Cleopatra Delivered In Carpet

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Cleopatra delivered in carpet.

Augustus sealed the fate of cleopatra destroyed her reputation and took control of ptolemaic egypt. Last queen of egypt chronicles of the queens of egypt tutankhamen s curse and others. Caesar was dazzled by the sight of the. Cleopatra was not egyptian.

Her full name was cleopatra vii thea philopator 69 bc 12 august 30 bc. Cleopatra had herself wrapped in a carpet some sources say it was a linen sack and smuggled into his personal quarters. By the time he reached thirty he had created an empire that stretching from greece to egypt and onto the indian subcontinent. Once pompey arrived in egypt messengers were sent to ptolemy asking him to continue the friendship his father had set up before his death.

Cleopatra as portrayed by actress elizabeth taylor in cleopatra 1963 alexander the great 356 323bce spent most of his adult life on military campaigns through asia and northeast africa. She was the last of the ptolemaic dynasty of pharaohs set up in egypt after the death of alexander the great. Cc flickr user jon callas. She was wrapped in a rug because people wanted her dead an she was trying to get back into rome.

Roman general marc antony saw himself as bacchus god of wine and partying so she dressed as aphrodite goddess of love who once had an affair with bacchus rode down the nile on a golden barge with a purple sail while attendants in cupid costumes fanned her. Wary of repeating the mistake of cleopatra s sister berenice iv in having a female monarch as sole ruler caesar appointed cleopatra s 12 year old brother ptolemy xiv as joint ruler with the 22 year old cleopatra in a nominal sibling marriage but cleopatra continued living privately with caesar. The story is told that cleopatra arranged to meet the great roman leader julius caesar by being rolled into a carpet which was presented to caesar as a gift. Cleopatra queen of egypt was one of the most famous women in history.

Senior lecturer faculty of life sciences university of manchester. Few monuments of cleopatra remain because although she captured the heart of caesar and antony it was octavian augustus who became the first emperor of rome following the assassination of caesar and the suicide of antony.