Cleopatra and caesar french.
Cleopatra meets caesar carpet.
Cleopatra gave birth to ptolemy xv caesarion on 23 june 47 bc.
In 48 bc the resourceful cleopatra forbidden by her brother ptolemy xiii to meet with the roman general had herself wrapped in a carpet or according to some historians a linen sack and smuggled into caesar s quarters.
Consider the dramatic way she introduced herself to julius caesar and mark antony.
After wrapping her up her servant apollodoros presented the carpet to caesar.
As i explain in this article i wrote in january 2020 the famous story of cleopatra rolling out of a carpet when she met julius caesar for the first time comes from a mistranslation of a passage in the biography the life of julius caesar written.
Then cleopatra revealed herself and explained her situation to the dictator.