00:00She was the most powerful woman in the ancient world, and Rome was terrified of her.
00:04Cleopatra was born in 69 BC into Egypt's ruling dynasty, but power was never guaranteed.
00:10Her own brother had her exiled and took the throne for himself.
00:13She fought back.
00:14In 48 BC, she secretly met Julius Caesar and convinced him to support her cause.
00:20It worked.
00:20She reclaimed Egypt and ruled as its queen.
00:23Cleopatra was not just charming, she was brilliant.
00:26She spoke nine languages, including Egyptian, which most of her own royal family had never bothered to learn.
00:32She studied astronomy, philosophy, and economics.
00:35She was a ruler who understood her people.
00:37After Caesar was assassinated, she allied with Mark Antony.
00:41Together, they controlled enormous power across the Eastern world, but Rome came for them.
00:45In 31 BC, the forces of Octavian crushed their fleet at the Battle of Actium.
00:51Antony took his own life.
00:52Cleopatra followed soon after.
00:54She was 39 years old.
00:56Egypt never had another pharaoh.
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