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An account of Alexander the Great in Egypt, and upon his death, the creation of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the history of the Ptolemies through their 275 year rule of Egypt. The complete history of Cleopatra VII, Childhood through death, her attempts to keep Rome at Bay and her relationships with Caesar and Antony. And of course the many attempts to remove her from power. The conquest of Egypt by Octavian, and how Egypt changed under Romes rule. Finely the loss of Egypt by the Roman empire.