31) Cleopatra Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com Learn languages (via Skype): Rainer: + 36 20 549 52 97 or + 36 20 334 79 74

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Cleopatra She is said to have been very beautiful and, according to Titus Livius (one of the first real historians living at the time of the Emperor Augustus and having written “Ab condita urbe” - since the city of Rome was founded), she had conquered the heart of the two most powerful statesmen of the empire. But who was she really? The dynasty of Pharaohs in Egypt, who weren’t Egyptians anymore but Greek, was in decline in the last centuries before our era and only city governors of the Romans in Egypt. But even in these lower ranks, there were fights for positions, even among siblings. Caesar was on a "round trip" when this charming beauty caught his eye and he made her the governor over Egypt. After the death of this dictator, she threw out her net again to catch one of the Triumvirs (triumvirate - trinity of Antonius, Octavian, later emperor Augustus and Lepidus) Antonius. Knowing, she wouldn’t have the opportunity of living in splendor after his death in the realm of Augustus, she committed suicide. The first universities were founded in the late Gothic and Renaissance periods, where of course all branches of knowledge were taught in Latin. So people like Rembrandt and Shakespeare learned in so-called Latin schools, preparatory schools (today perhaps a kind high school) and read some stories from the work of the above-mentioned Titus Livius (Cicero is a bit complicated but the works of Cesar and Titus are much easier.). Shakespeare had copied and translated a lot anyway. Here he used the story of Cleopatra. In the twentieth century, the whole thing was taken up again in Hollywood, therefore, it is known to everyone today. According to legend, she was a very determined woman and might even have been happy about so much fame. Back to list!

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