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Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII Philopator Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt died.

Cleopatra VII Philopator was queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. (Wikipedia)

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