The Roman poet Propertius called Cleopatra “the whore queen.” Cassius Dio referred to her as a “woman of insatiable sexuality and insatiable avarice.” They, and other Roman men like them, were largely ...

The Roman historian Dio Cassius reported that Cleopatra's body was embalmed as Antony's had been, and Plutarch noted that on the orders of Octavian, the last queen of Egypt was buried beside her ...

In order to keep Roman support in Egypt and maintain her throne, Cleopatra began an affair with Julius Caesar until his murder in 44 BC. Following Caesar's death, Mark Antony became Rome's new ...

There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would set Roman nerves on edge for most of the next 20 years. Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt, the richest kingdom in the Mediterranean.

The Egyptian queen, shown here in a 19th-century engraving, sneaked back from exile and surprised Julius Caesar. Granger Collection, New York Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt for 21 years a generation ...

A visitor views the busts of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (ruled 51-30 BC), the last Ptolemaic queen of Egypt, and the Roman general Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony), displayed alongside a statue ...