Cleopatra

(kle-o-patrah,) queen of Egypt, B. 69 B c was daughter of Ptolemy Auletus, after whose death she became a ociated with her younger brother Ptolemy in the crown. At the age of 17, she captivated Cresar, who caused her to be proclaimed sole sovereign of Egypt. After his death she spread her toils round Mark Antony, who repudiated his wife Octavia for her sake. After the fatal battle of Actium, despairing of making terms with the conqueror, August us, she put an end to her life by the bite of an asp, B. c. 30. She bore a son (Cæsari on) to Cæsar, and several children to Mark Antony. [s. 196]