She possessed perfect beauty and could rule the world through her charm alone.
Second is
The fact that she was Egyptian.
However, the real Cleopatra was neither a goddess of pottery nor a daughter of the Nile.
She is of Greek Macedonian descent and a descendant of Ptolemy I, a general under Alexander the Great.
She did not possess the exotic queenly appearance that painters had depicted.
But she had something even more dangerous and intense about her.
Sharp intellect, burning ambition, and the power of words to move even empires.
The historian Plutarch wrote:
What was captivating about her wasn't her beauty, but her spirit, he said.
When she spoke, everyone was captivated by her elegance and intensity.
Cleopatra knew.
Counting, observing, moments to speak, and times to remain silent.
She was the only one in the dynasty who learned Egyptian,
He tried to identify himself with the people he ruled.
He spoke at least nine languages and was well-versed in astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy.
Even when facing the king of another country, or an enemy,
He never lowered his gaze.
Even towards Caesar.
The same applies to Marcus Antonius.
Caesar and his son Caesarion were born.
She and Antony had three children together, and a love that transcended politics grew between them.
But she understood.
Rome at that time would never have accepted a world where women held power.
And when Rome decided to defeat her,
Cleopatra chose not to surrender.
After the defeat, she was locked up with her maids.
She realized she was going to be put on display as war booty.
Octavian intended to use her as a triumphal ornament in Rome.
But Cleopatra had another plan.
She chose death.
A king's death.
A quiet, noble, and dignified death.
There is also the theory that the poison was hidden in the hair ornament.
There's also a story that it was a venomous snake hidden in a basket of figs.
But what matters is that it was her own choice.
Just one thing,
I want to be buried next to Marcus Antonius.
That was all I wished for.
Her death,
Not only the last queen of Egypt,
The light of the free ancient Egypt itself has also faded.
Her grave has still not been found.
That's probably fine.
Cleopatra belongs neither to marble nor to stele.
She belongs to the mystery,
Belonging to language,
Belonging to legend
And above all, this is the kind of person he is.
A woman who knows her own worth can even change the fate of an empire.
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