'Uncovering Cleopatra'

'The member titled Who was Cleopatra? from the Smithsonian cartridge clip describes who the infamous fagot of the Nile was and what her life was ilk around 49 B.C. The details that the term mainly clarifies on are the struggles with her immature familiar oer the throne of Egypt and her purpose to crawl into the rook to see Julius Caesar. The word also exemplifies what configuration of pharaoh she was during her time. Around 49 B.C. when Cleopatra was just in her early twenties, she fled to Syria to pitch to a moneymaking(a) army in order decide up campground right outback(a) of the capital. This was because the fight over the throne of Egypt with her brother was not red as hale as she had planned. Cleopatra cherished nothing much than to rule. Her husband, Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII, had driven his baby from the palace at Alexandria after Cleopatra try to make herself the bushel sovereign. \nIn the summertime of 48 B.C. the roman letters General Julius Caesar arriv ed at Alexandria. Caesar was drawn to the Egyptian family feud. Egypt had been a deferential ally to capital of Italy because of the Nile River Valley and the stableness it brought to the country, as well(p) as the coarse wealth. These positive attri scarcees do the Nile River Valley greatly involved in Romes economic interest. Caesar began hold at Alexandras royal palace in hopes of mediating the warfare between the siblings, but it was unsuccessful since Ptolemy XIIIs forces outlaw the return of the kings child to Alexandria. Clever Cleopatra recognize that Caesars plan for a diplomatic intercession could help her in reclaiming her throne and she fashion a roundabout scheme to sneak herself into the palace. By ingeniously persuading her servant Apollodoros to wrapping her up in carpet (or a sack utilize for storing bed sheets match to some sources) she was shameful into the palace. This gesture of acclivitous from the carpet, dressed in her best finery, and begging C aesar for his help was equal to win over the ...'