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What territories did Cleopatra VII seek from Mark Antony?
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Cleopatra, carving from the temple of Horus at Idfū, Egypt.
In exchange for providing financial support for his Parthian campaign, Cleopatra VII requested that Mark Antony return much of Egypt’s former eastern empire to her control. Specifically, she sought:1
Later, during the event known as the "Donations of Alexandria" in 34 BCE, Antony and Cleopatra further distributed territories to their children, including Armenia, lands beyond the Euphrates, and Cyrene.1