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Did Caesar really put Cleopatra in charge of Egypt?
Did Rome have to most power at the time? More power than Egypt?

2007-10-21 14:05:20 · 2 answers · asked by Philip Augustus 3 in Arts & Humanities History

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It depends on whose version of history you read. Cleopatra and her brother were co-rulers. It was very common within the Ptolemies to have co-rulers, or potential co-rulers killed. Cleopatra received help from Julius Caesar, but basically she already had the right to rule - he merely helped he rule alone.

By this time, Rome was very powerful,although still a democracy (in name at least), but Julius Caesar's political position was too tricky for him to really take over Egypt - far easier to have a friend in charge. It was later, during the war between Antony and Octavian (later Augustus) that Egypt became a full province of Rome.

2007-10-22 00:54:26 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenixchick 2 · 0 0

Before Caesar came she held co-powder with her brother, but was being edged out. They had a civil war. Caesar put her on the throne. At the time Rome was the greatest power on earth. Yes, more than Egypt.

2007-10-21 21:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by curious connie 7 · 0 0

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