Cleopatra VII Philopator (jan 2, 51 BC – aug 10, 30 BC)
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Co-rulers:
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
Ptolemy XIV
Ptolemy XV Caesarion
According to Roman historians---Strabo, Plutarch, and Cassius Dio---she committed suicide rather than be led in a Triumph by Octavian; she died on August 10 or 12 in 30BCE
image: bust of Cleopatra VII wearing a royal diadem band; dated to the mid-1st century BC (i.e. around the time of her visit to Rome), it was discovered in a villa along the Via Appia; presently in the Altes Museum, Berlin
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Date:
jan 2, 51 BC
aug 10, 30 BC
~ 20 years
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