Cleopatra Part 2: Queen of Kings

Aug 28, 2001 - © MIchelle Munro

asp (which had been smuggled in) to mortally bite her. The two faithful servants that had been by her side throughout the ordeal welcomed the same fate. As per their wishes, Cleopatra and Marc Antony were buried together to spend eternity.

Afraid that Caesarian may someday use his legacy as Ceasar's son to start a rebellion, Octavian ordered the boy's tutor to strangle him. The 3 children born to Cleopatra and Marc Antony were sent to Rome to be raised by Octavia.

The deaths of the great Egyptian queen and her eldest son marked the end of Egyptian rule. The power now belonged to Rome, and Cleopatra's nightmare became a reality as the once soveriegn nation became yet another of the Empire's provinces.

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