Cleopatra had a very hard but luxurious life. The Nile River would flood each year because it would snow and the snow would melt into the river(Morgan 8). The river would get full and would flood and spread around to its surroundings. The Nile was so important to Cleopatra’s people due to the silt helping plants to grow. She benefited from living nearby. Just like she benefited from being a decent of Alexander The Great (“Cleopatra”). She was treated like royalty , …show more content…
At age nineteen she was assigned to it(Morgan 18). In Egypt it was okay to marry your siblings because it kept the blood line more pure. Cleopatra was forced to marry her brother; she didn’t get a chance to agree or disagree.(Cleopatra) She didn’t just marry one brother she married both. Once one died she would marry the next (Cleopatra). She didn’t want to share the throne with Ptolemy XIII”(Cleopatra XII”). They both wanted to rule. They both decided to plan against each other(“Cleopatra VII”). Without one of them in the way he/she could rule. The family betrayed their own flesh and blood to get what they want. Cleopatra was the bigger person and agreed to rule with her brother but her brother got more power than she did since he was the …show more content…
She saw Caesar as the savior of the dynasty for the Ptolemies(Morgan 28). She thought he would help her and he was going to save their dynasty. Ptolemy had the idea on how he was going to get back at Cleopatra and Caesar. He spread the word that Cleopatra killed herself(Cleopatra VII). Caesar was in love with Cleopatra and didn’t want to live without her. Cleopatra was alive she didn’t kill herself it was all just a plan to trick Caesar. It worked. Caesar killed himself. He stabbed himself and by the time Cleopatra heard it was too late. He had died. Cleopatra was devastated and didn’t know what to do. She felt as if there was only one thing she could of done. Be with the one she loved. Cleopatra commited suicide because her lover was dead. She died by a poisonous snake that bit her(“Cleopatra”). “Her death marked the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty…”(“Cleopatra