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Eighteen-Year-Old Cleopatra Seizes Egypt's Throne From Her Brother
In 51 CE, a teenager orchestrated one of antiquity's most audacious power grabs. Cleopatra, just eighteen years old, maneuvered against her co-ruler and younger brother Ptolemy XIII to claim sole dominion over Egypt. Her...
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BC 51 - Cleopatra becomes sole ruler of Egypt, at age 18, after pushing out her co-ruler, her brother Ptolemy XIII. -
Cleopatra becomes sole ruler of Egypt, at age 18, after pushing out her co-ruler, her brother Ptolemy XIII.
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Cleopatra becomes sole ruler of Egypt at age 18 after pushing out her co-ruler, her brother Ptolemy XIII.
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