Uncovering Cleopatra

The name entitle Who was Cleopatra? from the Smithsonian magazine describes who the infamous tycoon of the Nile was and what her life was like almost 49 B.C. The details that the bind mainly clarifies on argon the struggles with her teenage brother all over the prat of Egypt and her scheme to pilfer into the castling to see Julius Caesar. The article also exemplifies what kind of pharaoh she was during her time. roughly 49 B.C. when Cleopatra was just in her early twenties, she fled to Syria to return to a mercenary army in order set up camp right out of doors of the capital. This was because the fight over the rear end of Egypt with her brother was not overtaking as nearly as she had externalizened. Cleopatra wanted nothing to a greater extent than to rule. Her husband, Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII, had driven his infant from the palace at Alexandria after Cleopatra essay to make herself the sole sovereign. \nIn the summer of 48 B.C. the Roman General Julius Caesar arrived at Alexandria. Caesar was emaciated to the Egyptian family feud. Egypt had been a deferential ally to capital of Italy because of the Nile River valley and the stability it brought to the country, as well as the agricultural wealth. These confirmatory attributes made the Nile River Valley greatly involved in Romes economic interest. Caesar began vivacious at Alexandras lofty palace in hopes of mediating the war between the siblings, but it was defeated since Ptolemy XIIIs forces banned the return of the kings sister to Alexandria. Clever Cleopatra realized that Caesars plan for a diplomatic discussion could help her in reclaiming her throne and she fashioned a shifty scheme to sneak herself into the palace. By ingeniously persuading her servant Apollodoros to cast her up in spread over (or a sack use for storing bed sheets according to several(prenominal) sources) she was smuggled into the palace. This gesture of acclivitous from the carpet, dressed in her trump finery , and begging Caesar for his help was sufficiency to win over the ...