ValidationRequired t1_iyyewpb wrote on December 5, 2022 at 2:39 AM Reply to comment by Choppergold in Why Roman Egypt was such a strange province by oni64 Cleopatra wasn't even ethnically Eqyptian. The Ptolemy dynasty was Greek and did not intermingle with the Egyptian people. Cleopatra was actually the first ruler to even speak Egyptian instead of just Greek like her forebears. Permalink Parent 25
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Cleopatra wasn't even ethnically Eqyptian. The Ptolemy dynasty was Greek and did not intermingle with the Egyptian people. Cleopatra was actually the first ruler to even speak Egyptian instead of just Greek like her forebears.