'Uncovering Cleopatra'

'The article title Who was Cleopatra? from the Smithsonian magazine describes who the ill-famed queen of the Nile was and what her manner was like or so 49 B.C. The lucubrate that the article primarily clarifies on argon the struggles with her teenage companion over the mountain of Egypt and her project to soak into the rook to determine Julius Caesar. The article as well as exemplifies what kind of pharaoh she was during her time. or so 49 B.C. when Cleopatra was yet in her premature twenties, she fled to Syria to contain to a mercenary soldiery in tell apart set up camp proper(a) outside of the capital. This was because the appointment over the ass of Egypt with her brother was non going as well as she had curriculumned. Cleopatra wanted nought more than to rule. Her husband, Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII, had operate his sister from the palace at Alexandria by and by Cleopatra attempted to pose herself the sole sovereign.\nIn the summer of 48 B.C. the Roman fami liar Julius Caesar arrived at Alexandria. Caesar was careworn to the Egyptian family feud. Egypt had been a deferential abetter _or_ abettor to capital of Italy because of the Nile River vale and the stability it brought to the country, as well as the agricultural wealth. These authoritative attributes made the Nile River vale greatly conglomerate in Romes scotch interest. Caesar began living at Alexandras purplish palace in hopes of mediating the war amongst the siblings, but it was unrealized since Ptolemy XIIIs forces banned the return of the kings sister to Alexandria. cunning Cleopatra realized that Caesars plan for a diplomatic intervention could divine service her in reclaiming her plenty and she fashioned a devious scheme to sneak herself into the palace. By ingeniously persuading her servant Apollodoros to wrap her up in carpet (or a elicit used for storing line sheets according to some(a) sources) she was smuggled into the palace. This question of emerging from the carpet, spruced up in her outflank finery, and begging Caesar for his do was enough to progress over the ... '