This is a woman who became her fatherās co-ruler at nearly 14 years old in order to train for her actual ascension to the throne, who was forced to marry her own siblings in order to keep her power, and itās widely believed that she poisoned them so she could rule alone.Ā Sheās a Pharaoh who led Egypt into a new era of wealth, who went fearlessly into war to protect her rule and Egyptās independence from the Roman empire, a woman who took her own life rather than face being raped and tortured by her conquerors, knowing full well that she was leaving her surviving children in their uncertain mercy. Cleopatra is one of the most interesting, morally ambiguous, complexing historical figures we have and the media has turned her into a tantalizing sex object for the male gaze.
Even after Cleopatra died her influence on those around her lived on: her daughter, Cleopatra Selene, was the only child of Cleopatraās to live to adulthood, and she became queen ofĀ Mauretania along with her husband Juba and itās believed they married for love, which was extremely rare for that time period, especially among nobles/the upper class. Not only did she grow up in the house of her motherās worst enemy and technical murderer, but she still went on to become a queen who possessed an equal amount of political power as her husband, even having her face minted on coins on the opposite side of his likeness, showing they were equal rulers.
Cleopatra and her influence on history, and her daughterās legacy, have both been brushed aside in favour of the sexy Cleopatra visage. Itās bullshit. Egyptian mythology is interesting and vivid, and full of powerful women and itās bullshit that we take some of the most powerful women in Africaās history and try to turn them into fashion icons or sluts who only ruled through toying with men.Ā
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