Cleopatra And Brother -

And he was only ten years old. Let’s rewind. The Ptolemy dynasty—Cleopatra’s family—was Greek, not Egyptian. For nearly 300 years, they ruled Egypt with a single, horrifying tradition: keep the bloodline pure by marrying siblings, and keep the power by killing anyone who gets in your way.

But long before she became the legendary Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra’s fiercest battle for the throne wasn’t against a foreign invader. It was against her . cleopatra and brother

But Caesar was a general, and Ptolemy XIII was a boy playing king. And he was only ten years old

That hammer was Julius Caesar.

They kicked Cleopatra out of the palace. Exiled. Demoted. For nearly 300 years, they ruled Egypt with

Some historians say he sank under the weight of his golden armor. Others suggest his own men may have pushed him in to curry favor with Caesar. Either way, Cleopatra didn’t shed a tear. Cleopatra had won. She was now the undisputed Queen of Egypt. But the game wasn’t over. The Ptolemaic tradition demanded a male co-ruler. So, Cleopatra did the only logical thing the dynasty knew: