The most powerful woman in Egypt

You guessed it, Queen Cleopatra was the most powerful woman in Egypt.

And the last Pharaoh.

(That ao spelling combo throws me off every time. Makes me second guess it.)

A few little-known facts about this historical badass.

Cleopatra believed herself to be a living goddess.

With her type of power and rule, who could blame her?

Cleopatra formed her own drinking club.

Sounds like a cool Pharaoh to party with. Even back then community was important.

Queen Cleopatra knew how to make an entrance. She used clever stagecraft to reinforce her divine status.

She was also known to conceal a deadly poison in one of her hair combs.

Don’t mess with her.

Queen Cleopatra also stirred some sh!t up in Rome.

She was living there at the time of Caesar’s assassination. I’m not saying she had anything to do with the assassination. I couldn’t care less if she did actually.

Cleopatra eventually married Mark Antony. That relationship spawned a massive scandal for some reason.

Some dude named Octavian – Mark’s rival – used propaganda to portray Mark as a traitor under the rule of a scheming seductress. That seductress being Cleopatra.

Well, she was a divine goddess after all. Who could fault the guy?

Unafraid of warfare, Queen Cleopatra personally led several dozen Egyptian warships into battle with Antony’s fleet.

She’s equal parts warrior, equal parts partier.

Thousands of years later and we are still discussing this Queen.

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Build your army.

Keep building. Enjoy your life.

nelly!

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