The Last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt

One of history’s great romantic heroines, Cleopatra was the last ruler of Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty. From 51 BCE, she ruled successively with her two brother-husbands and then her son. The latter, she claimed, was fathered by Julius Caesar, who had become her lover after entering Egypt in 48 BCE in pursuit of Pompey. She was with Caesar in Rome when he was assassinated, after which she returned to Egypt and soon met her last husband, Mark Antony, Caesar’s heir apparent. How does their story end? Discuss

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