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History vs. Cleopatra - Alex Gendler

History vs. Cleopatra - Alex Gendler

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ed. ted. com/lessons/history-vs-cleopatra-alex-gendler She was the most notorious woman in ancient history, a queen who enraptured not one but two of Romes greatest generals. But was she just a skilled seductress or a great ruler in her own right? Alex Gendler puts this controversial figure on trial in History vs. Cleopatra. Lesson by Alex Gendler
Date: 2020-08-22

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She was a highly competent and educated ruler.
But she was a hoe.
She ensured that her people didnt starve and suspended taxes when times got hard.
But shes a hoe.
She finessed the throne out from under her brother after he murdered a roman dignitary.
But she-

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She may not have killed herself with an asp. we may never know, unless someone invents a safe way to travel back in time (I mean a way to view history without being seen or changing history by going back)
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Don't want to burst your bubble but it was cleopatra and Antonio 's fleet attacking mainland Italy that's how we got the battle of actium in Greece before the siege of alexandria
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Caesar: You too, Brutus?
Brutus: Im sorry, Caesar, but I must do this, [raises his dagger] FOR THE REPUBLIC!
Caesar: [Stabbed] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! Aaaaaaaaaa!

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I find it kind of weird that that Rome and ancient Egypt exist in the same time.
Also I was just wondering why Cleopatra is interested in Julius Caesar dialogue in fgo

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Cleopatra was Greek. Why is she portrayed as having a different colour than the Romans? Furthermore, even most Egyptians are/were not that dark.
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Fun fact: Augustus, Caesar's adoptive child, named the month after his name and comes after July (Julius, just like father and son
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It really sucks that people define her by her beauty alone, because she was easily one of historys most interesting figures.
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