Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Cleopatra VII was born in Egypt, but she was descended from a lineage ... it was inside the limits of ancient Alexandria and not yet under the control of the Romans during those last days before ...

But this, in fact, enraged Caesar who set off for Egypt himself. Caesar demanded an explanation from Ptolemy, and Cleopatra and ordered them both to appear before him. This was tricky for Cleo as ...

where he was executed under the order of Ptolemy. When Julius Caesar eventually arrived in Egypt, his famous love affair with Cleopatra began. The relationship benefited both of them, as Cleopatra ...

As queen of Egypt, lover of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, and a crucial player in the origins of the Roman Empire, Cleopatra VII solidified ... has been discovered under a temple wall outside ...

Scientists thought its similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt — and the body found inside — meant it had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half sister, Arsinoë IV. Cleopatra ...

In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar (Sir Rex Harrison) pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII ...