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ALL IN THE FAMILY
The Ptolemies of Egypt could trace their ancestry to Ptolemy I
Soter,aGreekgeneralofAlexandertheGreatwhobecameruler
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ofEgyptin323BCE.AfterAlexander’sdeath,hismostsenior
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FollowCleopatra’sfamilytreeanddiscoverjusthow
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oblivious to the dangers of interbreeding,itbecamecustomaryfor
thePtolemiestomarrytheirbrothersandsisters.Itwasconvenient
close-knit the Ptolemies really were…
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forthemasnotonlydiditensurequeenscouldbetrainedfortheir
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Cleopatra VII
69-30 BCE
Cleopatra got her own
fleet of ships from Caesar
and later Mark Antony

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