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Princess Cleopatra realizes her family's reign is in danger. The Alexandrians were angry that Cleopatra's father, King Ptolemy XII owed Rome so much money. He decided to flee to Rome to create an alliance with the Romans. While he was away, Cleopatra's half sister Berenice decides to take the throne.

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Three years after Ptolemy's flee to Rome, he comes back to Egypt with the support from Rome. When he heard that his daughter Berenice had taken the throne for herself he immediately had her executed. With Rome's help, Ptolemy XII continued to hold the title as Pharaoh and even gave Cleopatra the honour of being the next ruler of Egypt.

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After the death of Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra was left to rule the kingdom with her younger brother Ptolemy XIII.

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Ptolemy XIII and Pothinus declare war against Cleopatra

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Ptolemy XIII and Pothinus declare war against Cleopatra

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Since Cleopatra's brother was still a child, he had a group of advisers to help him. Ptolemy XIII's advisers of scheming Greeks led by a man named Pothinus wanted to rule Egypt for themselves. Cleopatra was determined to keep her throne which frustrated Pothinus. Pothinus then decided to plot something against her.

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After hearing about Pothinus' plans, Cleopatra decides to sail to Rome. Seeing that the Romans helped her father, she thought they might help her too. When she arrived to Rome, she immediately met with the Roman leader, Julius Caesar who was amazed with Cleopatra and wanted to help her win back her throne.

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After Caesar tries to convince Pothinus and Ptolemy XIII to give back Cleopatra's throne, Pothinus began war with the Romans. The Alexandrian war was then settled resulting in the deaths of Pothinus and Ptolemy XIII.

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Caesar and Cleopatra head back to Alexandra after the war and Cleopatra became queen again, but with her other younger brother Ptolemy XIV. Caesar then leaves Egypt to go back to Rome, leaving Cleopatra and their son Caesarion behind.

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Cleopatra was missing her beloved Caesar and decides to visit him in Rome along with Ptolemy XIV and Caesarion. Only after a year Caesar was stabbed to his death. Cleopatra was in distraught and fled back to Alexandria.

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Brutus and Cassius, Caesars murder's, reached out to Cleopatra for assistance, but Antony and Octavian, Caesars close friends, also reached out to her for assistance as well. She decided to meet Antony in Tarsus and they began to get closer.

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As Antony and Cleopatra fell in love, Antony wanted to go one step further to prove his love. He staged a ceremony where Cleopatra was crowned Queen of Kings, and their children were given royal titles.

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Octavian, Antony's former Allie, wanted the Roman Empire to himself, so he declared war against Cleopatra and Antony. The two waited in Greece with their troops for Octavian's attack. Little did they know his fleet was much larger than what they expected.

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After Cleopatra and Antony escaped Octavian, Cleopatra waited in her tomb for Antony to come back from attacking Octavian, but when a messenger arrived she was told Antony stabbed himself to death thinking that she had died. Octavian's soldiers then found Cleopatra and kidnapped her. Cleopatra then decided to commit suicide by being bitten by a snake with the final request to be buried beside her beloved Antony.