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The Rise of Cleopatra

The Ancients

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Cleopatra's War With Egypt

Cleopatra's position as queen of Egypt looked solid but the overshadowing presence of Rome now once again reared its ugly head civil war once again loomed fought between leading assassins of Julius Caesar such as Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus. Cleopatra has to pick a sign to be on when when Roman rups again into into civil war because she needs a supporter and she doesn't want anyone to invade Egypt. theoretically one of the earlier Ptolemy's has actually left an interest in Egypt to Rome so it might be that someone might say okay we now own Egypt and we're coming to take it and she would struggle with that one. Actions would have consequences.

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