Cleopatra

a Greek Queen of Egypt, born in B.c. 69. Such unions being common among the Ptolemies, she was forced to marry first her eldest, then, when he died, a younger brother who was eleven at the time. She poisoned the latter, and so po e ed all the power. She was the mother of Caesar’s son Caesar i on, and 01 three of Antony’s sons. August us warred against Antony, but Cleopatra took flight and Antony followed her, Doth going to Egypt. They said they would live in retirement if Egypt were left to her children, but August us demanded Antony’s death, and, when he came to Alexandria, Antony committed suicide, and Cleopatra followed his example. With her the dynasty of the Ptolemies ended.