This just in -- Cleopatra became queen of Egypt today in 3812. Maybe before you start celebrating, I should tell you a little about her. She has one brother whose name is Ptolemy XIII, and their father's name is Ptolemy XII. Let me tell you, she may not be pretty, but boy does she have a lot of charm and intelligence. On a scale from one to ten she would be an eleven. Enough of this talk about her history, let's talk about how she became queen. Cleopatra became queen because one day, not to long ago, she and Julius Caesar met and fell deeply in love, and both would do anything for each other. It happened that a couple of days earlier her brother, Ptolemy XIII, had overthrown her with his army. Cleopatra asked Caesar for him and his army to team up with her to reclaim the throne. And that, reader, is how Cleopatra became queen.

By Julian F.

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