The Relation between Queen Cleopatra and Antony

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Cleopatra announced Caesarion as Ptolemy XV giving him titles: such as the title "Theos Philopator Philometor" (Theos means the god who loves his mother and his father) . She tried to practice her role as ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt through sending some campaigns and leading some wars , but she was faced by a number of defeats in Syria as well as in Cyprus .
Cassius sent to Egypt asking for support and help to strengthen his position in Rome , but Cleopatra hesitated . She didn't have the wish to help Caesar's murderer , but she was not strong enough to stand against Rome , and she found the reason for not assisting Cassius which was plague and famine which happened in Egypt especially in the years 42 and 41 BC . Meanwhile , Cleopatra had prepared a fleet with a purpose of joining Octavius and Mark Antony , but a storm happened and damaged the fleet , and she suffered severely from seasickness . This made her return to Alexandria without achieving her purpose . So she started building another new fleet , but before this was ready , Antony was already victorious controlling the Eastern world; the main reason was the wealth of the East which attracted him . When Cleopatra realized that the position of Antony was the dominant , she decided to capture him as she did with Caesar before . But the situation here was different: it was a series of bargains between Egypt and Rome . On the one hand , Antony needed Egypt's help and wealth . On the other hand , Cleopatra needed Antony's protection . Part of these bargains was that Antony killed the half-sister of Cleopatra , Arsinoe , who could be a danger to the throne of Egypt . In Egypt she had been busy reorganizing the country , and reconstructing the administrative system . She would not appear to be upset that Antony married Octavius' sister assuming that it was for a diplomatic purpose . In Syria , Antony decided to send for Cleopatra to join him which was a complete unwise movement . When she arrived , she found that there was no room to Antony and Octavius together . This was not yet clear to Antony . By the time , she joined him in Syria , and she decided that he would have to marry her . It was a very hard situation for Antony , because this would make him lose Octavia , consequently , he would have to lose Octavius as well . Together with marriage , Cleopatra wanted all the lands that had belonged to Egypt in earlier times (such as Coele-Syria) and she was lucky enough that Antony accepted .
Antony and Cleopatra married in 37 – 36 BC , and she accompanied him in one of the campaigns in Euphrates . She got pregnant and on the way back to Egypt , she gave birth to a child .
Cleopatra had a great advantage in conducting negotiations with foreigners , due to her linguistic abilities . She spoke Egyptian , Greek , Hebrew , and Aramaic (the business language of the Near East) . At that time , Antony lost his campaign , and he had to organize another army , and Octavia started to move against him , maybe as a sort of taking revenge .
Antony succeeded to defeat the Armenians in 34 BC and he returned to Alexandria to celebrate his victory . Cleopatra at this point succeeded to gain back all the previous Egyptian belongings and to have full control over Antony . The confrontation between Mark Antony and Octavius was partly because of the Roman Empire and its belongings as well as a desire for revenge . Antony did not resist for long and he was defeated , and Octavius sent him untrue news that Cleopatra was murdered which put more stress on him and his army . Then Antony was killed with a sword . When the news reached Cleopatra and she was sure that Octavius was on his way to Egypt , she preferred to suicide rather than getting captured and killed by the Romans .