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The Real Cleopatra Not Egyptian But Greek Ptolemaic Queen
When we think of Cleopatra, we picture a seductive Egyptian queen. But the real Cleopatra VII was a Macedonian Greek from the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruling a multicultural kingdom from Alexandria. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how her Greekness shaped her reign — from speaking nine languages to styling herself as the new Isis, from her alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to the propaganda war waged by her Roman enemies. We dig into the Ptolemaic court's incestuous marriages, the Great Library of Alexandria, and how Cleopatra's death by snakebite may have been a…
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