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Cleopatra
1. She had 4 children all together, one with Julius Caesar and twins with Mark Anthony the and another child. She married Mark Anthony in 37BC, after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44BC.

2. Cleopatra ruled egypt from the years of 51BC and 30BC she was the last of the Ptolemies who had ruled since 332BC. Then Cleopatra like most pharaohs married her younger brother Ptolemy XIII when he was just 12 years of age.

3. When Julius Caesar came to Egypt in 48BC, Cleopatra convinced him to overthrow the forces of her rival brother. In 46BC she travled to Rome with Caesar two years later, returning to egypt after his assassination.

4. When Octavian came to egypt in hope of taking over egpyt Cleopatra commited suicide in 30BC. Egypt became a Roman province, remaining under Roman control until AD642.

5. Cleopatra was born in 69BC in Alexandra, she had two older sisters and one younger sister, as well as her two brothers,Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV.