Cleopatra — "I am the sun and the moon."

I am the sun and the moon.
Cleopatra — Cleopatra Ancient · Last pharaoh of Egypt

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About Cleopatra (69-30 BCE)

Last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt who allied with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony; her suicide ended the Egyptian dynasty. Closely associated with Mark Antony (her partner and co-suicide) and Julius Caesar (her earlier ally and father of Caesarion). For an intellectual contrast, see Augustus, first Roman emperor (Octavian) — Augustus's defeat of Cleopatra at Actium ended Hellenistic Egypt and started the Roman imperial era. His propaganda machine framed Cleopatra as the foreign queen threatening Roman virtue — the founding template of East-corruption-versus-Roman-discipline rhetoric.

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A grand and self-aggrandizing statement reflecting her divine aspirations.

Date: c. 50-30 BCE

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