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  • July 21, 2008 at 1:59 pm #1182 Reply
    Beaumaris
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    I don't know how true this is or where I originally heard it but I heard that Cleopatra could actually trace her lineage to Alexander the Great.  Has anyone else heard this?

    July 23, 2008 at 3:21 am #12462 Reply
    scout1067
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    I always thought that Cleopatra could only trace her lineage through the Ptolemies, of which the original Ptolemy was a contemporary of Alxander and one of his generals who got Egypt after Alexander's death.

    July 23, 2008 at 3:56 pm #12463 Reply
    Beaumaris
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    That might be what I'm thinking of.  I believe she used that information to solidify herself as a legitimate ruler in the Roman eyes.

    July 24, 2008 at 10:51 am #12464 Reply
    scout1067
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    I know she used her lineage to help her entice Caesar.  Her very legitimacy made a union between the two a plus for him and his aspirations of establishing a dynasty back at Rome.

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