Cleopatra: Ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

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  • čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
  • Cleopatra VII is one of the most famous women who has ever lived. Her story has inspired poets, dramatists, and artists for more than 2,000 years. Through cunning and guile, she survived to rule Egypt as all of her siblings perished by the wayside.
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  • @endless_tragedy7662
    @endless_tragedy7662 Před 6 lety +1333

    For those who question or are pissed (myself included) about the censored arts, remember it's CZcams, they will demonetize the video if there are nudes

    • @PublicSafetyShortcuts
      @PublicSafetyShortcuts Před 5 lety +56

      flawlesslycan well they missed Pompey’s dick

    • @ArtbyKatina
      @ArtbyKatina Před 5 lety +45

      How juvenile, yet you can see breast gallour on TV, its desecrating Art and History

    • @isatche
      @isatche Před 5 lety +40

      Having to censor art makes me incredibly pissed for some reason. I understand why, but still...

    • @jeniferlynne904
      @jeniferlynne904 Před 5 lety +11

      I don’t think the censorship takes too much away, I don’t have problem celebrating censorship if it takes the keeps the facts straight.

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine Před 5 lety +17

      Technically, nudity is allowed for educational purposes. However since the algorithme won't take that into account, meaning it has to be modified manually, the video would miss the spike of revenue that occurs shortly after publishing.

  • @elhombredeoro955
    @elhombredeoro955 Před 6 lety +1098

    I think Queen Hatshepsut was the most successful Queen of Egypt, she deserves a video too.

  • @Shadowstray
    @Shadowstray Před 6 lety +436

    Egyptian not being spoken in the royal palace is hardly surprising. It's actually really common for the nobility to speak a language the peasants would not understand. From ancient Greece to Tzar Russia. That's why most of the posh words in English are French.

    • @philhsueh4860
      @philhsueh4860 Před 6 lety +50

      This was only the case during the Ptolemy dynasty, not previous dynasties, and in the case of the Ptolemys, they spoke Greek because that's what they were. The first Ptolemy was one of Alexander's (as in Alexander the Great) generals and when Alexander died his empire was divided up amongst his generals and Ptolemy got control of Egypt.

    • @dadadannn
      @dadadannn Před 6 lety +8

      Phil Hsueh i read somewhere that in ancient rome the higher class spoke Greek instead of Latin...or it was the other way around. But classes in society had a different language or dialect from others

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 5 lety +44

      The Ptolemaic rulers spoke Greek because they were fucking Greek, Macedonian Greek to be precise. Cleopatra's name is Greek because she was Greek, spoke Greek as a native language, and ruled Egypt from the Greek city-state of Alexandria founded by Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, when he captured Egypt from the Achaemenid Persian Empire. This is not analogous to later Russian aristocrats speaking French.

    • @MrChristerj
      @MrChristerj Před 5 lety +2

      True the Swedish royals spoke French during at least a part of the 17-hundred.

    • @TheHunterOfYharnam
      @TheHunterOfYharnam Před 4 lety +1

      the ancient greek nobility spoke greek not another language

  • @da_hitmanhart6650
    @da_hitmanhart6650 Před 4 lety +451

    Cleopatra wasn’t even ethnically Egyptian at all. Her line descended from Macedonia/Greek, the Ptolemy.

    • @jbcheema9883
      @jbcheema9883 Před 4 lety +16

      Egyptian by heart.

    • @taylortanner37
      @taylortanner37 Před 4 lety +14

      Actually through marriage that weren't incestual she was part Egyptian though only a small percentage

    • @fabianhale845
      @fabianhale845 Před 4 lety +54

      @@taylortanner37 Except the Ptolemies didn’t marry any Egyptians.

    • @aikikaname6508
      @aikikaname6508 Před 3 lety +7

      JB Cheema Greek by incest

    • @HamiteChristian
      @HamiteChristian Před 3 lety

      Agreed

  • @katb5891
    @katb5891 Před 6 lety +49

    Hi :) My name is Kiah, I'm nine years old and I can't get enough of your history biographies. I love them!

  • @claudia-si7km
    @claudia-si7km Před 6 lety +287

    could you do a video biography on Joan of Arc?

    • @christinegatto7426
      @christinegatto7426 Před 5 lety +8

      He already did.

    • @adorecutebunny1119
      @adorecutebunny1119 Před 5 lety +11

      @@christinegatto7426 that comment was posted over a year ago.

    • @MCorpReview
      @MCorpReview Před 4 lety +3

      Simon, would u be interested in doing empress wu? I wouldn’t say she changed the world 🌎 or anything, but if you check her out, I think 🤔 you may find that the story is quite interesting.
      Anyway ...up 2 u. No pressures. I juz like your presentation style.

    • @pattygapate
      @pattygapate Před 4 lety +1

      @@MCorpReview Yes! I second this! Empress Wu Zutien!

    • @bushraabdulle936
      @bushraabdulle936 Před 4 lety

      I have never heard Joan and if Joan was as known Queens like Cleopatra many people like Cleopatra. Kings in Egyptian times and all famous and well known Kings the Egyptians were Kings for 2000 yrs or more. So, I didn't mean anything about it other than just to tell what I know or heard.

  • @vdotme
    @vdotme Před 6 lety +607

    Cleopatra was not the greatest ever Egyptian queen. It is her proximity to the most famous Romans in the most famous Roman period that has been written about, dramatised and taught through the ages that makes her the most famous. Nefertiti, Hatshepsut, Neferusobek/Sobekneferu and Nefertari were all more successful and despite their story being less exciting.

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 5 lety +35

      Well these earlier native Egyptian queens were certainly more successful in that they didn't lose their kingdoms to a foreign power (in this case the Roman Republic under Octavian). However, Cleopatra VII during her prime was at least as powerful and influential as earlier Ptolemaic Greek queens of Egypt, including Arsinoe II and Berenice II. Cleopatra raised an army in Syria to fight her brother in Egypt and even led her naval forces in battle.

    • @nziom
      @nziom Před 5 lety +12

      @@ericconnor8251 Cleopatra was half Egyptian not greek

    • @soaribb32
      @soaribb32 Před 5 lety +4

      @@nziom what is the other half?

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 5 lety +37

      @@nziom LOL. Wrong on both counts. She was Macedonian Greek because her father was Ptolemy XII Auletes of the Ptolemaic dynasty. You do know what that is, right? Apparently not. Apparently you don't even know Alexander the Great conquered Achaemenid Persian Egypt and that Cleo's ancestor Ptolemy I Soter was a general of his who started the whole dynasty in 305 BC. Cleo's mother is unknown, so part Egyptian? Maybe.

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 5 lety +16

      Given Cleopatra's surviving Hellenistic Greek coins and Roman sculptures and even paintings from both Pompeii and Herculaneum, though, I would say it is very unlikely Cleopatra's unknown mother was even part Egyptian. She looks very Caucasian in all her portraits and even light-skinned in her paintings. Aside from their sister-wives, Ptolemaic kings also took on Greek, Persian, and Syrian women as concubines. There is only one case in all of Ptolemaic Egypt where a king had an Egyptian mistress, but she didn't produce any kids or heirs for the Ptolemaic dynasty.

  • @one-of-us9939
    @one-of-us9939 Před 6 lety +88

    My wife, who is a Cleopatraphile says this was spot on! Thank you crew and Simon too!

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 6 lety +1

      If you liked the info presented in this video, a perfect complement to it might be a more visual-centric one that I made a little while ago, showing and describing a progression of images depicting Cleopatra as the ancient Romans viewed her. These include her ancient sculpted busts and paintings from Pompeii and Herculaneum, along with coinage: czcams.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/video.html

    • @levilandes1719
      @levilandes1719 Před 6 lety +10

      +Eric Connor You sir, are a shameless asshole. Simon and crew work hard to produce quality product for their viewers and here you come, rowing in on your douche canoe to try and use their success to bolster your content whilst doing nothing whatsoever to increase the quality of your own content. Do your own work sir, it's especially shameful to do this to +Biographics or any of it's sister channels as they regularly do shout-outs and collaborations with smaller channels as a way to help them out, and may have done so for you had you been a harder worker and a lesser leech than you seem to be. As far as your content goes, get better quality images and either use a voice-over and a better font(Red did not look good either.), or lower the volume of the music and choose more relaxing pieces as well as, again, the font thing. If you want to do advertising maybe create a twitter page or even go with facebook, this is not a cool way to do it and gives most people a negative idea of you and what you're about. Good day sir, good luck in your future endeavors, so long as they are honest.

    • @andicoco2318
      @andicoco2318 Před 5 lety +8

      Cleopatraphile! hahahaha love the term.

    • @kimberlyhaines107
      @kimberlyhaines107 Před 5 lety

      Levi Landes Might want to calm down a bit there...

    • @hendrixlol5911
      @hendrixlol5911 Před 3 lety

      @MysticOwlzz Source?

  • @tommyculver6771
    @tommyculver6771 Před 6 lety +40

    Simon, you put so much information into such a brief program that I almost always have to listen twice to take it all in. I mean that as a compliment. (It could also be that I'm not very bright! 😋) Thanks for all the hard work your crew and yourself put into these videos. I'm addicted!

  • @weezerfan999
    @weezerfan999 Před 6 lety +184

    My wife is Ethiopian, and learning about her country and history is one of the most amazing things Ever. *_please do a video about Emperor Haile Selassie!_*
    The 225th Emperor direct descent from Solomon and The Queen of Sheba
    He is the "King of Kings, The Lion of Judah"
    The name Haile Selassie I means "Power of the Trinity"

    • @davidanderson7782
      @davidanderson7782 Před 5 lety +3

      @Harrison Yates 🤣🤣🤣

    • @mogshade66
      @mogshade66 Před 5 lety +2

      Bancroft outdoors
      See what happens when you try to have an interesting discussion. I like your idea.
      There's a lot of history that could be covered well here. 👍

    • @chrisoleary9876
      @chrisoleary9876 Před 4 lety +1

      Haile Selassie Makonnen. AKA Ras Tafari Makonnen.

    • @sammnew
      @sammnew Před 4 lety +4

      The king of kings and the lion of Judah are Jesus!

    • @duronb233
      @duronb233 Před 4 lety +3

      I'd rather hear about the Communist government that took power after him...

  • @diegol5472
    @diegol5472 Před 4 lety +66

    Can we see a video about Queens Nefertiti or Hatshepsut
    Both had major impacts on Egypts economic, social and religious history
    And did so in fascinating and empowering ways that deserve to be delved into!

  • @daveparrott9530
    @daveparrott9530 Před 6 lety +10

    I think t is truly scholarly the way your team investigates individuals uncovering facts & dispelling old myths. These episodes are educational & entertaining.

  • @nathanburnett9529
    @nathanburnett9529 Před 5 lety +568

    It’s pretty funny that people complain about paintings depicting cleopatra as white, even though she was greek

    • @TheEden55
      @TheEden55 Před 5 lety +58

      Cleopatra was Bi-racial. half black and half greek. Mother was African

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 5 lety +172

      @E Kasongo: we still don't know who Cleopatra VII's mother was, so claiming she was black (a Kushite?) or even ethnic Egyptian is just false and without any evidence. Strabo was the only ancient historian who claimed she was an illegitimate child born of a mother who was not the Ptolemaic Greek queen Cleopatra V Tryphaena (wife of Cleo's father Ptolemy XII Auletes), but even he doesn't mention the mother.

    • @elliebrunson9110
      @elliebrunson9110 Před 5 lety +8

      Eric Connor kemite not kushite, kush is in the south

    • @krystalmattella6659
      @krystalmattella6659 Před 5 lety +17

      She was a person of color..My brother spent one month in Egypt and the only white people he saw were the tourists taking pictures of the pyramids

    • @elliebrunson9110
      @elliebrunson9110 Před 5 lety +25

      Eric Connor we know she wasn't white

  • @GerryBolger
    @GerryBolger Před 6 lety +25

    A video on Pompey Magnus would be fascinating. He would be remembered as one of Rome's greatest generals if he didn't turn on Julius Caesar.

    • @rickykrahn4959
      @rickykrahn4959 Před 5 lety +2

      It's a bit more complicated than Pompey turning on Ceasar.

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 Před 6 lety +176

    IIRC Cleoptra and her ancestors were ethnic Greek rather than Egyptian. Egypt had been ruled by Greeks since being conquered by Alexander the Great in 323 BCE.

    • @focast1825
      @focast1825 Před 5 lety +7

      Her father's side was definitely Hellenic Macedonian, but her mother may have been Egyptian. The mother was not Hellenic and she spoke Egyptian, but not much else was recorded about her, including her name as far as I have been able to find.

    • @fabianhale845
      @fabianhale845 Před 5 lety +22

      +FO cast Kleopatra’s mother is not proven to be Egyptian. She was the sister or niece of Kleopatra’s father.

    • @focast1825
      @focast1825 Před 5 lety +5

      Fabian Hale Can you cite that for me, please? The research I have seen does not prove her mother to be Egyptian, it only infers it. I haven't seen any indications that the mother was named and would appreciate any citations. Thanks.

    • @Proud2bGreek1
      @Proud2bGreek1 Před 5 lety +9

      Robert Dawson From what I know the Ptolemaic dynasty was composed by rulers of mixed Greek and Persian descent.

    • @focast1825
      @focast1825 Před 5 lety +3

      Seleucus dynasty was Hellenic and Persian, rather than Ptolemy.

  • @joevinski1
    @joevinski1 Před 6 lety +10

    Amazing docuseries brother so glad that the channel is taking off like it has you definitely deserve the credit, I learn so much from the depths that you explain from thank you for putting out great content!!!!

  • @mmb9391
    @mmb9391 Před 5 lety +6

    Im really liking this channel! I love history and biographies! Perfect combo! ❤
    Simon love your narration of these biographies!

  • @DrDolan2000
    @DrDolan2000 Před 5 lety +11

    I would've liked the whole "arriving in a carpet" thing to be true
    That sounds pretty slick

  • @wonderwoman5528
    @wonderwoman5528 Před 6 lety +2

    Just discovered the TopTenz channel and now this one - love them both. I feel like I learn so much and get a basic overview without being bored to death and inundated with too much information. Haven’t seen another channel like this one - keep up the great work :)

  • @annettefournier9655
    @annettefournier9655 Před 6 lety +425

    So close to Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet deaths. According to coinage Cleopatra had struck, she was far from beautiful. She was intelligent, charming, well educated and had great political savvy. These things and her manner and ability to manipulate made her desirable. Not great beauty of face. This has largely been debunked as the carpet story.

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 6 lety +65

      One should be careful about her coinage portraits, which were deliberately made to look masculine in order to lend her more legitimacy as a female monarch (especially after the civil war with her brother Ptolemy XIII). Her contemporary sculpted busts, statues, and paintings made by the Romans show a much more flattering, feminine visage of the queen, although some are perhaps a bit idealized. See this video for that: czcams.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/video.html

    • @morningstar9233
      @morningstar9233 Před 6 lety +50

      Hello Annette, I think its more than likely Shakespeare's inspiration for Romeo and Juliet was taken from Cleopatra and Anthony's tragic history. I would agree Cleopatra was an astute, intelligent, charming and politically informed individual. A beauty? Yes, i believe perhaps Cleopatra was this as well. Take any coinage from the time; all the faces are vulgar looking. This is down to crude mass production techniques of the time. Formal portraits of the lady are far more pleasing. There are also historical and cultural considerations. What may have been seen as beauty millennia ago may not translate today. There's enough evidence to suggest Cleopatra was a beautiful woman in her day: seducing the great Caesar and Mark Anthony in turn. These were men with great power, wives, concubines and access to any number of women should they desire. It would, i suggest, take more than clever conversation to make such men fall for her as they so famously did. Have a pleasant day, Andrew

    • @annettefournier9655
      @annettefournier9655 Před 6 lety +15

      andrew grundy hello Andrew. Perhaps your version is plausible. However , taking into consideration as a whole all of the documentation I have seen on Cleopatra I still believe she was quite ordinary looking but of high intelligence and very learned. Difficult as it is to believe these attributes could have elevated her above lesser accomplished women in the eyes of a couple great men. Plus having funds for elaborate seduction didn't hurt either.

    • @morningstar9233
      @morningstar9233 Před 6 lety +28

      Yes, its apparent Caesar and Anthony found her quite beguiling compared to most women they encountered. Cleopatra stylized and projected her image as living goddess and queen. You'll be aware of her legendary public appearances. I would still defend that Cleopatra was not a physically unattractive specimen. There is as far as i'm aware no written evidence from the time to suggest that she was unappealing to behold. A woman wont to attire herself in the guise of aphrodite may well attract scorn were she plain. I believe Cleopatra was shrewd enough to realize this but knew she had the looks to carry the mantle. Furthermore i don't believe vanity was her motivation, rather she was using all her powers physical and intellectual to win over the most powerful men at the time. To further her cause; that being the future autonomy of Egypt.

    • @annettefournier9655
      @annettefournier9655 Před 6 lety +2

      andrew grundy 😘😎

  • @99smite
    @99smite Před 6 lety +101

    LOL, this is what you get, when YT "defends" freedom of speech or art... Blurred art for fear of demonetization...

  • @melissajackson79
    @melissajackson79 Před 5 lety +1

    Simon! This is one I've been waiting for! Again, thank you!

  • @khawlaattia8059
    @khawlaattia8059 Před 4 lety +74

    I ve been binging these videos for 14 hours straight 😂 thank you for taking my thoughts away fron my insomnia and depression and making me excited about something for a while . 💙

  • @eef5510
    @eef5510 Před 6 lety +13

    Thank you! Fore I remember once suggesting Cleopatra!

  • @juanzuniga5976
    @juanzuniga5976 Před 6 lety +54

    Love it, you make history interesting again. I wish you would have been my history teacher. How about something on aztec/native american leaders.

  • @kristinax3091
    @kristinax3091 Před 4 lety +1

    I really enjoy all your videos. I love learning about the past and people from those eras keep them coming!

  • @VampyHannah
    @VampyHannah Před 6 lety +13

    Thank you for your videos

  • @stephanieeskander686
    @stephanieeskander686 Před 4 lety +38

    As an Egyptian, I would love to see videos on Nefertiti and Hatshepsut!!

    • @isaacleillhikar4566
      @isaacleillhikar4566 Před 4 lety

      Good. You're profestly not Arab.

    • @gghost1224
      @gghost1224 Před 2 lety +1

      @@isaacleillhikar4566 with a name like she does i find it more likely shes copt (ancient egyptian descendant) than arab

  • @mojochrys
    @mojochrys Před rokem +5

    Anyone here after the whole Netflix-Cleopatra drama?😁😁

  • @ValadiaKristoffersen
    @ValadiaKristoffersen Před 5 lety +2

    Simon, you are incredible! I love these videos! You are so awesome... Thank you!

  • @jeniferlynne904
    @jeniferlynne904 Před 5 lety +2

    These videos are so interesting and well made - my new CZcams addiction. They are really well made and give enough info about people I’ve been curious about, but in a succinct way. It’s a nice alternative to Wikipedia because I forget who I want to know more about sometimes. My knowledge of history outside of literature is limited. I must add my favorite Shakespeare play in Julius Caesar - so I really love this. Keep up the good work!
    .

  • @thelmaknowler7700
    @thelmaknowler7700 Před 6 lety +7

    Keep up the good work ‼️

  • @TBONESIDEOFLIFE
    @TBONESIDEOFLIFE Před 6 lety +24

    well done Simon. she truly knew how to walk like an Egyptian.

  • @jamiemiller7316
    @jamiemiller7316 Před 3 lety

    Simon is my favorite CZcamsr! His channels offer something for everyone.

  • @CarolineA1900
    @CarolineA1900 Před 5 lety

    Been binge watching your vids! Love em!

  • @mrangel8009
    @mrangel8009 Před 6 lety +3

    Wow thanks, love all this interesting stuff. 👍🏼

  • @rajdeepchelsea
    @rajdeepchelsea Před 6 lety +6

    Congrats for 100k subscribers.

  • @notbad7490
    @notbad7490 Před 3 lety +1

    Egyptian history is my all time favorite thank you Simon.

  • @trhoadhouse
    @trhoadhouse Před 6 lety +2

    Amazing rapid fire as usual Simon... Awesome

  • @RedPlaystationController
    @RedPlaystationController Před 6 lety +211

    *She was Macedonian-Greek*

    • @panayiotisyannopoulos2668
      @panayiotisyannopoulos2668 Před 5 lety +32

      T R U T H we live in such an age we need to point out the obvious ... ah

    • @greenhairprincess3120
      @greenhairprincess3120 Před 5 lety +3

      I was thinking this the whole time

    • @keeganmcauliffe9764
      @keeganmcauliffe9764 Před 5 lety +7

      The Ptolemys ruled Egypt for generations before Cleopatra. There's only only so much incest one family can partake in, it's safe to say the family line was not very Greek by the time she was born

    • @MSR-ok9xl
      @MSR-ok9xl Před 5 lety +11

      That means she was European

    • @zappawench6048
      @zappawench6048 Před 5 lety +7

      @@keeganmcauliffe9764 The coins struck with her image were contemporary.

  • @dangerousmythbuster
    @dangerousmythbuster Před 6 lety +155

    0:52 It's a shame that we have to blur out parts of a historic image. But I suppose that's the world we live in now.

    • @weezerfan999
      @weezerfan999 Před 6 lety +4

      dangerousmythbuster I’m offended!!

    • @bishop51807
      @bishop51807 Před 6 lety +19

      Its to prevent demonetization, but if you like the paintings go to an art museum not CZcams. I prefer the "the world we live in now" because there are less wars and diseases compared to later centuries or B.C.

    • @josephloera4964
      @josephloera4964 Před 6 lety +17

      TF? Do you genuinely believe that the contextually appropriate and historically accurate presentation of art which just so happens to include innocuous parts of the natural female form are somehow related to the number of modern day wars and diseases??? Which "logic" books have you been misreading? SMH

    • @bishop51807
      @bishop51807 Před 6 lety

      Joseph Loera
      I don't have time to break it down for your small mind. Just go and support a local art history museum not Biographics
      . CZcamsrs have their hands tied with all demonetization going on.

    • @corettaha7855
      @corettaha7855 Před 5 lety +2

      dangerousmythbuster don’t get too lofty. The channel voluntarily self-censored the historical images rather than miss out on money. Even cleopatra appeased the Roman oppressors, whoring after them.

  • @Fernando5455Jr
    @Fernando5455Jr Před rokem +20

    Who is here after the god awful queen Cleopatra documentary on Netflix .The one that portrays her as black because one of the people sit in the show because your grandmother told her she was black.

    • @noless
      @noless Před 4 měsíci +2

      They didn't just make Cleopatra black. Her whole family are played by black actors! It's like they just tried to erase the whole Macedonian-Greek thing.

  • @djordil7071
    @djordil7071 Před 4 lety

    I love youre work man thanks for it!!

  • @beatzbyreefah
    @beatzbyreefah Před 6 lety +1

    This story is truly amazing

  • @tomlee2651
    @tomlee2651 Před 6 lety +212

    She should've been known as Cleverpatra.

    • @eagleeye2300
      @eagleeye2300 Před 4 lety +5

      Boom!

    • @v.c.g3246
      @v.c.g3246 Před 4 lety

      😂👍🏻

    • @MegaRazzzz
      @MegaRazzzz Před 4 lety

      Badumtssss

    • @wildmen5025
      @wildmen5025 Před rokem

      One of Her royal titles is "the great lady of perfection, excellent in counsel" so they basically already did call Her clever

  • @melissajackson79
    @melissajackson79 Před 6 lety +15

    I absolutely love these vids!

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 6 lety

      I enjoyed it as well. Definitely felt compelled to subscribe to Biographics. If you're interested in knowing further stuff about Cleopatra, you can check out my video on ancient Roman artwork depicting her (including sculptures, paintings, and coinage): czcams.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/video.html

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 6 lety

      They did a great job actually, hitting all the salient points about Cleopatra's life and career as a monarch in Ptolemaic Egypt. I just wish they would have shown more actual ancient depictions of the queen instead of mostly recent paintings by artists of the past few hundred years. The ancient Romans actually made sculpted busts and paintings of the queen, one of which can be seen in the video above, but also here: czcams.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/video.html

  • @larasudomlak7128
    @larasudomlak7128 Před 9 měsíci

    Thanks for sharing! 🌟

  • @anthonyroberts694
    @anthonyroberts694 Před 6 lety

    Thanks for posting

  • @briabrown354
    @briabrown354 Před 6 lety +24

    Love your stuff man!

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 6 lety

      Their video was pretty excellent, containing lots of interesting facts and great visual aids. There is a very important painting they showed but didn't explain, though, at 11:17. The narrator explains what the painting is directly related to, that being the statue of Cleopatra erected by Caesar in the Temple of Venus Genetrix in the Forum of Caesar, but he doesn't explain how the painting comes from the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus in Pompeii. For info on that ancient Roman painting of Cleopatra, see this video: czcams.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/video.html

  • @ginismoja2459
    @ginismoja2459 Před rokem +12

    What a woman: a great strategist and diplomat.

  • @amandabell8827
    @amandabell8827 Před 5 lety

    Best one yet, many thanks x

  • @Joe..3.8.0.9_
    @Joe..3.8.0.9_ Před 5 lety

    Again Simon
    Great !!!!!!!!
    I've watched dozen or more of your video's ......
    Wow !! Crazy !!!!!!!

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 3 lety +33

    0:40 - Chapter 1 - The early years
    3:50 - Chapter 2 - Sibling rivalry
    6:20 - Chapter 3 - Enter julius caesar
    11:30 - Chapter 4 - Crisis
    13:30 - Chapter 5 - The great seduction
    16:35 - Chapter 6 - A tragic end

  • @nicolequeen9905
    @nicolequeen9905 Před 5 lety +5

    You should keep on making videos about royalty. I love them all . Love every single last video

  • @greygalah
    @greygalah Před 6 lety

    excellent bio. Thanks again

  • @momobadass
    @momobadass Před 2 lety

    Do you have a podcast? I’d love to hear so many of the stores you tell on all of your channels and new able to download them while I travel

  • @donatpeczelak2534
    @donatpeczelak2534 Před rokem +5

    is anyone here because of the current drama?

  • @LordDice1
    @LordDice1 Před 6 lety +383

    What's with all the censored art? Anyway, great video as usual. Thanks Simon.

    • @weezerfan999
      @weezerfan999 Před 6 lety +44

      Booobbbiieeeeesssss

    • @kfcadvocate7583
      @kfcadvocate7583 Před 6 lety +76

      bc of demonetization

    • @RagePunk88
      @RagePunk88 Před 6 lety +121

      because youtube is a shithole company

    • @LordDice1
      @LordDice1 Před 6 lety +17

      TooRandom absolutely absurd. This website is going downhill fast 😕

    • @R4zAI3am
      @R4zAI3am Před 6 lety +24

      Because of americans

  • @ximenacerezo1590
    @ximenacerezo1590 Před 4 lety +2

    Totally unrelated but the way he says empire in 0:58 is amazing

    • @jenniferthompson7277
      @jenniferthompson7277 Před 4 lety

      I'm gone.... laughing on the floor. I can't unhear it now. 😂 I'm trying not wake everyone but I might cause a hernia, holding in my laugh. Mercury retrograde gone right. Nice work.

  • @rondajones7526
    @rondajones7526 Před 5 lety

    Great video, finally seeing actual discussion in the comments not just trolls

  • @raynee01
    @raynee01 Před 4 lety +6

    Hi Simon! I am loving this channel. I was wondering, will you be featuring Nefertiti?

  • @tricivenola8164
    @tricivenola8164 Před 4 lety +5

    Cleopatra also was interested in astronomy and science, was a raconteur and spoke seventeen languages.

  • @ma_khalid655
    @ma_khalid655 Před 6 lety

    Awesome... love the way you explain.. and one request make a video on che guevara

  • @keriezy
    @keriezy Před 6 lety +1

    Enjoyed this

  • @matthewmckenna248
    @matthewmckenna248 Před 6 lety +133

    Could you cover Emperor Hirohito?

    • @anilsinha4968
      @anilsinha4968 Před 5 lety +1

      It is like writing about Phoenix.The Emperor's role in WW2 is shrouded in mystery.

    • @ivandeskita996
      @ivandeskita996 Před 5 lety +1

      Eyyyy just check the most recent video

  • @zappawench6048
    @zappawench6048 Před 4 lety +8

    I called my cat "Ptolemy" so when Simon says stuff like "Ptolemy became ruler of Egypt, it sounds really funny to me!

  • @gailgentry1963
    @gailgentry1963 Před 4 lety +1

    That was a great video!

  • @LucyLouuuuu
    @LucyLouuuuu Před měsícem

    absolutely adore how you said BCE and CE in these earlier vids. i wish you kept up that separation of church and state, instead of using BC and AD in the newer vids

  • @shiflashanga1746
    @shiflashanga1746 Před 6 lety +5

    Loving the videos bud! Maybe you could do one on Charlemagne soon. I here his name often but know nothing about him :)

  • @magistrumartium
    @magistrumartium Před 6 lety +10

    I'm sorry to hear that the story of the bedroll has been "largely debunked" (8:19). It's a great story! I wonder who debunked it and how? By the way, it was 49 BCE when Cleopatra learned her brother was plotting against her, not 49 CE (5:36). She was long dead in 49 CE. But that was just a slip, I know. Another great video, Simon!

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 Před 6 lety +1

      The bedsack thing is relayed by historian Plutarch but not included at all in the account by historian Cassius Dio. It's most likely a legend, considering how it sounds rather silly. The version by Cassius Dio is less glamorous/romantic.
      Anyways, you can read about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra

    • @ThomasCallahanJr
      @ThomasCallahanJr Před 3 lety +1

      Use BC and AD... that other crap is for people who know nothing about history and/or people like Simon who clearly don’t believe in it (cause he mixes them) but don’t want the PC crowd whining about him.

    • @magistrumartium
      @magistrumartium Před 3 lety +1

      @@ThomasCallahanJr "That other crap," as you call it (BCE & CE) are used by most professional historians now, because they're unbiased. Personally, I don't care whether someone uses AD or CE, but you must admit "anno domini" is totally Christian-biased.

    • @ThomasCallahanJr
      @ThomasCallahanJr Před 3 lety +1

      @@magistrumartium yup... they’re biased if they use it... no matter the religious context the entirety of humanity lives in the year 2021 based off the year 0... which is based off the birth of Christ. I’m not religious, I just like facts and history. AD is absolutely “the year of our lord”... the point is, they are trying to change it for PC purposes because they don’t like that it’s not “inclusive” which doesn’t matter anyways because like I said the entire calendar is based off Christ’s birth. Christian monks invented the Gregorian calendar (the most accurate; which we still use). If they had any integrity they’d admit that, and have a little reverence. Now... “amen...and; awomen”

  • @kateb9495
    @kateb9495 Před 4 lety

    Great video. I would love to see a video about D.B. Cooper!

  • @jenniferharris61
    @jenniferharris61 Před 5 lety

    I adore this channel.

  • @shaconaward9487
    @shaconaward9487 Před 3 lety +6

    Cleopatra is one of history's fascinating figures, man or woman.

    • @VTV2020
      @VTV2020 Před 3 lety

      Hello! 😊 My first video uploaded here on CZcams is about cleopatra~ only a short vid. Maybe you'd like to watch?
      Pls search, "Debunking Cleopatra on Halloween"
      Would mean a lot if u can check it out 🙏😊
      Take care and have a great day!

    • @mafelfanai
      @mafelfanai Před 2 lety

      Meh.

  • @JeanLucCaptain
    @JeanLucCaptain Před 5 lety +7

    LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE WOMAN OF THE HOUR! QUEEN OF QUEENS! GIVE IT UP FOR CLEOPATRA!!!!!!!

  • @kiwi007
    @kiwi007 Před 5 lety

    Very interesting and well presented.

  • @twinmelodymusic
    @twinmelodymusic Před 3 lety

    Perfect story

  • @altheasuelo7483
    @altheasuelo7483 Před 4 lety +6

    This is one of the best CZcams channels that I've ever seen.🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻👌👌 I pity all my classmates who slept during our Philosophy , Literature and history classes .
    Btw love your contents 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @anthonymanderson7671
    @anthonymanderson7671 Před rokem +4

    Cleopatra wasn't ethnically egyptian but she was of Greek descent

  • @Buzzchuck204
    @Buzzchuck204 Před 4 lety

    I totally love your work, and these videos. Much better than the dusty history books “and instructors” back in my day. Ha. Keep up the great work my friend. 🤔✌️

  • @ahmedb2559
    @ahmedb2559 Před 3 lety

    Thank you !

  • @andreaarchaeology
    @andreaarchaeology Před 6 lety +112

    wait. her husband was her brother AND he was only 8 years old and she 18?

    • @benbehzadpour1177
      @benbehzadpour1177 Před 6 lety +103

      Welcome to the wonderful/disgusting world of royal incest! Its a classic tradition/horror that only the most elite get to enjoy. An unwashed peasant like you could never understand the privilege/repugnance of such a proud heritage.

    • @fabianhale845
      @fabianhale845 Před 6 lety +14

      Her brother was 10 at the time.

    • @Karol-cj9fy
      @Karol-cj9fy Před 6 lety +2

      I love how her brothersanaged to kill their sister by then...

    • @fabianhale845
      @fabianhale845 Před 5 lety +12

      +Karol jadw brothersanaged?

    • @doktormcnasty
      @doktormcnasty Před 5 lety +5

      I don't think 'husband' means the same thing in the highest stratospheres of society as it does for the plebes.

  • @Cannibal713
    @Cannibal713 Před 6 lety +7

    By modern standards, she is a bit on the plain side. She was pretty enough to have powerfull men fall for her. She was also smart and cunning, which is very sexy.
    Good video guys. I've really enjoyed these biography vids. Keep up the good work.

  • @sweetwagon8230
    @sweetwagon8230 Před 4 lety

    Aww this is such a cool and sweet story. I love it
    History is most of the time filled with mean people but cleo seems like a nice person.

  • @libertygiveme1987
    @libertygiveme1987 Před 6 lety +1

    Thank-You Simon!!!! FASCINATING as ALWAYS!!!! Cleopatra really WENT THROUGH THE MEN, didn't she?! And having her siblings killed; WOW, that was VERY SAD!!!!

  • @gernico13
    @gernico13 Před 5 lety +71

    "Her husband and brother" Hold up, ohhh wait, Ancient egypt.

    • @LeglessWonder
      @LeglessWonder Před 3 lety +4

      Technically that's more a result of her being Greek. The members of the Ptolemaic dynasty are very well know to have sibling marriages.... and thusly, the associated health issues. Cleopatra VII was actually married to 2 of her brothers, at different times.

    • @whatsagoodname8597
      @whatsagoodname8597 Před 3 lety +5

      @@LeglessWonder its not cuz she is greek. There are other pharaohs who were born from incest in the Egyptian lineage.

    • @LeglessWonder
      @LeglessWonder Před 3 lety +2

      @@whatsagoodname8597 Thats true, but has no bearing on Cleopatra. Since she wasn’t Egyptian

    • @InnerDness
      @InnerDness Před 3 lety

      Classical*

    • @InnerDness
      @InnerDness Před 3 lety

      @@LeglessWonder Well she definitely had some Egyptian heritage. The first of thirteen Ptolemies to speak the language of her people. And the pharaohs had a history of interfamilial marriage before Ptolemy, but they really skillfully picked it up

  • @rafaguelfand6615
    @rafaguelfand6615 Před 5 lety +8

    "She had one vantage over him" ...the V

  • @emmadentler5089
    @emmadentler5089 Před 3 lety

    Please do a video on her younger sister. I love her story and feel she never gets the credit she deserves. She is like Boudicca in my opinion.

  • @garudastan
    @garudastan Před rokem +2

    Did I just see you blur human parts in a famous piece of art. Amazing that either the producers or publisher...

  • @travisweathers375
    @travisweathers375 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Shes so famous even black Americans are now claiming she was black even though she was clearly Greek

  • @acoustics450
    @acoustics450 Před 5 lety +3

    Husband "slash" Brother! God, you're good! (crying with laughter) learnninig is fun with you! WELL DONE!

  • @aaronsullivan9000
    @aaronsullivan9000 Před 5 lety

    great vid i subbed

  • @illynkimura1015
    @illynkimura1015 Před 5 lety

    beautiful...... thank you.

  • @ndennant
    @ndennant Před 2 lety +4

    There is much inaccurate information given here. For example there is record of Cleopatra creating policy to ease the effects of famines in Egypt during her reign.

  • @Ashley-wn8cx
    @Ashley-wn8cx Před 6 lety +5

    Love her so much❤❤❤

    • @VTV2020
      @VTV2020 Před 3 lety

      Hello, I have a short vid about her~ maybe you'd like to watch?
      Pls search, "Debunking Cleopatra on Halloween"
      Would appreciate if you could watch 🙏😊
      Take care and have an amazing day!

  • @bobstewart8032
    @bobstewart8032 Před 4 lety +1

    Talk about sibling rivalry and family dysfunction!

  • @ziparis
    @ziparis Před 4 lety

    Oh Simon - you know so many words!

  • @Streetw1s3r
    @Streetw1s3r Před 4 lety +5

    As I write this, Kleopatra VII died 2048 years ago today on the 12th day of August, 30 B.C.
    Yes, I spell it with a K because that's how it's spelt in Greek. Κλεοπάτρα

  • @reillyflaherty9234
    @reillyflaherty9234 Před rokem +4

    I can't wait to see the comments about the Jada Pinket Smith documentary

  • @dmc-wraith3487
    @dmc-wraith3487 Před 5 lety

    Great video

  • @scratchorror
    @scratchorror Před rokem +1

    Dear Simon Whistler, I was wondering if you could make a video on each: ANNE BOLEYN, HENRY VIII, and MARY BOLEYN! I would honestly look forward to it! 🥰🥰🥰 Please? Thank you!
    PS. Can you also make one on Hypatia, Boudicca & Katherine of Alexandria? PLEASE? THANK YOU!
    She's a very interesting