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queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE

Cleopatra VII Philopator (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; 69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was a political ruler and religious figure of ancient Egypt who, allied with Julius Caesar, solidified her rule. After Caesar's assassination, she aligned with Mark Antony of the Second Triumvirate with whom she produced twins, and whom she married by Egyptian rites. She committed suicide after the successful invasion of Egypt by the forces of Octavian, who afterwards, with the execution of her son Caesarion, ended the Ptolemaic dynasty.

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Native Name: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ

Alternative Names: Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator • Cleopatra VII Philopator • Cleopatra VII • Cleopatra Philopator • Kleopatra

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Peace, peace! Dost thou not see my baby at my breast,
That sucks the nurse asleep?

My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood,
To say as I said then!

I am fire and air; my other elements I give to baser life.

Where’s my serpent of old Nile?
For so he calls me.

Eternity was in our lips and eyes.

Good sirs, take heart: —
We'll bury him; and then, what's brave, what's noble,
Let's do it after the high Roman fashion,
And make Death proud to take us. Come, away:
This case of that huge spirit now is cold. —
Ah, women, women! — come; we have no friend
But resolution, and the briefest end.

O, wither’d is the garland of the war!
The soldier’s pole is fall'n; young boys and girls
Are level now with men; the odds is gone,
And there is nothing left remarkable
Beneath the visiting moon.

He was dispos'd to mirth; but on the sudden
A Roman thought hath struck him.

I have Immortal longings in me.

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