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In 44 B.C., Caesar was stabbed to death at a Senate gathering, and Cleopatra fled back to Egypt. Around this time Cleopatra became pregnant by Caesar and she gave birth to a son, Ptolemy XV also called Caesarion or Little Caesar. Caesar returned Cleopatra to her throne, and she then married her youngest brother Ptolemy XIV who was only eleven years of age. Within that same evening, Cleopatra seduced Caesar, who was married, and became his lover, but more importantly linked herself with the Roman Empire. When the rug was opened, Cleopatra rolled out and immediately charmed Caesar.
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She had herself wrapped inside a rolled rug which was smuggled into Alexandria and delivered to Caesar. Cleopatra devised a plan to meet Julius Caesar on her own terms seeking a political alliance and a return to the throne. Their political and sexual relationship was a maneuver to save Kemet from the worst aspects of Roman domination. Cleopatra would not give up her throne easily and she began amassing an army on Egypt’s border. they removed Cleopatra from power and she was forced into exile in Syria along with her younger sister Arsinone IV. For three years, Cleopatra ruled alone until her brother’s advisors led by Pothinus began conspiring against her. Cleopatra dropped Ptolemy XIII name from all administrative documents and she had her own portrait and name placed on legal tender, ignoring her brother’s claim of co-regent.
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Ptolemy XII was only twelve at the time and Cleopatra took full advantage of the age difference and situation she had been thrust into. Cleopatra, only eighteen at the age of her ascension had to wed her brother and co-ruler due to Egyptian law, which called for any female ruler to have a consort who was either a brother or son. In 51 B.C., Cleopatra’s father Ptolemy XII died and in his will he left the kingdom to Cleopatra VII and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII. Arsinoe, who, according to legend, was killed on orders from her sister, had skull dimensions consistent with African ethnicity which indicates an African mother. A BBC team discovered the tomb of Cleopatra’s sister, Arsinoe, in Ephesus, Turkey. The identity of her mother is a mystery, however research by Hilke Thuer of the Austrian Academy of Sciences now points that her mother was African and not Greek. in Alexandria, Egypt to King Ptolemy XII Auletes. Shakespeare in the opening line of Antony and Cleopatra calls her “tawny.” In his day, mulattos were called “tawny Moors.” In the Book of Acts, Cleopatra describes herself as “Black.” – John Henrik ClarkeĪlthough the name Cleopatra has been used by many Egyptian Queens, Cleopatra VII, by far is the most remembered overshadowing her predecessors with her political savvy, beauty and romantic life.
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Until the emergence of the doctrine of white superiority, Cleopatra was generally pictured as a distinctly African woman, dark in color. She was not a white woman, she was not a Greek. “More nonsense has been written about Cleopatra than about any other African queen, mainly because it has been the desire of many writers to paint her white. “…the contact of her presence…was irresistible….” Plutarch on Cleopatra.