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Cleopatra was born around 70 B.C. and was 18 when she and her brother (Ptolemy Vlll) inherited the throne (she was a co-regent meaning that there were at least two rulers). Shortly after she took the throne, her brother turned his advisers on her and she fled to Syria. About a year later she returned. Her brother died, and Caesar was able to give the throne back to Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV. She and Julius Caesar had a son and named him Caesarion. She, along with “little Caesar” and Julius Caesar returned to Rome. When Caesar was killed, Cleopatra once again returned to Egypt and took the throne with her son. Then she sailed to Tarsus and Mark Antony decided that he would help her protect her power. They had twins together and later down the

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