I am Egypt!

𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚

The Romans feared Cleopatra as they had feared only Hannibal, and they created a legend that survives to this day.

                                   INDEPENDENT & SEMI-SELECTIVE                                                    KLEOPATRA VII                                                  adored by Margaux.

Moodboard:

                c l e o p a t r a 

                             p h i l o p a t o r

Women who challenged Rome:

Cleopatra VII - Hellenistic queen of Egypt

Zenobia - Queen of Palmyra

Amanirenas - Queen of Kush

“in time we hate that which we often fear.”

“put on my crown.”

“i have immortal longings in me.”

“make death proud to take us.”

“we are for the dark.”

“the bright day is done.”

“come, sir, come, i’ll wrestle you in my strength of love.”

“thus i let you go, and give you to the gods.”

“the april is in your eyes.”

“my desolation does begin to make a better life.”

“did i ever love ( name ) as much as this?”

“may you choke on any other sentiments like that!”

“is this true?”

“usually that means a person is foolish.”

“if it be love indeed, tell me how much.”

“there’s beggary in the love that can be reckoned.”

“see how i convey my shame out of thine eyes by looking back what i have left behind, ‘stroyed in dishonour.”

“i little thought you would have followed.”

“you did know how much you were my conqueror, and that my sword, made weak by my affection, would obey it on all cause.”

“fall not a tear, i say.”

“give me a kiss.”

“fortune knows we scorn her most when she offers blows.”

“kind sir, give me a good fortune.”

“i don’t make fortunes, i only see them.”

“you will love more than you are loved.”

“to be furious is to be frightened out of fear.”

“when valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.”

“may you die of the worst disease!”

“IT WAS CLEAR NOW THAT JULIA WISHED SHE HAD BEEN BORNE SOMEWHERE ELSE.”

The Romans feared Cleopatra as they had feared only Hannibal, and they created a legend that survives to this day.

                                   INDEPENDENT & SEMI-SELECTIVE                                                    KLEOPATRA VII                                                  adored by Margaux.

women history meme- ancient women {1/5}

cleopatra vii philopator, pharaoh of egypt

egyptian mythology | cleoaptra vii | isis

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