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Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, renowned for her intelligence, charisma, and her romantic and political alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. A polyglot who spoke nine languages, she was an astute political strategist who sought to preserve Egyptian independence against the growing power of Rome. Following the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra by Octavian, she died by suicide in 30 BC at age 39, ending the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom from 51 to 30 BC and the last active pharaoh of ancient Egypt. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Her first language was Koine Greek, and she is the only Ptolemaic ruler known to have learned the Egyptian language, among several others. After her death, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the Hellenistic period in the Mediterranean, which had begun during the reign of Alexander.
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