The Rise of Cleopatra
The Ancients
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The History of Cleopatra the 5th
Cleopatra's father is Ptolemy the 12th but he wasn't born to be King of Egypt. Her immediate family though is quite complicated and interesting. They're a family that has the tradition of brother-sister marriages, so they're quite a close family if you like. But this has not necessarily been a good thing as people jostle for the throne. So there's really a whole history of quite a bloodthirsty family history behind them.
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