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1、Cleopatra(埃及艳后)ThequeenoftheEgyptSheisthelastPharaohoftheEgypt,butsheisaGreek.她是埃及的最后一位埃及法老,但她是一个希腊人。CleopatracametopowerinEgyptattheageof17.SheisaGreek,buteventhoughherancestrywasMacedonian,shewasstillanEgyptianqueenandworshippedasagod.Whenshecametopower,sheimprovedtheEgypt'sec
2、onomylevelandmadepeoplelivebetter.(埃及艳后17岁在埃及执政。她是希腊人,但是即使她是马其顿血统,她仍然是埃及女王,是埃及人崇拜的神。在她执政期间,她提高了埃及的经济水平,并且使人们生活得更好。)MuchofwhatweknowaboutCleopatrawaswrittenafterherdeath.Thus,someofwhatweknowaboutCleopatramayhavebeenexaggerated.Oneoftheancientsourcesthattellherstory,summarizesher
3、storyas"ShecaptivatedthetwogreatestRomansofherday."(我们知道关于埃及艳后的描述都是在她死后才有的。因此,我们知道对埃及艳后的描述很可能被夸大了。一个关于他故事的来源,总结起来说就是:“在她的一生中她迷惑了罗马史上两个最有成就的罗马人。”)CleopatraandJuliusCaesarAccordingtothestories,shedeliveredherselftoJuliusCaesar'spresenceinarugandwonhissupport.(据说,她将自己裹在地毯里见到了凯撒,并且得
4、到了他的支持。)CleopatraandJuliusCaesarhadason,shenamedhernewbornsonPtolemyCaesarion,emphasizingthatthiswasthesonofJuliusCaesar.Afterwards,JuliusCaesarwasassassinated.(埃及艳后和凯撒有一个儿子,她给她的儿子取名叫小凯撒,主要是为了强调他是凯撒的儿子。后来,凯撒被暗杀了。)AntonyandCleopatraInordertogainAntony‘ssupport,sheseducedhim.(为了得到
5、安东尼的支持,她引诱了他。)Antonymarriedherandhisgrantingofterritorytoher.AntonywasabletouseCleopatra'sfinancialsupporttoopposeOctavianinthebattleofActium,butmissteps—probablyattributabletoCleopatra—ledtodefeat.(安东尼娶了她,并且给予了她一部分领土。在阿克提姆,安东尼通过埃及艳后的财政支持和屋大维进行战斗,但失策的是—可能由于埃及艳后的原因—导致了战争的失败。)Cleo
6、patra'sdeathCleopatratriedtogetOctavian'ssupportforherchildren'ssuccessiontopower,butwasunabletocometoanagreementwithhim.In30BCE,MarcAntonykilledhimself,reportedlybecausehe'dbeentoldthatCleopatrahadbeenkilled,andwhenyetanotherattempttokeeppowerfailed,Cleopatrakilledherself.(埃及艳后
7、试着得到屋大维的支持,使她的孩子能够继续继承王位,但是不能和他达成协议。公元前30年,安东尼自杀了,据说是因为他被告知埃及艳后已经被杀死了,而另一个说法争取政权失败,埃及艳后自杀了。)"TheDeathofCleopatra,"paintedin1892byReginaldArthur.Cleopatra'ssuicideisoftendepictedinworksofartthesamewayithasbeenportrayedinpopularmythology—withapoisonoussnake.Butnow,manyhistoriansug
8、gestedthatCleopatradiedbyothermeans,possiblyeve