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When did Cleopatra reign in Egypt?
51 to
30 BC
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What was Egypt's relationship with Rome?
Egypt was a
client kingdom
of Rome
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What is a client monarch?
A leader of a
client kingdom
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When was Cleopatra born?
Around
69 BC
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Who were Cleopatra's family and when did they start ruling Egypt?
The
Ptolemies
, since
323 BC
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When did Cleopatra become joint ruler with her father and how old was she?
55 BC
, aged
14
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How much power did Cleopatra have and why?
Not a lot, due to
gender
tradition
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What happened when Ptolemy XII died?
Cleopatra
became joint ruler with
Ptolemy XIII
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How old was Ptolemy XIII when he became joint ruler?
He was aged
10
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What did Cleopatra do after becoming joint ruler with Ptolemy XIII?
She
took
power
for
herself
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When was Cleopatra forced to flee Egypt?
48 BC
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Why was Cleopatra forced to flee Egypt?
A
palace coup
removed her from power
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Who was put in charge of Egypt after Cleopatra fled?
Ptolemy XIII
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What was happening in Rome during Cleopatra's flight?
A bloody civil war between
Caesar
and
Pompey
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Why was there a civil war in Rome at that time?
For
control
of the Roman world
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Where did Pompey flee after his military defeat?
To
Alexandria
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What happened to Pompey in Alexandria?
Ptolemy XIII
killed him
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Why did Ptolemy XIII kill Pompey?
To win the favor of
Julius Caesar
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How was Pompey killed?
By
beheading
in front of his family
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How did Julius Caesar react to Pompey's death?
He was
displeased
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Why was Caesar displeased with Pompey's death?
They had once been
allies
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What did Caesar do after Pompey's death?
He took
immediate
control of
Alexandria
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What opportunity did Cleopatra see after Caesar took control?
She
saw
a
chance
to
reclaim
power
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What did Cleopatra do to reclaim power?
She went straight to
Julius Caesar
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What did Cleo need to get to JC?
An
audience
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How did Cleo gain an audience with JC?
She was carried in a bedsack by
Apollodorus
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Why did Cleo want a private meeting?
To work her charm
uninterrupted
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What was the result of Cleo's meeting with JC?
She was declared joint ruler with
Ptolemy XIII
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How old was Cleo when she became Caesar's mistress?
21 years old
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How old was Caesar when he became Cleo's lover?
52
years old
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What was the name of Cleo's son with Caesar?
Ptolemy Caesar
(Caesarion)
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What happened to Ptolemy XIII in January 47 BC?
He was killed during a
failed coup
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What custom did Cleo follow after Ptolemy XIII's death?
She named another brother as
co-ruler
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What was Cleo's actual power in Egypt after naming a co-ruler?
She was in
sole charge
of Egypt
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When did Cleo visit Rome with Caesarion?
46 BC
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What title did Cleo insist on being called during her visit to Rome?
Queen
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How did Roman citizens feel about Cleo being called queen?
They disliked it
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Why did Romans dislike the title of monarch?
It insulted their
citizenship
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Where did Cleo stay while visiting Rome?
In
JC's
country villa
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what happened shortly after cleo returned to egypt?
ptolemy XVI
died (
44 BC
)
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