why Cleopatra is not the legendary Queen you think she is her story is not Rags to Riches as she inherited the throne from her father served on a silver plate she co-ruled with her ten-year-old brother but failed to win the support of the Nobles in her kingdom who exiled her to Alexandria when the Great Roman Statesman Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt she saw a golden opportunity to win her throne back as she famously presented herself to him in a luxurious carpet which was rolled out before Caesar to reveal her lying seductively inside it was Julius
Caesar who fought her war and made her Queen of Egypt during her Reign she did not conquer any new lands nor did she ever lead her troops in battle after Caesar's death she seduced his General Mark Anthony to make sure she still had a strong Ally in Rome however their Allied Forces were defeated by Caesar's adopted son Octavian she then committed suicide by letting a snake bite her to avoid being captured alive
