Cleopatra, father-loving, the new goddess.
ἐν Ῥώμῃ θριαμβευθήσομαι (in Romae triumphabor)
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Cleopatra
Last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt (69-30 BC). The first of her Greek dynasty to learn Egyptian, she allied with Caesar and Antony to keep Egypt independent. After Actium she killed herself; Egypt became a Roman province.
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I will not be led in triumph.
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