Do You Know Who is Cleopatra: The games of power are not surprising in today’s era itself, don’t know what tactics the king and queen have been adopting to get the kingdom from centuries ago. Today we will tell you about one such woman, who not only married her two brothers for the sake of power, but did not know how many people were trapped in the trap of her appearance. This woman, the mistress of Bepanah Husn, established her power at a time when people started considering her story as over.
This woman, who started the struggle for power at the age of 14, lived only 38 years in total. The exploits she did in such a short life that history could never forget her and she was recognized as one of the most famous and powerful queens of the world. The name of the queen we are talking about was Cleopatra. She is remembered even today because of her beauty, intelligence and brilliant political ability. Some find his character attractive and some find it negative but one cannot ignore it.
married her own brother
History also does not know about where Cleopatra was originally from. Some called it from Macedonia and some from Africa. Although she was established as the queen of Egypt. After the death of Cleopatra’s father at the age of 14, she inherited power with her brother Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII. According to the information received from the Internet, according to the custom of Egypt, he also married two of his own brothers, so that the power remains. However, later she went to meet Julius Caesar with the help of one of her servants and along with him removed her brother from power and herself became the queen of Egypt.
With the help of a servant, Cleopatra went to meet Julius Caesar and teamed up with him to remove her brother from power. (Credit-Shutterstock)
Trapped in the trap of love, used to get work done
In this whole matter, a close relationship was formed between Cleopatra and Julius Caesar and in 47 BC she gave birth to a son, Caesarion. After Caesar’s assassination in 44 BC, the queen’s younger brother Ptolemy X1V mysteriously disappeared and sister Arsinoe IV was put to death by Mark Antony. Cleopatra continued to rule with Caesarion. As soon as Antony was made the ruler of Rome’s eastern provinces, Cleopatra immediately made political relations with him.
She is remembered even today because of her beauty, intelligence and brilliant political ability. (Credit-Shutterstock)
Gave birth to Antony’s 3 children
Cleopatra went to Tartus in 41 BC on the invitation of Antony. It is said that for this she thought it right to dress up like Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. By trapping Antony in the magic of her love, Cleopatra kept her throne safe and kept Egypt free. This couple had 3 children, who were later sent to different places to strengthen the kingdom. It is said that Cleopatra was so crazy about her beauty that she used to bathe in the milk of 700 donkeys. She used to appear in front of the public dressed like a goddess and she was worshiped for years.
She used to appear in front of the public dressed like a goddess and she was worshiped for years. (Credit-Shutterstock)mystery of queen’s death
Writer Shakespeare was also fascinated by the beauty of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt and he praised it a lot in his plays. When Cleopatra died, she was only 38 years old. It is said that after the defeat in the battle of Actium, the queen applied snake oil on her body, after which she was bitten by an asp (Egyptian poisonous snake). It is said that at the time when all this was happening, a person named Strabo was present at that time, who also later testified to it. At the same time, some people also say that Antony’s rival Augustus killed Cleopatra after the defeat. In this way, the life of Cleopatra, considered the goddess of beauty, ended.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : February 06, 2023, 16:11 IST