In the Battle of Actium on Septembee 2, 31 B.C, Octavian's armies soundly crushed Antony and Cleopatra's. Cleopatra's ships quit the battle and retreated to Egypt, and Antony was able to break away and pursue her with small feet. When Octavian's army attacked Alexandria, Antony heard a report that Cleopatra had committed suicide. He fell on his sword and passed away as soon as the news emerged to be false. Cleopatra locked herself in her room with two of her female maids on August 12, 30 B.C, after burying Antony and meeting with the victorious Octavian. Her cause of death is unknown, but Plutarch and other researchers speculated that she killed herself at the age of 39 with a deadly snake known as the asp, a sign of heavenly royalty. Cleopatra's remain was laid to rest with Antony's body, allowing Octavian (later Emperor Agustus I) to celebrate his victory of Egypt and centralization of power in Rome, as she had intended.
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THE LEGENDARY CLEOPATRA
Historical FictionCleopatra VII Philopator was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. A member of Ptolemy dynasty, she was a descendant of it's founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great.
