Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te 58 BC, i haere tahi a Cleopatra me tana papa, Ptolemy XII Auletes, i a ia e whakaraua ana ki Roma i muri i te tutu i Ihipa (he kawanatanga kaihoko a Roma) e tuku ana i tana tamahine a Berenice IV ki te kii i te torona. I mate a Berenice i te tau 55 BC i te hokinga mai o Ptolemy ki Ihipa me te awhina hoia a Roma. I tana matenga i te 51 BC, ka tiimata te kingitanga o Cleopatra me tona tuakana a Ptolemy XIII, engari na te hinganga i waenga i a raatau i arahi ki te pakanga a-iwi. Whai muri i te hinganga o te Pakanga o Pharsalus i Kariki i te tau 48 BC ki tana hoa whawhai a Julius Caesar (he kaihauturu Roma me te kaunihera) i te Pakanga a Caesar, ka rere te tangata whenua o Roma a Pompey ki Ihipa. He hoa tōrangapū a Pompey ki a Ptolemy XII, engari na Ptolemy XIII, i te akiaki a ana eunuka o te marae, i whakaekehia a Pompey, i whakamatea ia i mua i te taenga mai o Hihara, i a ia e noho ana ki Arehanaria. I whakamatau a Hihara ki te whakakotahi i nga tuakana o Ptolemy, engari ko te kaitohutohu matua a Ptolemy, ko Potheinos, i kite i nga tikanga a Hihara hei painga ki a Cleopatra, na reira i whakapaea ia e ana hoia me Hihara i te whare rangatira
He aha? I muri tata mai i te whakaekenga o te whakapae, ka mate a Ptolemy XIII i te 47 BC Pakanga o te Nile; Ko te tuahine o Cleopatra, ko Arsinoe IV, i whakaraua ki Epeha mo tana mahi i te whakapae. I kii a Caesar i a Cleopatra me tana tuakana a Ptolemy XIV hei rangatira tahi engari i mau tonu tana hononga takitahi me Cleopatra i whanau ai he tama, a Caesarion. I haere a Cleopatra ki Roma hei kuini kaihoko i te 46 me te 44 BC, i noho ai ia ki te whare o Caesar. Whai muri i te kohuru o Caesar me (i runga i ana whakahau) Ptolemy XIV i te 44 BC, i whakaingoatia e ia a Caesarion hei rangatira-tahi.