There she ruled beside her husband, Juba II, and had at least one son. Caesarion had been captured and killed, so the three younger children were left alone at their enemy’s mercy. Cleopatra was born to Ptolemy XII Auletes and an unknown mother. $5.90 shipping. Juba II’s father, King Juba I of Numidia, had committed suicide in 46 B.C. After a while, when she's grown, Octavian, now called Augustus, decides to marry her off. According to Josephus, "those that held Damascus" invited Aretas III, King of the Nabataeans, to rule them because they feared Ptolemy (son of Mennaeus), king of the Iturea. Such a scenario is unprecedented in Seleucid history. In 34 BCE, her parents held a formal ceremony called the Donations of Alexandria and she was made ruler of Cyrenaica and Libya. [85] Those accounts seem to contradict each other, but in the view of the seventeenth century historian William Whiston, they do not, since Josephus does not mention that Tigranes II captured the queen in Ptolemais. After a turbulent life, Cleopatra Selene died in 5 or 6 CE. Soon afterwards, Seleucus entered the capital. What he didn’t know was he left Cleopatra pregnant. Cleopatra VII Philopator ("Cleopatra the Father-Loving Goddess", 69—10 August 30 BC) was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, reigning as the last sovereign ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty from 51 BC until her death in 30 BC. It’s said that I held a deadly asp, and let it bite me. Antony also granted formal control over Cyprus, which had been under Egyptian control since 47 BC during the turmoil of Caesar's civil war , to Cleopatra in 40 BC as a gift for her loyalty to Rome. [70] Her children probably remained in Cilicia or somewhere else in Asia Minor for protection, which would explain Antiochus XIII's nickname, "Asiaticus".[69]. The children’s struggles to walk elicited sympathy from the crowd. They called the new capital Caesarea (modern Cherchell in Algeria). [70] The Senate refused to hear their petition for the Egyptian throne, but, according to Cicero, their de jure right to the Syrian throne which they had inherited from their ancestors was already acknowledged. If Ptolemy XI and Berenice III were both children of Cleopatra Selene, then the statement of Cicero can be taken literally. 61 sold. [57][58] Antioch was taken by Demetrius III then Philip I. Since "Philometor" appears on Kritt's coin, which is the same epithet borne by Antiochus XIII under the regency of his mother, then it is almost certain that Kritt's coin also belonged to Antiochus XIII. Later that year, the twins were born- Alexander Helios (Sun) and Cleopatra Selene (Moon). A year later, Ptolemy Philadelphos was born. They dutifully named their capital Caesaria, but it was a mixture of Egyptian and Greek building influences. Cleopatra Selene took Damascus after Antiochus XII's death and was replaced by Aretas III before 73 BC: Aretas III's rule in Damascus did not last long before Cleopatra Selene took control: According to Justin, Cleopatra Selene and Ptolemy IX had two children; Antiochus XIII: this son is the Antiochus of Cicero. [note 7][65], Based on the evidence of the coins depicting her alongside her ruling son, it appears that Cleopatra Selene acted as the regent. [16] The ancient Near East was ruled by successive dynasties whose monarchs claimed the title of Great King, i.e. One more humiliation was left to the children. [89] The Seleucid diadem was considered a symbol of legitimacy even after the fall of the Seleucid dynasty, and many eastern kings, such as the Parthian monarch Mithridates II, used Seleucid royal iconography to gain the local nobility's support in their domains. Juba II of Numidia on the obverse, Cleopatra Selene II on the reverse. $1.50 shipping. Fun Facts This is the cover for the movie, “Cleopatra”. It was an amiable enough marriage and at least two children were born- Ptolemy, born in 10 BCE, and Drusilla. The children were taken to Rome and given to his sister, Octavia, to raise in a good Roman home. My son Alexander Helios died. Cleopatra Selene and Juba II shared a common fact that both had been a part of Roman triumphs. [62][40] Antiochus XII, another son of Antiochus VIII who was ruling in Damascus, died in 230 SE (83/82 BC). On 25 December 40 BC, Cleopatra gave birth to twins fathered by Antony, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene II. [18] "Cleopatra" was a Ptolemaic dynastic name;[19] it means "famous in her father" or "renowned in her ancestry". Written by Philip Mackie , it is set in Ancient Egypt during the latter part of the Ptolemaic Dynasty with an emphasis on the Cleopatras. Evidence shows that the two may have ruled jointly as coins were issued in both their names. The Cleopatras is a 1983 BBC Television eight-part historical drama serial. Pursuing this further, she later marries Mark Antony and elevates two twins, Cleopatra Selene II and Alexander Helios, and another son, Ptolemy Philadelphus. Two of them died of illness, but her daughter, Cleopatra Selene II, married an African King Juba II of Numidia. Then there is Juba II, a son of a conquered King of Numidia who was captured and raised in Rome since the age of three. In 102 BC, Cleopatra III decided to establish an alliance with her nephew Antiochus VIII of Syria; Cleopatra Selene was sent as his bride. [note 1] Cleopatra Selene then hid somewhere in the kingdom with her children. More than 1,500 years before the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Cleopatra proved that women were capable of ruling nations, and that they could do it with intelligence, grace, and sometimes brutality. [112] Thus, it is possible that Cleopatra Selene had a daughter captured by Tigranes II. [34] In 103 BC, Ptolemy IX was fighting in Judea. $549.00. [48], In 218 SE (95/94 BC), Antiochus X, the son of Antiochus IX, proclaimed himself king in Arados,[48] and married Cleopatra Selene. [60] The 1st-century historian Josephus wrote of "Selene ... who ruled in Syria",[68] indicating her continued influence despite her never controlling the capital Antioch. With Michelle Newell, Graham Crowden, Helen Sparks, Richard Griffiths. ( Public Domain ) Cleopatra Selene was the only surviving member of Ptolemaic dynasty. All in all not a bad match. In 115 BC, Cleopatra III forced her son Ptolemy IX to divorce his sister-wife Cleopatra IV, and chose Cleopatra Selene as the new queen consort of Egypt. This one has 2 of 3 convincing characters (plus Octavius, who is the little jerk I picture him as), plus a serviceable and beautiful woman acting as Cleopatra. If Octavian was anything, he was a master at public relations. [86] Historian John D. Grainger explained Tigranes II's action as a consequence of Cleopatra Selene's political importance; she was a winning card in the hands of her husbands, and Tigranes II sought to deny other ambitious men from acquiring influence through her. Cleopatra Selene, usually just called Selene, has been a prisoner in Rome for years -- ever since her mother's death at Octavian's hands. [4] To ease the tension, the two dynasties intermarried. Eventually, when she had an affair with Julius Caesar she ends up giving birth to a baby boy named Caesarion. [79] In 69 BC, Tigranes II besieged Ptolemais; the city fell according to Josephus, but Tigranes II had to move north fast as the Romans started attacking Armenia. Cleopatra bore Antony twin children, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene II, in 40 BC, and a third, Ptolemy Philadelphus, in 36 BC. [87] Others see Cleopatra Selene as a pawn in political schemes who later evolved into a schemer in her own right, one who decided her actions effectively based on her own benefit. [5] Cleopatra I of Syria married Ptolemy V of Egypt in 193 BC,[6] and her granddaughter Cleopatra Thea married three Syrian kings in succession starting in 150 BC. Cleopatra Selene spent her early life in Alexandria living as normal a life as a princess could. Cleopatra also retrieved her strategos of Cyprus, Serapion, who had supported Cassius against her wishes. But the people of Antioch and the governor of Damascus, exhausted by the Seleucids' civil wars, invited foreign monarchs to rule them: Tigranes II of Armenia took Antioch, while Aretas III of Nabataea took Damascus. [72] This typography appeared in the Damascene coins of Demetrius III and Antiochus XII and is otherwise rare in the Hellenistic world. B.C.) [17] When she declared her son king, Cleopatra Selene controlled lands in Cilicia or Phoenicia or both. Right image: An ancient Roman sculpture possibly depicting either Cleopatra of Ptolemaic Egypt, or her daughter, Cleopatra Selene II, Queen of Mauretania, located in the Archaeological Museum of Cherchell, Algeria ( Hichem algerino / CC BY-SA 4.0 ) … He divorces Octavia. Tensions were beginning to fray. [92], Identifying Antiochus X and Cleopatra Selene's children is problematic; Cicero wrote that the queen had two sons, one of them named Antiochus. [113], This article is about the daughter of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III of Egypt. Jun 23, 2016 - Inspiration for Cleopatra Selene. After a disastrous second marriage, Juba joined her in Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania in 23 CE. Cleopatra Selene probably fled before the new king's arrival. But it is worth watching for the interested. [60] The queen's claims of authority were not generally accepted by the Syrians, and the people of Antioch invited Tigranes II to rule Syria, being frustrated by the Seleucids' constant civil wars. $3.00. [47] In the view of historian Auguste Bouché-Leclercq, Cleopatra Selene had little reason to trust the five sons of her previous husband;[41] the queen needed an ally who would help her control the capital while Antiochus IX needed a wife and Cleopatra Selene's influence over the city's garrison and her late husband's officials. The numismatist Arthur Houghton suggested the year 97 BC for Antiochus VIII's assassination because the coins of his son, The age of Selene raised questions amongst modern historians; it is known that the queen bore two children for Antiochus X, and. He promises to acknowledge his two children with Cleopatra, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene. My daughter Cleopatra Selene II married African King Jubba II of Numidia. The younger Cleopatra was ten years old when she and her brothers were shipped off to Rome following her mother's death. 40?) For the daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony, see, Jugate bronze coin depicting Cleopatra Selene in the foreground with her son Antiochus XIII in the background, Some years in the article are given according to the. [50] Yet, the marriage was scandalous. The twins already had one half brother, Caesarion, from their mother’s previous marriage to Julius Caesar and five half siblings from the father’s various marriages. [20] As a queen of Syria, she was the second to rule with the name 'Cleopatra'. The Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt were the closest relatives of the Seleucids and their legitimate successors; Cleopatra VII of Egypt used the name of Cleopatra Selene for her daughter Cleopatra Selene of Mauretania, born 40 BC; this can be viewed in the context of Cleopatra VII's attempts to claim the Seleucid succession rights in the East. [33] If it is accepted that Cleopatra Selene married Ptolemy X, then Cleopatra III divorced her from him after he deserted. About this time all mention of Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphos stop. It begins with Cleopatra being named queen of Cyrenaica and Libya by her father and follows the events around her parents' suicide. An argument in favour of Cleopatra Selene and her son being the sole claimants of Syria in 75 BC is a statement by Cicero: the Roman statesman wrote that Antiochus XIII and his brother were sent to Rome by their mother in 75 BC. Four years later, Antony renewed his relationship with Cleopatra, and from this point on Alexandria would be his home. [31] Cleopatra Selene, favoured by her mother Cleopatra III, was chosen as the new queen consort in 115 BC. It was regarded and portrayed as a gaudy farce. Cleopatra Selene stayed in Rome until her marriage at fifteen or sixteen to Juba II. After Anthony’s defeat, Selene was taken to Rome with her twin brother (Alexander Helios) and half-brother (Caeserion), and paraded in heavy gold chains. [17] Selene was the name of the Greek moon goddess and it is connected to the word selas (σέλας), meaning "light". While her siblings disappeared from the historic record during this time (code for "they died"), Cleopatra Selene II was raised to be an upstanding citizen of Rome and was eventually married to King Juba II of Mauretania in northern Africa, a new addition to the empire. was the son of Cleopatra Selene and Juba II. This has given us fiction writers, however, a great deal of freedom in imagining what she was like. [90], Ptolemy X's son, Ptolemy XI, might have been the child of Cleopatra IV. [71] Based on her jugate coins which depict her alongside Antiochus XIII, Hoover suggested that Selene operated from Damascus;[65] those coins used a broken-bar Alpha, cursive Epsilon and squared Sigma. Cleopatra Selene controlled several coastal towns until Tigranes II besieged her in 69 BC in Ptolemais; the Armenian king captured the queen and later executed her. Four years later, Antony visited Alexandria again en route to make war with the Parthians. Coins with Juba II and Cleopatra Selene Photo Credit – Wikipedia. [51] The rationale for the marriage might have been pragmatic: Antiochus X sought to be king, but had little resources and needed a queen. In any case, marrying Cleopatra Selene to a Roman would have been politically dangerous as a Roman grandson of Antony could rise to challenge Octavian. In Alexandria, Antony publicly divides his empire among Caesarion, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, and his and Cleopatra's infant son Ptolemy Philadelphos. Juba was also a Roman hostage after the death of his father, and knew the humiliation of walking in a triumph. [72] If her currency was minted in Damascus,[note 9] then it dates to the period between the death of Antiochus XII and Tigranes II's occupation of the city. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. In her new capital city, she cultivated her mother’s memory by building monuments and temples in her name. By the second century BC, the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom were weakened by dynastic feuds,[2][3] constant wars against each other (known as the Syrian Wars), and Roman interference. There are some indications that Octavia encouraged the match, so it is possible she sensed feelings between the two. [40] Details of Cleopatra Selene's life with Antiochus VIII are not clear; no known offspring resulted from the marriage,[41] though six of Antiochus VIII's children from his previous marriage are known. Antony still had adherents in Rome, however quiet they were at this point, and it is never good public relations to kill children. Appian wrote an anecdote concerning the epithet of Antiochus X, "Eusebes" ("the pious"): the Syrians gave it to him to mock his show of loyalty to his father by bedding his widow. The first of them to act was Seleucus VI who was established in Cilicia. The couple were sent to Mauritania to rule by Octavian. [11] Ancient writers, such as Cicero and Appian, mention that the queen's name is Selene,[12][13] and Strabo clarified that she was surnamed "Cleopatra". Justin wrote that Cleopatra III "made two daughters husbandless by marrying them to their brothers in turn". [78] They returned to Syria in 240 SE (73/72 BC);[79] the brothers claimed the throne of Egypt based on their mother's birthright. Within a year of his marriage to Cleopatra Selene, Antiochus IX marched against his nephew but was defeated and killed. In it, Ptolemy Philadelphus dies of an illness and Alexander Helios is poisoned by Mark Antony's wife, Octavia, after he drank wine meant for his sister. Cleopatra II Selene (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; c. between 135 and 130 – 69 BC) was the monarch of Syria from 82 to 69 BC. What a terrifying and humiliating experience it must have been to walk behind the wheels of Octavian’s chariot and listen to the jeers of the Roman crowd. Tension between the king and his mother grew and ended with his expulsion from Egypt, leaving Cleopatra Selene behind; she probably then married the new king, her other brother Ptolemy X. In Rome, Juba II found a home and it suited him well. It's not great. ... and Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene II and Ptolemy Philadelphus (children of Mark Antony). Octavian was coming. Cleopatra died by committing suicide with a poisonous snake. [9], Cleopatra Selene was born between 135 and 130 BC to Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III. [16] Coins struck in her name record her as Cleopatra Selene. [109] Cleopatra Selene's maternity of Ptolemy XI can not be confirmed,[34] and which of Ptolemy X's wives bore Ptolemy XI remains unknown. Since Cleopatra had killed herself, she deprived Octavian of marching her in his triumph. The lives of a series of queens belonging to the Ptolemaic Dynasty of ancient Egypt, culminating in its final active ruler Cleopatra … It seemed as if Cleopatra Selene was making Alexandria in miniature. [note 4][45] The capital of Syria, Antioch, was part of Antiochus VIII's realm at the time of his assassination; Cleopatra Selene probably resided there. [84] Tigranes II, whose invasion probably took place during Antiochus XIII's absence,[79] never controlled the entire country and took Damascus only in 72 BC. [note 6][50] Antiochus X pushed Seleucus VI out of Antioch in 94 BC and ruled northern Syria and Cilicia,[49][53] while Seleucus VI's brothers Philip I and Demetrius III ruled Beroea and Damascus respectively. [109] Berenice III was mentioned as a mother of Ptolemy XI in a Demotic text, but the Egyptian word used to denote a "son" can also mean a step son, which is the meaning preferred by most scholars for the word in the text mentioning Berenice III as a mother of Ptolemy XI. Ptolemy of Mauretania (c. 24 B.C. In 31 BCE, Antony and Cleopatra lost a major naval battle at Actium. [15] The archaeologist Nicholas L. Wright suggested that she assumed the epithet "Selene" when she became queen of Egypt and that it is a divinising epithet, indicating that Cleopatra Selene presented herself as the manifestation of the moon goddess on earth. [10] Cleopatra Selene had many siblings, including Ptolemy IX, Ptolemy X, and Cleopatra IV. Egypt 50 piastres, Cleopatra coin. In 1949, one of them, from the collection of. Eventually, Syria split between the sons of Antiochus VIII with Philip I ruling in the Syrian capital Antioch and Antiochus XII in the southern city Damascus. Seleucus Kybiosaktes: the second son of Cleopatra Selene, who was unnamed by Cicero and does not appear in other ancient sources, This page was last edited on 2 March 2021, at 03:54. She evidently took shelter with her children somewhere in the kingdom,[60] and possibly fled to Cilicia or Coele-Syria,[61] probably the city of Ptolemais, which she held until her death. Cleopatra was not permitted to enter Rome. Cleopatra Selene had many children by several husbands. Ptolemy IX might have married Cleopatra IV while a prince ruling. [83], The regency of Cleopatra Selene probably ended in 75 BC as the journey of Antiochus XIII to Rome indicates that he had already reached his majority or was close to it. [63] With the throne of Antiochus XII vacant, Cleopatra Selene declared her son Antiochus XIII king. [note 3][36][34], The marriage of Cleopatra Selene and Antiochus VIII took place c. 102 BC;[39][36] historian Leo Kadman suggested that Cleopatra III gave her daughter to the Syrian king in Ptolemais before she retreated to Egypt, and that Cleopatra Selene kept that city as her main base until the end of her life. Legacy of the Moon: The Story of Cleopatra Selene (From the ... Cleopatra's Moon': Not Just For Kids - Los Angeles Times. The Romans generally accepted Ptolemy XII as legitimate. As a result, what we most recall of this fascinating woman are her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: but she was much more than that. There are some reports of a third child, but it is not known for sure. Ptolemy XV Caesarion (June 47 B.C. At about fifteen or sixteen, Cleopatra Selene was married off to the King of Mauretania, a Roman province in North Africa. [33], The same year, 107 BC, Cleopatra Selene was probably married off to the new king, her younger brother, Ptolemy X. However her daughter Selene did build the Iseum a temple / tomb for her mother / Nea Isia, when she became Queen consort of Juno II of Mauretania. When the Romans ended the Seleucid dynasty in 64 BC, they attempted to simply replace the Syrian monarchs as an imperial authority, but the political reality of Rome as a republic meant that its legitimacy in the East was questioned. [47] It is unlikely that this marriage was received well by Antiochus VIII's sons. [59], Cleopatra Selene's location during the reign of Antiochus X's successors in Antioch is unknown. [24], Sibling marriage was known in ancient Egypt and, although it was not a general practice, it was acceptable for the Egyptians;[25] the Ptolemies practised it, perhaps to consolidate the dynasty. Cleopatra Selene II - Naked History. [56] Ancient sources contain contradictory accounts and dates, and the numismatist Oliver D. Hoover suggested the date of 224 SE (89/88 BC) for Antiochus X's demise. [26] In 116 BC, Ptolemy VIII died and his will left Cleopatra III to rule alongside a co-ruler of her choice from between her two sons; she wanted to choose Ptolemy X but the people of Alexandria (the capital of Egypt) opposed this, forcing her to accept Ptolemy IX's ascension to the throne. Cleópatra Selene II tornou-se assim uma grande aliada de Roma. To impress the Roman Senate, the queen endowed her children with sufficient assets, which included a jewelled candelabrum that was dedicated to the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. The situation between Antony, Cleopatra and Octavian boiled over into open conflict. [92] Cleopatra Selene is the most suitable candidate; among several arguments in favor of Cleopatra Selene, Bennett noted that Berenice III was called by Cicero a sister of Ptolemy XI. Women of Antiquity – Rhakotis. [64] Many of those coins have been found,[note 8][68] and they depict Antiochus XIII in the background and herself in the foreground, in the style of a queen regnant,[69] where Cleopatra Selene's name is written before that of the king's. Egypt 2005 King Tut & Cleopatra Uncirculated Two Coins. Just history. $4.99. It could have been natural causes, but Octavian was not above getting his hands dirty and was notoriously cautious. Eventually, in 40 BCE, Antony went back to Rome to marry Octavia and try to forge a peace with her brother, Octavian. The $44 million budget of the movie Cleopatra is equivalent to $270 million in 1999, thus being the most expensive movie ever made to date. [64] Damascus' history between the death of Antiochus XII and 241 SE (72/71 BC), when the Armenian king Tigranes II took the city, is obscure. Antony did not acknowledge his children until he met with Cleopatra in Antioch three years later. [27] Shortly after his elevation,[28] Cleopatra III forced Ptolemy IX to divorce Cleopatra IV,[29] his sister whom he had married before their father's death;[30] the 2nd-century historian Justin implied that Cleopatra III made this a condition of accepting him as co-ruler. – 30? What we do know is the pair were married and made client king and queen of Mauretania. 3 years later Julius Caesar got assassinated. $2.00 shipping. However, Octavian did not kill them. was the son of Cleopatra VII with Julius Caesar. The second is her daughter with Mark Antony, Cleopatra Selene II (or Cleopatra VIII), who also lived an interesting life. [7] Those intermarriages helped Egypt destabilize Syria which was especially fragmented between different claimants to the throne;[8] brothers fought between themselves and Egypt interfered by supporting one claimant against the other. What she thought of raising the children of her husband with the woman who took him away is not known. The succession of Cleopatra Selene and Antiochus XIII in the aftermath of Antiochus XII's death is not mentioned by ancient literary sources and is reconstructed using numismatic evidence. [14] On the other hand, modern scholars, such as Arthur Houghton and Catharine Lorber, believed that Selene was actually an epithet. [110] More children, perhaps a daughter, might have resulted from the marriage, but it can not be confirmed;[111] according to Plutarch, Tigranes II "put to death the successors of Seleucus, and [carried] off their wives and daughters into captivity". She was the fraternal twin of Ptolemaic prince Alexander Helios. Cleopatra Selene stayed in Rome until her marriage at fifteen or sixteen to Juba II. After Marc and Cleopatra commited suicide, Octavia raised their three children, Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene, and Ptolemy Philadelphus. [76] The year in which this event took place is debated; 83 BC is, without any proof, commonly accepted as Philip I's year of death by the majority of scholars who count on the account of Appian, who assigned a reign of fourteen years for Tigranes II, which ended in 69 BC. [35] The queen mother feared an alliance against her between Ptolemy IX and his friend Antiochus IX of Syria, who was fighting a civil war with his brother Antiochus VIII; this led her to send troops to Syria. They lived a full life there, and had children. [41] The manner in which Antiochus IX took control of Antioch and his new wife in 95 BC is not clear; he could have taken the city by force or it could be that Cleopatra Selene herself opened the gates for him. imperial overlord. Antony and Cleopatra had a relationship together. 295 sold. Kingdom Of Mauretania Juba II & Cleopatra Selene NGC VF Ancient Silver Coin. Plain and simple, from us to you. [92] Following Cleopatra IV's expulsion from Egypt in 115 BC, she went to Cyprus where Ptolemy X resided, but she departed quickly to Syria and married Antiochus IX; if Ptolemy XI was her son, then her abandonment of Cyprus is hard to explain, and her son would not have been considered legitimate, while the legitimacy of Ptolemy XI was unquestioned. See more ideas about cleopatra, mark antony, ptolemaic egypt. [54] The last evidence for the reign of Antiochus X is dated to 92 BC;[55] he is generally assumed to have died at around this date. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Cleopatra Selene in the elephant crown of Mauretania Photo Credit – Google Image. 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Cleopatra VII & Her Children. Selene … [10] In 107 BC, the relationship between Ptolemy IX and his mother deteriorated;[32] Cleopatra III forced him out of Egypt, and he left his wife and children behind. [49] The Seleucid dynasty had a precedent of a son marrying his stepmother: Antiochus I had married his stepmother Stratonice, and this might have made it easier for Cleopatra Selene. The book ends with Cleopatra's marriage to Juba II. Sculpture of Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene at Dendra Photo Credit – Google Images, The affair between Cleopatra and Marc Antony was one of the biggest scandals of the ancient world. 0. The very last Egyptian pharaoh was Cleopatra VII (69–30 BCE) also known as Cleopatra Philopater, the famous Cleopatra of the plays by George Bernard Shaw and movies starring Elizabeth Taylor.
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