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The Last of the Ptolemies.(Cleopatra VII)
Calliope
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October 1, 2001|
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She became queen of Egypt at 18. She spoke Greek and at least eight other languages. She was the first Ptolemy to learn Egyptian. She was also the last Ptolemy. She was the bright and vivacious Cleopatra VII.
Beginning her reign in 51 B.C., Cleopatra inherited a tightly centralized administration, developed mainly by Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II. Alexandria was her capital.
Cleopatra ruled brilliantly. Egyptians worshiped their kings and queens as gods on earth, specifically as Osiris and his sister-wife Isis. So the Greek Cleopatra cleverly strengthened ...
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