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The story of Cleopatra is full of love, romance, greed and war.

The story of Cleopatra is full of love, romance, greed and war. Cleopatra was born in Egypt in 69 B.C. to the Ptolemic Royal family of Greek-Egyptians. The Ptolemic family had ruled Egypt since the time of Alexander the Great, when Egypt was part of Alexander's empire. When Alexander died in 336 B.C., his empire was divided among his top generals. Ptolemy I, became the ruler of Egypt and the first ruler of the Ptolemic dynasty. Ptolemy XII was Cleopatra's father. When he died in 51 B.C he willed that seventeen-year-old Cleopatra and her twelve-year-old brother, Ptolemy XIII, were to rule Egypt together. Cleopatra was a very different ruler than the Ptolemies who came before her. She learned the Egyptian language; the other Ptolemies spoke only Greek. Cleopatra also practiced the religous customs of Egypt, and many of the Egyptians viewed her as a Pharaoh, not a Greek ruler. In 48 BCE, Cleopatra's Generals found they could not control her, so they removed her from leadership and made her brother the sole monarch of Egypt. A few months later, a Roman army led by Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt. Caesar was pursuing another Roman army that tried to keep him from returning to Rome. Caesar's army was much larger than the Egyptian forces, so Cleopatra decided that Caesar could return her to power! She arranged to have a huge rug deliverd to Caesar. When he unrolled it, he found the 22-year-old former queen wrapped inside. She asked for Caesar's help against her brother. Caesar and Cleopatra became lovers, and Cleopatra got what she wanted from him. The Roman general led his army to capture the people who removed her from power. Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile while trying to flee. Egyptian law did not allow a queen to rule without a king, so Cleopatra married another man of Egyptian royalty. However, she was still in love with Julius Caesar. Caesar and Cleopatra spent the next several months travelling along the Nile Where Caesar saw how the Egyptian people worshipped her. Caesar was a very powerful general who conquered many lands, but he knew that becoming a pharaoh was something he could never acheive. He saw that his marriage to Cleopatra might unite Rome with Egypt. Perhaps their son could eventually rule this great empire? Caesar returned home in 46 BCE with Cleopatra and their newborn son, Caesarion. At this time, Caesar already had a Roman wife. Many Romans were shocked that he would also marry a foreign woman. But Julius Caesar was very popular with the Roman people. They named him dictator. Cleopatra was not popular with the Romans, however. She had called herself the "new Isis" and she did not worship the Roman gods. Caesar used his power to make many changes in Rome, often without approval from the Senate. A year after his election as dictator, the Roman people elected Caesar "dictator for life." The Roman senators were outraged. On March 15, 44 B.C. Caesar died. Cleopatra left Rome with her son in fear of their own lives and they returned to Egypt. There she found her husband had died. Cleopatra named her four-year-old son as the new king. She thought she was once again in control of Egypt.

Cleopatra Part 1 of 3: Julius Caesar

Oct 16, 2008 by clairepitts1994
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    24 Comment(s) posted so far

    On Oct 16, 2008 clairepitts1994 wrote:

    This story isn't fully historically correct. It has slightly been changed to fit in with tsr guidelines. Thankyou for reading\:\)

    On Oct 16, 2008 catsandbooks wrote:

    Great story, I've always loved the story of Cleopatra \:\)

    On Oct 16, 2008 Jaws3 wrote:

    It's nice to see a historical story here on TSR. \:\) And I love the Egyptians, so it was like a double awesome! \;\) Loved it, and I can't wait for the next part! \:D

    On Oct 16, 2008 Livdude wrote:

    Wow!\:D This is so interesting. I am acutally studying Egypt at school at the moment, this is so interesting, especailly the historical part of it\:\)

    On Oct 16, 2008 Warrayfinson wrote:

    I LOVE THE EGYPTIANS! They are the best civilization ever. Great picture and the story is so good. I'll be waiting for the next part!
    Keep Creating!!\;\)

    On Oct 16, 2008 maxi king wrote:

    \:D nice story!\:D

    On Oct 16, 2008 -kalisa- wrote:

    That was really great!!!\:D \:rah\: \:D

    On Oct 16, 2008 Earcat wrote:

    Great story! I'm so happy to see a historical story.

    On Oct 16, 2008 narniana wrote:

    I love Cleopatra!!!Your story was really great and the ''equipment'' was fantastic!!!\:D \;\) \:\)

    On Oct 16, 2008 lamissboucldordor wrote:

    Very pleasant story! \:D

    On Oct 16, 2008 Little Cloud wrote:

    \:rah\: \:rah\: \:D

    On Oct 16, 2008 trolzgirl wrote:

    WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!\:wub\: \:wub\: \:wub\: \:wub\: \:wub\: \:wub\:

    On Oct 16, 2008 candy820 wrote:

    Awesome cahpter! It would be so nice to see more historcal stories on here. Thanks 5.0 here \:D \:D \:D

    On Oct 16, 2008 skyblue7377 wrote:

    I love this storyline...just brilliant

    On Oct 16, 2008 tonya99rn wrote:

    \:\) Great work!\:\)

    On Oct 17, 2008 msdimples595 wrote:

    This was really great

    On Oct 17, 2008 crystal_89 wrote:

    Wow that was wicked, im studing Egypt at school too, so now im am slightly ahead, wow everythign was awesome how did you get the army and the stufss it was fantastic Im running out of words ehehehe

    On Oct 17, 2008 stephanie1225 wrote:

    Really great, and educational \:D

    On Oct 17, 2008 jackieQ789 wrote:

    loved it thanks for sharing cant wait for the next part \:rah\:

    On Oct 19, 2008 cutedazy wrote:

    Nice job!

    On Oct 21, 2008 robbyngirl wrote:

    Great Work! Love the backgrounds, costumes and hair! \:rah\:

    On Oct 23, 2008 MetraGnome wrote:

    \:\)

    On Mar 7, 2009 fabrizioammollo wrote:

    Good job with costumes and set, the story is nice, even if not completely accurate.

    On Mar 25, 2009 Kvetoslava wrote:

    \:rah\:

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