Cleopatra VII Philopator is a queen of Egypt of the Ptolemaic dynasty. She was a beautiful, confident and a very ambitious woman known for her charm and beauty. The Kingdom where she rule was one of the old subdivision of the empire of Alexander the Great. Cleopatra used to share the throne with her younger brother, Ptolemy XII, whom she married, according to the prevailing custom in Egypt. After Ptolemy drove Cleopatra from the throne (49 B.C.), she used her charms to get the help of Julius Caesar, who was in Egypt at that time. Caesar helped Cleopatra remove Ptolemy XII to throne, Ptolemy was killed and Cleopatra was restored to her Egyptian throne as a joint ruler with her youngest brother, Ptolemy XIII.

Cleopatra bore Caesar a son and named him Caesarion (Little Caesar). In 46 B.C., a year after Caesar's return to Rome. Cleopatra joined him there. When Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C, she returned to Egypt. After she returned she poisoned her brother to gain complete control of the throne.

In 42 B.C. Mark Anthony, who shared Roman rule with Octavian (later called Augustus), ordered Cleopatra to appear before him to determine her loyalty. When Antony saw Cleopatra he fell in love with her and stayed with her in Egypt for a time. Cleopatra and Antony have several children.

Antony returned to Rome and married Octavian's sister, but later abandoned her after living with her for some years, to stay again with Cleopatra in Egypt. He lived and enjoyed a luxurious and comfortable life with Cleopatra. Later Octavian declared war on Egypt not only because he was angry with Antony because he left his sister for Cleopatra but also because of his ambition to Rule Rome alone. Octavian defeated Antony in the naval battle of Actium in 31 B.C. The following year Octavian invaded Egypt. Antony thought that Cleopatra died during the invasion, so he killed himself.

Cleopatra tried to use her charm to win favor with Octavian as she had with Caesar and Antony. She failed, however, and came to know that Octavian planned to exhibit her in his military triumph at Rome. To escape this humiliation, she killed herself. According to legend, she has an asp bite her. Octavion killed Cleopatra's son, Caesarion during the same year. Cleopatra's death, which came after a reign of 21 years, ended the dynasty of the Ptolemies in Egypt.