Manage it well and ultimately the greatest Egyptian structures will be built in your honor. Manage your city poorly and you shall watch it burn, be pillaged or collapse in economic ruin. Stone by stone, erect giant monuments – from the Sphinx, to the lighthouse and library of Alexandria.
Cultivate vast farms in the Nile valley and discover the important role this river, with its unpredictable floods, played in the life of the Egyptians. Govern all aspects of the exotic Egyptian, culture from religion to trading with distant cities. Arsinoe was exiled and later murdered allegedly under the command of Cleopatra and her Roman allies.Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom. Ptolemy XIII reportedly drowned while trying to cross the Nile in 47 BC. In an attempt to depose his older sister, Ptolemy XIII allied himself with their half-sister Arsinoe IV, leading to a civil war known as the Siege of Alexandria. After the death of her father Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra and her co-ruler (and husband) – her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII – took control of the Egyptian kingdom. Mythologised in famous works of literature and art, popular depictions of Cleopatra have focused on satisfying our imaginations with outlandish tales which, although undeniably entertaining, are often retold with little proof that they actually happened.įirst and foremost, Cleopatra's turbulent and violent relationship with her own family is often remembered. Her complex narrative was left in the hands of her conquerors – the Romans – so that over time her reputation as a diligent and cunning diplomat was replaced with simplified representations of her as a devious woman. Surviving evidence about the queen has been hotly debated throughout history, explaining in part why her image is so provocative.
Cleopatra testing Poisons on Condemned Prisonersġ887, oil on canvas by Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889)
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