Alexander's Heirs
The Other Cleopatras.
I've mentioned a couple of the Ptolemies but did you know Alexander the Great had a sister called Cleopatra who was Queen of Epirus?
That meant she was ruling over a large chunk of Northern Greece !
If you're teaching or studying the last Cleopatra please think about the other women who bore this name.
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Friday, 18 January 2013
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Alexander's Heirs The Ptolemaic Queens
The Ptolemaic Queens
In Australian schools Ancient and Modern History are separate subjects the sections of the Roman history part of the course focused on "Personalities" Cleopatra of Egypt being one of them.
The text books however rarely go into much details about her being Cleopatra THE SEVENTH.
Yes there were seven other Cleopatras the wives ofEpiphanes and Philopator and Euergetes Physcon. There were also four Berenices and Arsinoes.
Here's some images of the Ptolemaic Queens.
I hope they'll tempt you to read and learn more about Cleopatra's ancestresses.
In Australian schools Ancient and Modern History are separate subjects the sections of the Roman history part of the course focused on "Personalities" Cleopatra of Egypt being one of them.
The text books however rarely go into much details about her being Cleopatra THE SEVENTH.
Yes there were seven other Cleopatras the wives ofEpiphanes and Philopator and Euergetes Physcon. There were also four Berenices and Arsinoes.
Here's some images of the Ptolemaic Queens.
I hope they'll tempt you to read and learn more about Cleopatra's ancestresses.
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