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A bust of Cleopatra VII dated to 40–30 BC, now located at the Vatican Museums, showing her with a "melon" hairstyle and a Hellenistic royal diadem [1]. The ethnicity of Cleopatra VII, the last active Hellenistic ruler of the Macedonian-led Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, has caused debate in some circles.
Cleopatra VII was born in early 69 BC to the ruling Ptolemaic pharaoh Ptolemy XII and an uncertain mother, [32] [33] [note 13] presumably Ptolemy XII's wife Cleopatra V Tryphaena (who may have been the same person as Cleopatra VI Tryphaena), [34] [35] [36] [note 14] [note 2] the mother of Cleopatra's older sister, Berenice IV Epiphaneia.
Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old.According to popular belief, Cleopatra killed herself by allowing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her, but according to the Roman-era writers Strabo, Plutarch, and Cassius Dio, Cleopatra poisoned herself using either a toxic ointment or by introducing the poison ...
[120] According to Lefkowitz, Clarke's essay includes the claim that Cleopatra described herself as black in the New Testament's Book of Acts. Lefkowitz argues that this confuses Cleopatra with the Kandake mentioned in Acts 8:27, and that Cleopatra is mentioned nowhere in Acts. [120] The Berlin Cleopatra, now in the Altes Museum, 1st century BC ...
Charmion (servant to Cleopatra) Death of Cleopatra; Cleopatra's Needles; ... Ethnicity of Cleopatra; Reign of Cleopatra; S. Siege of Alexandria (47 BC) T. Taposiris ...
Cleopatra V (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Τρύφαινα; died c. 69–68 BC or c. 57 BC) was a Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt.She is the only surely attested wife of Ptolemy XII.
The reign of Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt began with the death of her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, by March 51 BC. It ended with her suicide in August 30 BC, [ note 1 ] which also marked the conclusion of the Hellenistic period and the annexation of Egypt into a Roman province .
Original – The Death of Cleopatra by Guido Cagnacci, circa 1658 Reason Image has EV, good resolution and quality. Articles in which this image appears Cleopatra, Cultural depictions of Cleopatra VII, Guido Cagnacci, 1658 in art FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork ...