Cleopatra biography

CLEOPATRA
I was born in 69 BC in Alexandria which was the capital of Egypt at the time. My father was the Pharaoh of Egypt when I was born and his name is Ptolemy XII. In 51 BC my father died andsince I was the eldest child, I inherited the throne of Egypt with my brother Ptolemy XIII.
At age 18, I was the queen of Egypt which was not an easy job. The Romans were conquering city after city andthey were even beginning to gain control over Egypt when I took the throne. Keeping the Romans from completely taking over my land was a struggle in itself. Along with that, I had enemies to contendwith. People were jealous that I was so intelligent (I knew 9 languages) and that I was an independent ruler. I ruled for 3 years until I was overthrown by one of my father’s advisors. I was forced toleave Egypt and move to Syria while my younger brother became the sole ruler of Egypt. But I don’t give up so easily.
I was furious that my brother agreed to this. I found out that the Romangeneral, Julius Caesar, was in Alexandria and I devised a plan to enter into the city of Alexandria to make a plea to him. I couldn’t simply walk into the city or my brother would have me imprisoned orworse. So, I had myself wrapped in an oriental rug and had the rug offered as a gift to Caesar. When the rug was unrolled, I tumbled out. Though I’m known in modern day to have been a great beauty, I trulywasn’t. But my charm overtook the powerful Caesar and it was love at first sight.
My brother felt he had been betrayed and he declared war against Caesar and his Roman army. My brother died in thewar and Caesar gained control of the throne of Alexandria. Caesar restored the throne to me. Again, I was the queen of Egypt and was worshipped as a Pharaoh. Caesar and I had a son together but a shorttime later, Caesar died.
Upon his death, Rome began to divide. I knew that I had to stay in favor with the Romans so that they would not take the throne of Egypt away from me. When Mark Antony...