Cleopatra. She was an Egyptian queen and the last of Pharaohs to rule Egypt. She famously joined forces with the Romans statesman, Caesar and then with his general, Mark Anthony. She struggled to keep Egypt independent, but when she was defeated she killed herself with a poisonous snake.
Julius Caesar. He was a Roman general and statesman. He helped to create the Roman empire. He started and won a civil war and reformed Roman society and government. A group of senators murdered him because they wanted to change things back. His adopted son Augustus established a permanent Roman Empire.
Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was one of the greatest military strategists and leaders in world history. He was an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history’s greatest military minds who, as King of Macedonia and Persia, established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen.