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CLEOPATRA
Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.) is one of the most
famous women of all time. A Greek Queen of
Egypt, she played a major role in the
extension of the Roman Empire. She was the
brilliant and beautiful last Pharaoh of Egypt.
Historically, she became a queen of Egypt in
51 B.C. at the age of eighteen. She was a
Ptolemy, descended from one of Alexander
the Great’s generals. When she was twenty-
one, Julius Caesar became her lover. Seven
years later she met Antony. The romantic
tragic ralationship continued until they died
by suicide in 30 B.C.
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