy suit of armour while in war with her. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar had a baby named Ptolemy Caesar. Julius Caesar declared Cleopatra to be a goddess in Rome and Egypt.
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
Cleopatra VII is known for many things, whether it’s her beauty or her cleverness but her affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony put her in the spotlight. There are many myths about the egyptians but Cleopatra’s death kept everyone guessing. Cleopatra VII is the daughter Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra V. However, it was common to marry in Egypt so there is a possibility Cleopatra V is Ptolemy’s half sibling.
Cleopatra VII, daughter of Pharaoh Ptolemy XII, was born into royalty. As her
His love for her trumps expectations from a soldier and a leader like Antony. Like Antony, Cleopatra overlooks her duties to her people and decides out of
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
Cleopatra’s family was not any different, she did what she had to do to restore the country she loved. Although she was not fit to be the ruler of Egypt, Cleopatra did restore Egypt to former glory because of her determination, strong alliances, and hunger to keep her family’s dynasty alive. Because of her passion and undeniable love for her country and people, Cleopatra was the best leader of the Ptolemaic
e, and refuses to be paraded in the streets of Rome as she states: “The quick comedians extemporally will stage us, and present our Alexandrian revels: Antony shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I the posture of a whore” - Act V scene II. Her noble act highlights her everlasting need to lead a carnivalesque life as the thought of living in a world without excess is unbearable as she states: “Sir, I will eat no meat, I’ll not drink sir … I’ll not sleep either. This mortal house I’ll ruin” - Act V scene II. Also, the reality of being far from the arms her lover Antony proves to be intolerable to Cleopatra as she declares: “I have nothing of woman in me: now from head to foot I am marble-constant: now the fleeting moon. No planet is of mine” - Act V scene II.
Cleopatra VII was undoubtedly one of the most influential and impactful women to go down in history-and she certainly didn't go down without a fight. Cleopatra Thea Philopator was born in 69BC in Alexandria, Egypt though of Macedonian descent from a Greek family. She was a descendant of Ptolemy I Soter, a trusted commander of Alexander the Great who conquered Egypt in 322BC and left her ancestor the grounds of Egypt. When Cleopatra procured the throne at 18 with her 10-year-old brother Ptolemy XIII as specified in their father's will, he had left the country in turmoil. Cleopatra's ascension to the throne brought negative views against her, primarily by her own brother's regent who detested her for being a joint ruler alongside her brother.
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.
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.
