Niwe mugore w’uburanga butangaje wabayeho mu mateka y’isi

Mu mateka y’isi, izina Cleopatra VII Philopator rihora rifatwa nk’icyitegererezo cy’ubwiza, ubwenge, n’ubuhanga bwo kuyobora. Yabaye umwamikazi wa Misiri wa nyuma wo mu muryango wa Ptolemaic Dynasty kandi azwi cyane kubera ubushishozi bwe mu by’ubutegetsi no kuba yarashoboye gukurura abami b’ibikomangoma nka Julius Caesar na Mark Antony.

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Cleopatra yavutse mu 69 mbere ya Yesu i Alexandria, Misiri. Yari umukobwa wa Ptolemy XII Auletes, umwami wa Misiri wari ufite inkomoko y’Abagiriki. Nyuma y’urupfu rwa se mu 51 mbere ya Yesu, Cleopatra yagizwe umwamikazi asangira ingoma na murumuna we Ptolemy XIII, ariko bagiranye amakimbirane yatumye arwana ngo agumane ingoma.

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Cleopatra ntiyari gusa umwamikazi ufite ubwiza, ahubwo yari umunyabwenge, azi indimi nyinshi zirimo:

• Ikigereki
• Icyarabu
• Ikinubi
• Icyo mu gihugu cy’u Buhinde
• N’icyo mu bwoko bw’Abanyamisiri, aho yari umwe mu bami b’Abagiriki bamenyaga ururimi kavukire rwa Misiri.

Ubwenge bwe bwatumye ashobora gukundwa n’imbaga y’abaturage ndetse n’abategetsi bakomeye ku isi.

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Mu rwego rwo gushimangira ingoma ye, Cleopatra yagize Julius Caesar, umwami w’Ubwami bwa Roma, nk’ufatanyije na we. Mu 48 mbere ya Yesu, Cleopatra yageze aho Julius Caesar ari mu kinyegero (igikoresho gikoze mu rwoya) kugira ngo yihishe abashakaga kumwica. Caesar amaze kumubona, yahise amukunda maze aramushyigikira, amusubiza ku ngoma.

Baje kubyarana umwana witwa Caesarion, ariko nyuma Julius Caesar yicwa mu 44 mbere ya Yesu, bituma Cleopatra asigara mu rujijo rw’ubutegetsi.

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Nyuma y’urupfu rwa Julius Caesar, Cleopatra yakomeje gushaka uburyo bwo kugumana ubutegetsi bwa Misiri. Muri urwo rwego, yakundanye na Mark Antony, umuyobozi w’ingabo za Roma wari ukomeye cyane. Umubano wabo wateje impaka nyinshi kuko byatumye bagirana amakimbirane na Octavian (Augustus Caesar), wari mushiki wa Mark Antony.

Mu 31 mbere ya Yesu, ingabo za Octavian zarwanyije iza Mark Antony na Cleopatra mu ntambara yiswe Battle of Actium, aho batsinzwe. Nyuma y’iyo ntsinzi, Octavian yashakaga gufata Cleopatra nk’imbohe, ariko Cleopatra yihitiyemo kwiyahura, bikavugwa ko yaba yarapfuye arumwe n’inzoka y’ubumara yitwa Asp.