Caesar, opening her letter, and finding pathetic prayers and entreaties that she might be buried in the same tomb with Antony, soon guessed what was doing. At first he was going himself in all haste, but, changing his mind, he sent others to see.
After her reign, Egypt became a province of the recently established Roman Empire. Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty , a Greek family of Macedonian origin [8] that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great 's death during the Hellenistic period.
British Broadcasting Corporation Home. She is celebrated for her beauty and her love affairs with the Roman warlords Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Read the article on one page. Memories of Cleopatra's life have vanished as monuments and palaces have fallen to ruins over the millennia.
I have a confession to make. Obviously, the writers use ample creative license, so when I sat down to read Cleopatra by Duane W.
Cleopatra , queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony , takes her life following the defeat of her forces against Octavian, the future first emperor of Rome. Cleopatra, born in 69 B.