Cleopatra Part I: Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt. Alexandria.

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To modern ears, the name Cleopatra refers to only one woman โ€“ the famed last Queen of Egypt who tragically chose the wrong lover and the wrong side in the Roman Civil Wars. However, this famous Cleopatra was actually known as Cleopatra VII, the last in a long line of kings and queens descended from the Macedonian general Ptolemy I Soter. The original [...]