Queen Cleopatra, biography which in our time is very romanticized, yet is one of the most important women in the history of the world.Her image today is literally represents guile and beauty, the tragedy of the extent of public and political will.With its name is associated with the past glorious years that Egypt experienced.Queen Cleopatra appeared regularly in works of art, especially in the cinema of the last decades.Probably quite a few historical figures have been able to compete with it in popularity, since only the feature films to her, there are more than a dozen depicting great regent, antiquity and Egypt.
Queen Cleopatra: the life story of
girl was born in 69 BC.She is the daughter of the then ruler of the country of Ptolemy XII.About his childhood and youth of the future ruler of almost nothing is known.The only thing we can say is that it probably to a large extent influenced by the Troubles mid 50s BC, which was subjected to Egypt.Queen Cleopatra then experienced serious upheavals, because her father was dethroned and driven out of the state.This event has become a very important episode in the history of antiquity.Ptolemy was able to recover the throne, but it was done already by one of the Roman generals, resulting in the actual governor became a puppet of the latter.Life Ptolemy XII broke in 51 BCHe left a will, which gave to his son Ptolemy XIII all of Egypt.Queen Cleopatra was forced to enter into a marriage with his own brother for the sake of joint rule.
The era of government intrigue and novels
first years were marked by a serious struggle between the sister and brother of the real power in the state.The moment of fracture was the conflict with Ptolemy XIII Roman state, in which it was in 47 BCkilled.From this point it becomes the sole queen Cleopatra of Egypt.Of course, she was forced to reckon with the powerful Roman state.And for the sake of their own position in power, it is often used their charms, which subsequently made her name.
Cleopatra, queen of Egypt (photos of some of the performers in her role in the movie you can see in the article) was first fascinated the famous Julius Caesar, who helped her win the fight against Ptolemy XIII.But after the death of Caesar, the woman had to seek a new patron.Such was the famous military leader at the time, Mark Antony.Cleopatra met this man in 41 BCHe spent the winter with her in Alexandria.During this time, they really had become attached to each other.However, the urgent affairs of state have forced lovers to part.They have not seen each other for about three years.The next meeting took place in 37 BCin Antioch.However, their happiness was not to last long.The fact that Anthony is gaining considerable popularity in Rome, and his alliance with the ruler makes a very rich province of the Roman emperor Octavian see this as a direct threat to his own throne.Emperor literally starts a civil war against Antony, convincing the population of Rome, that the general fascinated by eastern ruler, hatched a plan to destroy Rome.Decisive battle of this conflict was the Battle of Actium in 31 BCThe fleet of Antony and Cleopatra was defeated.And yourself lovers were forced into hiding under the protection of the walls of Alexandria.Defensive power of the city was only enough for one year.And when the wall fell to the forces of Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra killed herself, alternately taking poison.
