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Cleopatra

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  • When and where did Mark Antony and Cleopatra suffer a devastating defeat?
    At the battle of Actium in 31 bc.
  • True or false. Cleopatra shared power with two husband-brothers.
    True
  • True or false. Cleopatra's relationship with Caesar ended in tragedy when he killed himself in 44 bc.
    False.
  • Why did Cleopatra kill herself?
    She didn't want to be captured by Octavian.
  • How did Cleopatra kill herself?
    Some reports say she poisoned herself and another popular story says that she died after letting a poisonous asp (a type of snake) bite her.
  • When did Cleopatra rise to power?
    Around 51 bc.
  • True or false. Cleopatra shared the power with Ptolemy.
    False
  • True or false. Ptolemy became king of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 bc.
    True
  • Why did Mark Antony kill himself?
    He heard a false report that Cleopatra was dead.
  • True or false. Cleopatra had his brother-husband killed to make her son her co-ruler.
    True
  • Besides Egypt, which lands did Mark Antony and Cleopatra rule?
    Cyprus, Crete and Syria.
  • True or false. Cleopatra and Caesar had a son named Caesarion.
    True
  • True or false. Antony married Octavian, the sister of another Roman ruler, after having twins with Cleopatra.
    True
  • How did Cleopatra learn to govern?
    By watching her father.
  • Who was Ptolemy?
    A Greek general who helped Alexander the Great conquered Egypt.
  • True or false. Cleopatra's family had ruled Egypt for more than 1,000 years before she was born.
    False
  • What did Cleopatra do to win back her throne?
    She made friends with Julius Caesar, the Roman ruler.
  • According to the text, sometimes there was only one way for a woman to rule, which was it?
    Brothers and sisters marrying. / Marrying their brothers.
  • When was Cleopatra born?
    Around 69 bc.
  • What did Octavian convince the Roman senate to do?
    To go to war against Egypt (in 32 bc).
  • Why didn't Cleopatra and her brother-husband, Ptolemy XIII, share power for long?
    Because with help from his advisers Ptolemy was able to take control of the government and to force Cleopatra flee Egypt in 48 bc.
  • Why did Antony meet up with Cleopatra again?
    He hoped she would help him gain more power and lands.
  • True or false. Cleopatra and Mark Antony had three children: the twins Ptolemy Philadelphus and Cleopatra Selene, and a son named Alexander Helios.
    False.
  • Why did Caesar want to help Cleopatra?
    Because she was charming.
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