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The Exemplification Essay: The Murder Of Cleopatra

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Finally, when Ptolemy XIII got older he overthrew Cleopatra, exiled her and became Pharaoh.

Driven for power, Cleopatra assembled an army to defeat her brother in order to defeat her brother and regain the throne to her. In 48 B.C, the Roman Empire was embroiled in a civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey. When Pompey Fled to Alexandria, the capital of Egypt, he was murdered on the orders of Ptolemy. Ptolemy had hoped to curry favor with Caesar, but when Caesar arrived in Alexandria, he was enraged at the murder of a Roman Consol by a foreign subject. Taking advantage of Caesar displeasure with Ptolemy, Cleopatra sneaked into Caesar room and successfully endeared herself to Julius Caesar. With Caesars military strength, Cleopatra saw
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