Dec 24, 2009
Article abstract: Egyptian queen (r. 51-30 b.c.e.){$I[g]Egypt;Cleopatra VII} Cleopatra VII, as the last of the Ptolemaic Greek rulers of an independent Egypt, tried to come to terms with the ceaseless expansion of the Roman Empire throughout the Mediterranean region and at her death left behind a rich Imperial province that continued to flourish as a center of commerce, science, and learning under Roman rule.
Cleopatra (klee-oh-PAT-truh) VII was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes and (possibly) of his sister and wife, Cleopatra Tryphaena....
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