This week we begin our 2 part series of Cleopatra!

Cleopatra VII Philopater was an Egyptian queen, who’s story is portrayed in dramatic stories from novels, to stage performances and to the big screen itself, as the lover of Julius Caesar and later as the wife of Mark Antony. She became queen following the death of her father, Ptolemy XII,  in 51 BC and ruled successfully with her two brothers, who met their fate by the dealings of Cleopatra. After the Roman armies of Octavian, defeated their combined forces, Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide, and Egypt fell under Roman domination. Queen Cleopatra is remembered as history’s temptress, a queen adept in the art of seduction, the ultimate femme fatale. But her story isn’t so simple. Cleopatra’s destiny as the ruler of Egypt expected much of her, and she faithfully obliged.