Cleopatra was a very strong, powerful and courageous woman. She is very well known around the world for her background story. She is best known for her love life and the trips she undertook to Egypt and Greece. Cleopatra was born in October 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. Cleopatra's parents were Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra V of Egypt. Cleopatra's family was actually Macedonians who had gone to Egypt with Alexander the Great. When she was young, she was her father's favorite daughter. His brothers Ptolemy II, Arisinoe II, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV were not so happy about this. She and her siblings were all educated by a tutor in the palace. She was “a very bright girl” because she knew more than seven different languages. When he was only eleven years old, his father was ousted from the throne and his family received help from Pompey. The king wanted Cleopatra as queen, so her sister was sent to be killed. Cleopatra spent much of her adolescence sharing her father's political struggles. In 51 BC his father died. When Cleopatra became queen she was only eighteen. To become queen she needed to have a king beside her. She was to marry her half-brother who was only ten years old. Cleopatra's education made no difference because she always needed to stay in the palace, so she was home schooled. Although Cleopatra had a good education. In the third and second centuries the major poets and scholars served her as guardians. Because Cleopatra was so young when she started, not many good things happened, such as many floods, starvation, and poor crops. Cleopatra needed help, so she decided to go to Rome to find someone. To avoid getting caught he wrapped himself in a carpet and Cesare thought it was a small... half of paper... Marco returns, they had lost the war. Cleopatra and Mark were both devastated. Mark was telling people to say "tell the queen I'm dead". Cleopatra fell for it and was very upset. Once Mark threw a knife at his stomach, he commanded to see Cleopatra. Once he died, there was no choice but to be taken to Rome to be killed, she never wanted that. On August 12, 30 BC Cleopatra committed suicide by taking a poisonous snake and biting her. He was the last pharaoh of the Macedonian dynasty. His kingdom collapsed because Rome took over and Cleopatra didn't want it. Cleopatra led an interesting life that many historians still discuss today. Even though Cleopatra did not win the war, she accomplished many things in her life. She was a very intelligent woman. Cleopatra has a great influence on women because she was the last successful queen in Egypt.