What actress played Cleopatra in 1963?
Elizabeth Taylor
What is this?
A coin showing Cleopatra.
What is shown in red here?
The Roman Empire in 44 B.C.
What subjects did Cleopatra study?
History, science, medicine and math. Plus languages.
What was the best way to travel in Cleopatra's time?
By barge on the river Nile
When did the Nile flood in Cleopatra's time?
During the rainy season from July to October.
What education did boys get in Cleopatra's time?
They studied for their careers, usually doing the same work as their father.
When did Cleopatra's father die?
51 BC
Where did Cleopatra go when she had to leave Egypt?
Syria
Who helped Cleopatra get her throne back?
Julius Caesar.
Who won the war between Caesar and Ptolemy XIII?
Caesar.
How did Cleopatra announce she was queen again?
By sailing down the Nile with Caesar.
In 46 BC Cleopatra went to Rome, why did the people there not like her?
She was a queen from another country and they thought she would take over.
How did Caesar die?
The senate turned against him and murdered him.
After Caesar died, who became the rulers of the Roman empire?
Octavian and Marc Anthony.
When and where did Cleopatra and Marc Anthony meet?
In Tarsus, Turkey in 41 BC
