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And in Ptolemaic Egypt, obstacles were removed. Share this post with a friend who thinks “sibling rivalry” is just about fighting over the TV remote.

But Caesar was a general, and Ptolemy XIII was a boy playing king.

Cleopatra, ever the strategist, saw her opening. The famous “carpet scene” (she had herself rolled in a rug and delivered to Caesar’s chambers) worked. She charmed Rome’s most powerful general, and Caesar agreed to enforce their father’s original will: Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII must rule . cleopatra and brother

Some historians say he sank under the weight of his golden armor. Others suggest his own men may have pushed him in to curry favor with Caesar. Either way, Cleopatra didn’t shed a tear. Cleopatra had won. She was now the undisputed Queen of Egypt. But the game wasn’t over. The Ptolemaic tradition demanded a male co-ruler. So, Cleopatra did the only logical thing the dynasty knew:

He was 10 years old.

Cleopatra VII (the one we know) was no exception. When her father, Ptolemy XII, died in 51 BCE, he left a shocking legal bomb in his will: Cleopatra, age 18, would rule jointly with her younger brother, .

He was 12.

In a final, desperate naval battle on the Nile in 47 BCE, Ptolemy XIII’s forces were crushed. He tried to flee across the river. His overloaded boat capsized.

She married her other younger brother.