Cleapartra was a skilled leader and created relationships between powerful people. She secured Egypt’s independence from Rome using her understanding of power dynamics, and she was the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. She is the only ruler of the Ptolomaic dynasty known to have learned the Egyptian language, which was the language of her people. Her relationship with Ceasar, with whom she maintained a private affair with, created one child.
Cleaopatra had an affair with Mark Antony as well, and she created three children with ar’s heir Octavian. Unfortunately, Ceaser’a heir, Octavian, defeated Antony and Cleopatra’s naval fleet at the 31 BC Battle of Actium, Octavian’s forces invaded Egypt in 30 BC and defeated Antony, who committed suicide. After his death, Cleopatra reportedly killed herself, probably by poisoning, to avoid being publicly displayed by Octavian in a Roman procession.
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