page_title: Cleopatra VII
hierarchical_section_title: Cleopatra VII
caption_attribution_description: Temple of Denderah. Back wall where can be seen&#160;: Cleopatra and her son, Cesarion Image taken by Alex Lbh in April 2005
context_page_description: Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was one of the most famous women in history. Her full name was Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator. She was the last of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Pharaohs set up in Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great. By descent, she was a Macedonian Princess. After her death, Egypt became the Roman province of Aegyptus.
  The main historical source for her life is Plutarch's Life of Antony, available in translations.Antony and Cleopatra is the famous tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in 1623.
context_section_description: Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was one of the most famous women in  history. Her full name was Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69 BC – 12 August 30 BC). She was  the last of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Pharaohs set up in Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great. By descent, she was a Macedonian Princess. After her death, Egypt became the Roman province of Aegyptus.
  The main historical source for her life is Plutarch's Life of Antony, available in translations.Antony and Cleopatra is the famous tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in 1623.
caption: Cleopatra VII and her son Caesarion at the Temple of Dendera
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