Sae 1: Cleopatra VII – exercise of power and role of individual
Leader or legend? Many historians have asked the same question for centuries on end. Although some information about Cleopatra is based only on myths, certain facts from evidence have been gathered from her reign. This thesis will be examining the different perspectives on the two historical issues of the role Cleopatra played in Egypt and her exercise of power. Focusing on Cleopatra’s rise to power after her father Ptolemy XII passed