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Cleopatra, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old. She may have committed suicide by poison or snakebite, or been murdered by Octavian, her Roman rival.
Cleopatra was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, a Hellenistic state founded by a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. She was a descendant of Ptolemy I and learned the Egyptian language, and had a son with Julius Caesar and a relationship with Mark Antony.
Cleopatra's children by Herod were raised and educated in Rome. After the death of her husband in 4 BC, her second son inherited some of his father's dominion and ruled as a Roman client king until his death in 34. [3] Cleopatra became the mother-in-law of Philip's wife and niece Salome. Philip and Salome had no children.
Cleopatra II was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt who ruled with two brother-husbands and her daughter from 175 to 116 BC. She faced rivalry, rebellion and invasion during her reign and was the mother of Ptolemy IX and Ptolemy X.
Cleopatra, born in 69 B.C., was crowned the queen of Egypt at just 18-years-old upon the death of her father, Ptolemy XII. Together, her and her 10-year-old brother, Ptolemy XIII ruled Egypt.
Caesarion was the eldest son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar, and the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. He was proclaimed a god and a king by Mark Antony, but was killed by Octavian after the Battle of Actium in 30 BC.
Cleopatra VII was born in 69 BC to Ptolemy XII Auletes and an uncertain mother, possibly Cleopatra V or Cleopatra VI, who may have been the same person. She became the queen of Egypt after her father's death in 51 BC and ruled jointly with her brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV.
Cleopas was one of the two disciples who met Jesus on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection, according to Luke 24. He may be the same person as Clopas, Alphaeus, or the brother of Joseph and Mary, according to different traditions.