p-andore:historical figures posters → Kleopatra VII PhilopatorThe vast majority of Egypt’s many hund
p-andore:historical figures posters → Kleopatra VII PhilopatorThe vast majority of Egypt’s many hundreds of queens, although famed throughout their own land, were more or less unknown in the outside world. As the dynastic age ended and the hieroglyphic script was lost, the queens’ stories were forgotten and their monuments buried under Egypt’s sands. All but one. Last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, Cleopatra might be one of the most famous queens in the history of the world. Her legend had made it through the centuries and her name is still carrying a taste of power and greatness, even today. Depicted as an intelligent, multilingual female ruler who affirmed her right to rule Egypt and its territories, along with a woman of great physical beauty and seductive skills, lover of Caesar and wife of Mark Anthony, Cleopatra symbolized the opposition of Egypt and its long-forgotten power to Rome and Augustus. After the loss of the battle of Actium and the death of Mark Anthony, she commited suicide with an asp. She died at 39, after ruling the oldest kingdom of all for 22 years. With her died the freedom of Egypt. -- source link
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