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Who is Arinsoe from The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A Novel and what is their importance? The_Memoirs_of_Cleopatra English & Literature Arinsoe | The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A Novel

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Arinsoe was Cleopatra's younger half-sister. She and the Older Ptolemy rise against Cleopatra after she takes the throne. With the help of Caesar, Arinsoe and Ptolemy are removed from power. The Romans later take Arinsoe prisoner, after which she is exiled. Cleopatra later requests that Marc Antony take her life.

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The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A Novel