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What led to the downfall of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra?
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Learn how Cleopatra used her influence over Julius Caesar to stay in power
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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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If You'd Only Be My Valentine, American Valentine card, 1910. Cupid gathers a basket of red hearts from a pine tree which, in the language of flowers represents daring. Valentine's Day St. Valentine's Day February 14 love romance history and society heart In Roman mythology Cupid was the son of Venus, goddess of love (Eros and Aphrodite in the Greek Pantheon).
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Cleopatra hieroglyphic carving the Ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.
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Cleopatra hieroglyphic carving the Ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.
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What led to the downfall of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra?
Overview of the fall of Egypt, with a detailed discussion of Cleopatra's relationship...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Learn how Cleopatra used her influence over Julius Caesar to stay in power
Learn how Cleopatra used her influence over Julius Caesar to stay in power.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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Cleopatra, carving from the temple of Horus at Idfū, Egypt.
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Relief of Cleopatra as a goddess, c. 69–30 bce,...
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Mother and son
Ptolemy XV Caesar (right) and his mother, Cleopatra VII, relief on the temple of...
Olaf Tausch
Cleopatra (1917)
Theda Bara in the film Cleopatra, 1917.
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Cleopatra (1963), directed by Joseph...
© 1963 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Cleopatra
Cleopatra, detail of a bas relief, c. 69–30 bce;...
Courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of The University of Chicago
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Ptolemy XII Auletes, stone bas-relief at the temple near Kawm Umbū, Egypt.
Crucifixion
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was a leader of ancient Rome. He built a mighty empire. This marble...
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Cleopatra
Cleopatra and her son Ptolemy Caesar (right) are carved in a relief in the temple...
Olaf Tausch
Mark Antony and Cleopatra
Egyptian hieroglyphics show Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
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Battle of Actium
With a decisive naval victory over Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium, Octavian...
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Palmer Collection. Acquired with the assistance of H.M. Treasury, the Caird Fund, the Art Fund, the Pilgrim Trust and the Society for Nautical Research Macpherson Fund.
Cleopatra and Mark Antony
Cleopatra with Mark Antony.
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Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred in the film Cleopatra (1963),...
© 1963 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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