PRESENTATION OUTLINE
this is a picture of cleopatra
This is a picture of Alexandria
quick facts
- full name Cleopatra 7 Thea Philopatro
- born 69 bc in Alexandria, Egypt
- member of the Ptolemaic dynasty
- father :Ptolemy 12
- mother: Cleopatra 5 of Egypt (presumably)
- died August 30 bc at age 39
- died by putting a cobra on her bodie
siblings
- Arsinoe
- Berenice the 4
- Ptolemy 13
- Ptolemy 14
When Cleopatra was little she played with dolls, miniature cups, doll furniture,balls,dice and board games
She studyed at the alexandria libary and its muesems.Lessones where hard even for young students they where expect to memorize list of gods ,heroes,fables
Cleopatra's father died March 51 bc, when she was 18 years old and her brother Ptolemy 13 was only 10 years old.
Cleopatra and Ptolemy 13 and Ptolemy 14
Cleopatra married Ptolemy 13 after their farther died.
In the first 3 years the couple had a hard time because Nile was not floding and the crops where drying out.
Ptolemy made Cleopatra flee to Rome because he wanted to Have all the power .
Cleopatra sneecked into the palace by having a friend of her row a boat and she rolled herself into a carpet. When she got in to what use to be her room she saw a roman genarl named Julius Caesar.
This is a picture of of Cleopatra and her oldest son Ceasarion.
Cleopatra gave birth to a baby boy which named Ceasarion.Ceasar was the farther of Ceasarion.
Cleopatras brother Ptolemy died when he drowed in the battle they had. She married Ptolemy 14 after her brother died. They say that cleopatra poisoned Ptolemy 14.
After both of her brothers died she ruled with her son Ceasarion.
Cleopatra and Mark Antony
During the Roman civil war Cleopatra paid lots of money to Cassius. ( The Cassius was Mark Antony, Octavian, and Mark Lepidus.)
After war ended Mark Antony wanted Cleopatra to support him in his intended war agianst the Parthian.
Antony was so charmed with Cleopatra he decide to spent the winter of 41 bc -40 bc in Alexandria.
On December 25, 40 bc Cleopatra gave birth to twins one was a girl and the athore was a boy. She named the girl Cleopatra Selen and the boy Alexander Helios.
Mark Antony married Octavia before Cleopatra.
Mark and Cleopatra did had anther kid.
After Octavian found out that Mark married Cleopatra he declared war on Cleopatra.
Cleopatra and Mark Antony's army lost every battel agianst Octavian.
Octavian's army got to Alexandria Mark's Antony's army desserted him.
Mark Antony also got false information that Cleopatra was dead and stabbed himself with his sword.
Mark died in Cleopatras arms. Octavian went to her to try to calm her down cause he feared that she would burn her money or commit suicide or both.
Octavian allowed her to bury Mark Antony after his funerl.She told Octiavian she wanted to die of hunger but he threatened to exicute her children if she didn't keep herself alive.
When Cleopatra found out that Octavian was going to Rome she asked if she could visted Mark's tomb.
She gave a toast to him and wrote a letter to Octavian.She sented it to him saying to be buried next to Antony.
When Octavian came to Antony tomb he foud Cleopatra dead .It was because comited suicide.
After her deaf he exicuted Ceasarion and sent Alexander and Ptolemy to be raside by his sister Octavia. Cleopatra Selene was married of to a prince of a small African power.
