22/41.- Alexandria, people

Let's learn something about the life of one of the most famous personalities in ancient history, the local queen: Cleopatra.

With the rise of the Roman empire the local reign of the Ptolemies felt threatened; for this reason they decided to ally with the Romans. This agreement lasted for two centuries. A new problem araised when Julius Caesar defeated the Ptolemies' guardian, pompey, in a duel.

The beauty of the daughter of the king Ptolemy X II would change history for ever. When Julius Caesar arrived to Alexandria in 48 BC, he received the most famous gift in history: an oriental carpet ... With Cleopatra wrapped in. He could not help to fall in love with her, and in the summer of 47 BC Cleopatra bore him a son, Caesarion. A couple of years later Julius Caesar brought his lover and his son to Rome. Local citizens did not accept this relationship and in 44 BC Julius Caesar was killed. But the story of Cleopatra does not end here.

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