Cleopatra: Ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

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  • 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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1336

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

    • @Sonikkua
      @Sonikkua 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      flawlesslycan well they missed Pompey’s dick

    • @ArtbyKatina
      @ArtbyKatina 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @isatche
      @isatche 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @jeniferlynne904
      @jeniferlynne904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1101

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

    • @aryiastark4698
      @aryiastark4698 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Diego Sebastián Pérez definately

    • @flexfrank1072
      @flexfrank1072 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Diego Sebastián Pérez agreed

    • @susanjamison3382
      @susanjamison3382 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Oh yes! I was able to see her mummy in the Cairo museum. Fascinating woman.

    • @annachang11
      @annachang11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree

    • @joyce7937
      @joyce7937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yes!!

  • @gabriellebernard198
    @gabriellebernard198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Is so strange to me that black americans constantly say Cleopatra is black because she was from africa. That's how frightening ignorance can be.

  • @Shadowstray
    @Shadowstray 6 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @TheHunterOfYharnam
      @TheHunterOfYharnam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the ancient greek nobility spoke greek not another language

  • @da_hitmanhart6650
    @da_hitmanhart6650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +454

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

    • @jbcheema9883
      @jbcheema9883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Egyptian by heart.

    • @taylortanner37
      @taylortanner37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @fabianhale845
      @fabianhale845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

    • @aikikaname6508
      @aikikaname6508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      JB Cheema Greek by incest

    • @ModernHamite
      @ModernHamite 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

  • @katb5891
    @katb5891 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @RiyaSingh-qx2hk
      @RiyaSingh-qx2hk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hope you are doing well kiah!!

    • @jamal.54_
      @jamal.54_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      damn kiahs 12 now damn

    • @GoblinAttacForce
      @GoblinAttacForce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jamal.54_ they grow up so fast 🤧

    • @jamal.54_
      @jamal.54_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GoblinAttacForce facts can’t believe this 😞

    • @h.t.awesome3822
      @h.t.awesome3822 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      damn kiahs 14 now

  • @vdotme
    @vdotme 6 ปีที่แล้ว +609

    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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@ericconnor8251 Cleopatra was half Egyptian not greek

    • @soaribb32
      @soaribb32 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nziom what is the other half?

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

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

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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: th-cam.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/w-d-xo.html

    • @levilandes1719
      @levilandes1719 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Cleopatraphile! hahahaha love the term.

    • @kimberlyhaines107
      @kimberlyhaines107 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @hendrixlol5911
      @hendrixlol5911 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MysticOwlzz Source?

  • @weezerfan999
    @weezerfan999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Harrison Yates 🤣🤣🤣

    • @mogshade66
      @mogshade66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haile Selassie Makonnen. AKA Ras Tafari Makonnen.

    • @sammnew
      @sammnew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @duronb233
      @duronb233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @Fernando5455Jr
    @Fernando5455Jr ปีที่แล้ว +22

    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 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @claudia-si7km
    @claudia-si7km 6 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    could you do a video biography on Joan of Arc?

    • @christinegatto7426
      @christinegatto7426 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He already did.

    • @adorecutebunny1119
      @adorecutebunny1119 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @MCorpReview
      @MCorpReview 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @bushraabdulle936
      @bushraabdulle936 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @tommyculver6771
    @tommyculver6771 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    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!

  • @nathanburnett9529
    @nathanburnett9529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +571

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

    • @TheEden55
      @TheEden55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 5 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      @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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Eric Connor kemite not kushite, kush is in the south

    • @krystalmattella6659
      @krystalmattella6659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Eric Connor we know she wasn't white

  • @diegol5472
    @diegol5472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    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!

  • @99smite
    @99smite 6 ปีที่แล้ว +101

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

  • @khawlaattia8059
    @khawlaattia8059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 . 💙

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @focast1825
      @focast1825 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @focast1825
      @focast1825 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seleucus dynasty was Hellenic and Persian, rather than Ptolemy.

  • @dangerousmythbuster
    @dangerousmythbuster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      dangerousmythbuster I’m offended!!

    • @bishop51807
      @bishop51807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Its to prevent demonetization, but if you like the paintings go to an art museum not TH-cam. 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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      . TH-camrs have their hands tied with all demonetization going on.

    • @corettaha7855
      @corettaha7855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @annettefournier9655
    @annettefournier9655 6 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      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: th-cam.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/w-d-xo.html

    • @morningstar9233
      @morningstar9233 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      andrew grundy 😘😎

  • @stephanieeskander686
    @stephanieeskander686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

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

    • @isaacleillhikar4566
      @isaacleillhikar4566 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good. You're profestly not Arab.

    • @gghost1224
      @gghost1224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @daveparrott9530
    @daveparrott9530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @travisweathers375
    @travisweathers375 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @GerryBolger
    @GerryBolger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @tomlee2651
    @tomlee2651 6 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    She should've been known as Cleverpatra.

    • @eagleeye2300
      @eagleeye2300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Boom!

    • @v.c.g3246
      @v.c.g3246 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂👍🏻

    • @MegaRazzzz
      @MegaRazzzz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Badumtssss

    • @wildmen5025
      @wildmen5025 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @DrDolan2000
    @DrDolan2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @RedPlaystationController
    @RedPlaystationController 6 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    *She was Macedonian-Greek*

    • @panayiotisyannopoulos2668
      @panayiotisyannopoulos2668 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @greenhairprincess3120
      @greenhairprincess3120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was thinking this the whole time

    • @keeganmcauliffe9764
      @keeganmcauliffe9764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That means she was European

    • @zappawench6048
      @zappawench6048 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @mojochrys
    @mojochrys ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @juanzuniga5976
    @juanzuniga5976 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @joevinski1
    @joevinski1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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!!!!

  • @TBONESIDEOFLIFE
    @TBONESIDEOFLIFE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doing the sand dance with Imhotep

  • @mmb9391
    @mmb9391 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @VampyHannah
    @VampyHannah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you for your videos

  • @eef5510
    @eef5510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you! Fore I remember once suggesting Cleopatra!

  • @melissajackson79
    @melissajackson79 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @wonderwoman5528
    @wonderwoman5528 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 :)

  • @andreaarchaeology
    @andreaarchaeology 6 ปีที่แล้ว +112

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

    • @benbehzadpour1177
      @benbehzadpour1177 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Her brother was 10 at the time.

    • @Karol-cj9fy
      @Karol-cj9fy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @fabianhale845
      @fabianhale845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Karol jadw brothersanaged?

    • @doktormcnasty
      @doktormcnasty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @LordDice1
    @LordDice1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +383

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

    • @weezerfan999
      @weezerfan999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Booobbbiieeeeesssss

    • @kfcadvocate7583
      @kfcadvocate7583 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      bc of demonetization

    • @RagePunk88
      @RagePunk88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      because youtube is a shithole company

    • @LordDice1
      @LordDice1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      TooRandom absolutely absurd. This website is going downhill fast 😕

    • @R4zAI3am
      @R4zAI3am 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Because of americans

  • @kristinax3091
    @kristinax3091 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ValadiaKristoffersen
    @ValadiaKristoffersen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @thelmaknowler7700
    @thelmaknowler7700 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Keep up the good work ‼️

  • @matthewmckenna248
    @matthewmckenna248 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Could you cover Emperor Hirohito?

    • @anilsinha4968
      @anilsinha4968 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ivandeskita996
      @ivandeskita996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eyyyy just check the most recent video

  • @jamiemiller7316
    @jamiemiller7316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simon is my favorite TH-camr! His channels offer something for everyone.

  • @ximenacerezo1590
    @ximenacerezo1590 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @jenniferthompson7277
      @jenniferthompson7277 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @Shrek0408
    @Shrek0408 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    is anyone here because of the current drama?

  • @ginismoja2459
    @ginismoja2459 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What a woman: a great strategist and diplomat.

  • @CarolineA1900
    @CarolineA1900 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been binge watching your vids! Love em!

  • @amandabell8827
    @amandabell8827 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best one yet, many thanks x

  • @mrangel8009
    @mrangel8009 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow thanks, love all this interesting stuff. 👍🏼

  • @melissajackson79
    @melissajackson79 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I absolutely love these vids!

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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): th-cam.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/w-d-xo.html

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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: th-cam.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/w-d-xo.html

  • @jeniferlynne904
    @jeniferlynne904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These videos are so interesting and well made - my new TH-cam 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!
    .

  • @anthonyroberts694
    @anthonyroberts694 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for posting

  • @michaelb9580
    @michaelb9580 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    why would you blur the pictures that's ridiculous they are paintings from many years ago

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      michael b
      Probably because utube has become more Victorian about sex than the victorians....

    • @magistrumartium
      @magistrumartium 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, why the blurred breasts in the art work? That's ridiculous.

    • @JamesJ422
      @JamesJ422 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      TH-cam advertisement policy No nudity

    • @PREPFORIT
      @PREPFORIT 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      DUH

    • @weezerfan999
      @weezerfan999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Because TH-cam gets hard for censorship

  • @briabrown354
    @briabrown354 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Love your stuff man!

    • @ericconnor8251
      @ericconnor8251 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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: th-cam.com/video/boQOXk9ZEoc/w-d-xo.html

  • @trhoadhouse
    @trhoadhouse 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing rapid fire as usual Simon... Awesome

  • @djordil7071
    @djordil7071 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love youre work man thanks for it!!

  • @tricivenola8164
    @tricivenola8164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @rajdeepchelsea
    @rajdeepchelsea 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Congrats for 100k subscribers.

  • @beatzbyreefah
    @beatzbyreefah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This story is truly amazing

  • @notbad7490
    @notbad7490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Egyptian history is my all time favorite thank you Simon.

  • @gernico13
    @gernico13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

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

    • @LeglessWonder
      @LeglessWonder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @LeglessWonder
      @LeglessWonder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @InnerDness
      @InnerDness 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Classical*

    • @InnerDness
      @InnerDness 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @larasudomlak7128
    @larasudomlak7128 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing! 🌟

  • @greygalah
    @greygalah 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellent bio. Thanks again

  • @n3v3rg01ngback
    @n3v3rg01ngback 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I’m Larry. Here’s my brother Ptolemy and my other brother Ptolemy.

  • @anthonymanderson7671
    @anthonymanderson7671 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @Joe..3.8.0.9_
    @Joe..3.8.0.9_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @keriezy
    @keriezy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoyed this

  • @raynee01
    @raynee01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @zappawench6048
    @zappawench6048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a great video!

  • @ahmedb2559
    @ahmedb2559 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you !

  • @magistrumartium
    @magistrumartium 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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”

  • @nicolequeen9905
    @nicolequeen9905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @rondajones7526
    @rondajones7526 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @garudastan
    @garudastan ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @shaconaward9487
    @shaconaward9487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @VTV2020
      @VTV2020 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello! 😊 My first video uploaded here on TH-cam 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 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meh.

  • @Speaking841
    @Speaking841 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've never heard of a family so messy, even at the height of power

    • @onesarcasticboi5312
      @onesarcasticboi5312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Look at the Habsburger they where as equally Inbred or even more

  • @kiwi007
    @kiwi007 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting and well presented.

  • @paulsproule5244
    @paulsproule5244 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    very good enjoyed that so much

  • @Streetw1s3r
    @Streetw1s3r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cleopatra comin atcha

    • @Streetw1s3r
      @Streetw1s3r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anne Scholey lol. what?

  • @JeanLucCaptain
    @JeanLucCaptain 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @jenniferharris61
    @jenniferharris61 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I adore this channel.

  • @momobadass
    @momobadass 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @jonnysizzle9846
    @jonnysizzle9846 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why is the artwork at :55 required to be censored? Would the Statue of David have to censored too?

  • @Ashley-wn8cx
    @Ashley-wn8cx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love her so much❤❤❤

    • @VTV2020
      @VTV2020 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!

  • @twinmelodymusic
    @twinmelodymusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect story

  • @bobstewart8032
    @bobstewart8032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Talk about sibling rivalry and family dysfunction!

  • @ndennant
    @ndennant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @GerryBolger
    @GerryBolger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    11:53 *Roman Republic, not empire. A bit nit pickey but an important distinction.

  • @illynkimura1015
    @illynkimura1015 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful...... thank you.

  • @ma_khalid655
    @ma_khalid655 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Silkendrum
    @Silkendrum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I kept. Hearing Captain. Kirk.

    • @mimilarue13
      @mimilarue13 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Silkendrum - yessss!! How obnoxious is he?!

    • @shebbs1
      @shebbs1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where? Simon doesn't sound like Shatner.

  • @jayjohn9893
    @jayjohn9893 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Could you please cover Haile Salassie I, or perhaps Marcus Garvey?

  • @christopherharper1964
    @christopherharper1964 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    well done!

  • @LucyLouuuuu
    @LucyLouuuuu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @reillyflaherty9234
    @reillyflaherty9234 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @zenster1097
      @zenster1097 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They turned it off.

  • @aaronsullivan9000
    @aaronsullivan9000 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    great vid i subbed

  • @dmc-wraith3487
    @dmc-wraith3487 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video