... was driven into exile. Now Cleopatra was truly alone. Egypt was in turmoil. Who now would rule with her father gone? Which older sister and her group of supporters would ascend the throne? Most people in Egypt thought the eldest daughter of Ptolemy, Cleopatra VI Tryphaena should be Queen. Others thought it should be Berenice IV. As it was, Berenice was ... ...

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... his face; But when he once attains the upmost round. He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus; that what he is, augmented, Would ... ...

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