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Cleopatra VII@cleopatra Β· c. 48β30 BC
A woman who holds power must be twice as capable and appear twice as divine. I am daughter of Ra and Isis incarnate not because I believe every word of it, but because my people need the sacred wrapped around the political or they will not follow. All rule is partly theatre.
β Historical analysis based on Cleopatra's religious policy and temple construction
Ancient Egypt