Cleopatra - A Drunken Bet - Egyptian History - Extra History - Part 1

📜 Cleopatra: A Drunken Bet - Cleopatra VII Philopator. One of the most famous women of all history with one of the most dramatic stories. We've all heard how she gained the affections of two of the most powerful men of Rome, and committed suicide through snake bite. And while that story is very dramatic, it doesn't really capture the full brilliance of Cleopatra. More than just a romantic figure, Cleopatra was cunning, charismatic, and ruthless. And to understand how she developed into such a fierce politician, we gotta talk about her family, the Ptolemys. Talk about a nest of vipers.

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[extrahistory]

A previous version of this episode contained a section that caused confusion about the historical material. In light of this, we have decided to re-upload an updated version with the section cut. We'll discuss the reasons for this decision in Lies, but we felt it was appropriate in this instance. Thank you for bringing it to our attention and we'll strive to do better in the future.

[Tyler-syjo]

Poor Aspen. He's just excited for his role.

[rq]

4:43. Missed opportunity. Shoulda named the book “Mummies for dummies”

[hertzyscowicz]

Fun fact: Plutarch actually described Cleopatra as rather plain looking, but with a great deal of charm. The idea of her being a famous beauty was either to flatter Caesar for his latest catch and/or to make Mark Anthony look like a guy befuddled by a pretty face.

[Xiuhcoatl_]

"Cleopatra dunked on them all"

Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus After Dunking so hard on Cleopatra she literally killed herself: Am I a joke to you?

[declanellery]

Totally up for Cleopatra story, she did so much, and is known for only a few of her achievements.

Little iffy on the statement that she one upped Octavian, he was the eventual winner of the Roman civil wars that she was involved in after all.

[Mereel]

Alexander "died without an heir" should really be 'without an viable adult heir' sinve both his half brother Phillip III and his infant son Alexander IV did exist. Albeit that Phillip suffered some sort of cognitive problems since birth and Alexander was born after his father's death. I mean he even almost became King before Cassander had him poisoned.

[Freekymoho]

Despite your emphasis on the Ptolomies willingness to absorb egyptian culture, I think it's important to note that in the 100+ years they ruled egypt, Cleopatra was the first ptolomy to actually bother learning egyptian

[murder]

History is just game of thrones but free.

[belzibubtom]

I like to think Octavian, just as he was about to turn Egypt into his personal property, had a laugh at the idea that someone two thousand years later would describe such a thing as cleopatra dunking on him.

[RayV-cq]

I like how passionate Extra Credits is with reposting content after at first posting it and realising it was wrong after a few hours. Even if it is the middle of the night or day

[abcdef]

Please, Make the Viper a recurrent character. Zoey needs another animal friend.

[Arutima]

Octavian dunked so hard on her that he took Egypt as his own Imperial Domain, making him the richest man in history.

[jasonblalock]

If anyone wants a somewhat longer telling of just how messed up the Ptolemies were, Blue on Overly Sarcastic Productions has a hysterical video where he basically loses his shit trying to describe their family tree, and how it came to be so... intertwined.

[AdhvaithThurvas]

So the Ptolemies were a family that partook in incest and murdered each other a lot?






I'll just put this here: Crusader Kings 3

[thesittingacheroraptor]

3:08 why is the horse having a midlife crisis

[bladestorm]

"She got a pretty nose" -Panoramix

[alienworm]

"How about we start with a drunken wager"
I feel a strange disturbance in the viewership, as if a million DnD players all groaned at once and were suddenly silent

[deirdregibbons]

What a great start to a new history series! Ali's artwork and puns are great, as usual. The character of Aspen (and his name) is a clever addition. Things I really liked: the hieroglyphics with people and critters in the Extra History drawing style (especially the hieroglyphics that show Matthew, Zoey, Ali and her child) the book titles, "Matricide, " Aspen's cameos, Game of Egyptian thrones and Zoey in a cute pharonic head dress. Also like how you portrayed Cleopatra - it seems like you based her look on the images of her from coins from the period. I look forward to the next segment.

[The_th_Hussar]

For those wondering 5:34, originally they accused the Ptolemaic dynasty of "cultural appropriation".