Cleopatra VII Philopator was born in 69 BC in Egypt and died in 30 BC, likely by suicide from a snake bite. She was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt and an Egyptian queen of Macedonian Greek descent. Cleopatra taught herself politics from observing her father's rule. She aspired to make Egypt as beautiful as herself and to be a better ruler than her father. Cleopatra had a son with Julius Caesar and died by suicide when her lover Mark Antony died in battle. She is credited with revolutionizing the use of makeup in Egypt.