Although Cleopatra's sisters Tryphaena and Berenike are only a few years older, they have always assumed that they will one day rule Egypt. Soon civil unrest follows and Ptolemy XII is forced into exile in Rome. It is this action that leaves Egypt with a crushing debt and Pharaoh Ptolemy no choice but to raise taxes. He temporarily accomplishes this by paying an exorbitant bribe to Rome in exchange for Julius Caesar living Egypt alone. Her father is returning to Egypt after a voyage to Rome in an attempt to stave off Rome from annexing Egypt as a province. Cleopatra was the third eldest child of Ptolemy.Ĭleopatra's story begins when she is 10 years old. Alexander's half brother, Ptolemy became the first of a new line of pharaohs ruling Egypt. Cleopatra Confesses tells the story of Cleopatra VII, daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, in diary format with the Queen reminiscing as Octavian prepares to enter Alexandria - the seat of Egypt's Pharaohs.Ĭleopatra's father was a descendant of Philip of Macedonia, Philip's son, Alexander the Great, liberated Egypt from Persian occupation.
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