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Question

What effect did Cleopatra VII have on history? What did she do that was important?

i mean, what did she do that was important in history?

Answer 1

First, to correct some mistakes in previous answers, Cleopatra was not the first female ruler in Egyptian history. There were queens who ruled in their own right or as regents for young sons as early as the Old Kingdom. The first woman who declared herself "king" was Hatshepsut in the 18th Dynasty.

Cleopatra can perhaps be credited with a role in the rise of the Roman Empire and the end of the Republic. Her support for Julius Caesar with the wealth of Egypt, particularly gold and grain allowed his own power to rise within Roman politics. Her similar support for Marc Anthony after the death of Caesar and her contribution to the in-fighting among the triumvirate ruling Rome at the time could by some be seen as inadvertantly aiding Octavian (later Caesar Augustus) in his own rise to become the first Emperor of Rome.
She was a major player on the world stage and her failure to defeat the forces of Rome led to the formal annexation of Egypt into the Roman Empire.

In later history, she's served as a major subject in numerous works of art - paintings, poems, plays, novels, films, etc. People remain fascinated by her story.

Answer 2

Well she was the most powerful female figure in all of Egypt. She had many affairs and she died suddenly of a self inflicted snake bite. She was a ruler, sinner, and a role model for ancient Egypt. People admired her and despised her. I watched Austin Stevens Snakemaster on Animal Planet about the snake who killed Cleopatra. It was pretty obvious it was a King Cobra.

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Answer 3

She was , first and foremost, an Egyptian patriot of the ruling class. She was greek in ancestry, descended from the Ptolemy's, a family of one of Alexander the Great's generals. she knew that Egypt was militarily weak and so seduced Caesar, correctly surmising that he was the Alpha male of the Roman Empire. When he was assassinated, she grieved, but moved on picking a less capable man, Antony, who still almost delivered to her an independent Egypt. She chose suicide over being a trophy of Octavian, who, it is suspected had her (and Caesar's) son Caesarion executed.

Answer 4

cleopatra has played an important role in Egypt and roman history.
what makes here so famous?
1. first woman to rule in egypt(controvercy ,some say nerfertiti was the first one)
2.she was actively involved in witty politics
3. she was very beautiful , seductive and was appriciated for her looks
4. durin her reign rome had two ruler octavian (nephew of julius ceaser)and mark antony.mark was married to octavians sister but he found her borin and lived in egypt with cleo and got the title of being a god in egypt . he ignored his country and romans had to face bad days of poverty and hunger bcause of him,then octavian made mark realise that he had made a gr8 mistake .at the end mark felt guilty and committed suicide and cle was shocked n she also killed herself by allowin an adder to bite her

Answer 5

She created many of the creams women are using right now like face cream to smooth the skin.

Answer 6

she opend the door to a diffrent ruling as well as showed people that whan you love you are willing to sacrifice all and some times you must sacrifice one for the good of all she sacrificed herself to ceaser for her people unfortunatly she distroyed her self and her people for anthoney

Answer 7

she was the first woman Pharaoh of Egypt. she also was the first woman to show that she could stand up in a mans world

Answer 8

she was like the paris hilton of our times. HOT!