The Rise of Cleopatra
The Ancients
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Cleopatra's Dilemma
Ptolemy the twelfth Cleopatra's dad is forced into exile and it comes back to Rome's influence in Egypt at this particular time. Ptolemy wasn't particularly popular and he borrowed money from the Romans so he was struggling a bit anyway. Some people believe that she went off with her with her father PtoleMY the twelfth. There's no direct evidence for that per se so it's a possibility. She seems to have a genius for keeping a low profile at times of crisis which I think is a very very sensible thing to do.
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