Born in 69 BCE, Cleopatra VII ascended Egypt’s throne at 18, inheriting a fragile kingdom shadowed by Roman ambition. While her lineage was Greek Macedonian (Ptolemaic), she was the first in her dynasty to speak Egyptian, depicting herself as Isis reborn, binding old gods with new politics. Her relationships with Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony weren’t mere seduction—they were alliances of survival. With Caesar, she bore a son, Caesarion, and temporarily secured Egypt’s independence. With An