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Cleopatra was the last queen of independent Egypt before the country became a Roman province. She belonged to the Hellenistic dynasty of the Ptolemies, which came to power after the conquest of Egypt…

Why was Cleopatra VII so popular with the Egyptian people? Was it just because she was a woman ruler in a time when that was very rare, or were there other factors

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The suicide of Cleopatra: Roman soldiers discover Cleopatra lying dead on her bed with the asp wriggling on her left arm and her dead maid lying next to the bed. Line engraving

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