Ancient Female Rulers Stacey J. Coles Dr. Kristie Roberts HUM111 World Cultures Strayer University November 26, 2015 Author Note Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. -Abraham Lincoln Ancient Female Rulers Many have heard of the great Cleopatra (51-31 B.C.). Some people only know her as a queen of Egypt while others remember her as being a temptress and adulteress with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. Many scholarly students have read the Shakespearean plays of her multiple affairs and dramatic suicide, but few people knew Cleopatra the leader. Cleopatra was the ambitious last ruler of the Macedonian Dynasty of Ancient Egypt (Foss, 1999). She is an important figure in history because her life in...