1. Cleopatra was the first queen of the Macedonian dynasty that ruled Egypt between 323 and 30 BC.

2. Cleopatra was 18 years old when she inherited the throne alongside her younger brother Ptolemy XIII. 

3. When Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII first inherited the throne, Ptolemy was the dominant ruler.

4. In 50 BC Cleopatra took complete control of the throne from Ptolemy XIII.

5. Cleopatra sought the support of Julius Caesar to help her take back the throne from Ptolemy.

6. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar were lovers.

7. Cleopatra and her new lover Mark Antony were involved in Julius Caesar’s assassination.

8. Cleopatra and Mark Antony lived what some have interpreted as a life of debauchery and indulgence.

9. Cleopatra worked with Octavian to gain more power in Rome.

10. Octavian was defeated by the joint forces of Cleopatra and Antony at the Battle of Actium.

11. At the time of her death, Cleopatra had been queen for 22 years.