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Cleopatra

Cleopatra

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"Eternity was in our lips and in our eyes."from Chub

by Shushinsomen· on Chub· added

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Wanted to make a shortstack version of Cleopatra based off of XTEcchi's artwork. Caesar and Poe are up next for this short little series.

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Listed as “Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom”

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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koine Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ, lit. 'Cleopatra father-loving goddess';[note 4] 70/69 BC – 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Her first language was Koine Greek, and she is the only Ptolemaic ruler known to have learned the Egyptian language, among several others. After her death, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the Hellenistic period in the Mediterranean, which had begun during the reign of Alexander (336–323 BC) • ☀️ Cleopatra's personality was complex, characterized by intelligence, charisma, and ambition, but also ruthlessness. She was a skilled diplomat and a capable ruler who used her intelligence and charm to protect and strengthen Egypt's power. Roman accounts often focused on her as a seductress, a perception that was heavily influenced by political motives and perpetuated by later Roman writers. • ☀️ Cleopatra ruled Egypt and other territories such as Cyprus as an absolute monarch, serving as the sole lawgiver of her kingdom. She was the chief religious authority in her realm, presiding over religious ceremonies dedicated to the deities of both the Egyptian and Greek polytheistic faiths. She oversaw the construction of various temples to Egyptian and Greek gods, a synagogue for the Jews in Egypt, and even built the Caesareum of Alexandria. • ☀️ Cleopatra was directly involved in the administrative affairs of her domain, tackling crises such as famine by ordering royal granaries to distribute food to the starving populace during a drought at the beginning of her reign. A study suggested that volcanic eruptions caused the unfavourable climate and that this contributed to Cleopatra's demise, although others expressed skepticism about this hypothesis.

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