The clash of civilizations is the one of the main reason behind the tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra. ... Antony loses his head in the passionate love of Cleopatra and thus down sizes himself to a pigmy. ... Cleopatra V11 was a Macedonian Greek who was the last Pharaoh of Photomy9 dynasty. ... Shakespeare represents Cleopatra beauty by letting Enobarbus talk objectively. 'Serpent of old Nile' ,Cleopatra has great impact on Roman rulers because her love is the delicious poison for the Roman's ruler which has no panacea .Cleopatra symbolizes the feminine nature of the East whic...

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One of his most notable affairs was with Cleopatra of Egypt, with whom he had a child. The only reason that he and Cleopatra did not marry was that under Roman law at that time, only Roman citizens could be married to each other. Caesar had a total of 3 children with various women and a nephew, whom he took in as his own. ... Mark Antony and his lover Cleopatra fled to Egypt where they committed suicide together. ...

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Thomas Wiedemann states in his book Emperors and Gladiators, "When Caesar invaded Italy in 49 BC, his opponents were particularly concerned about the 5000 gladiators owned by him kept at or near Capua. "3 It is likely that the opponents of Caesar were simply looking for a means to vilify him rather than having any true concern over his use of gladiators in the armed conflict to come. ... "People and Princes without exception refused their assistance to Antony yet the men who were being kept for gladiatorial combats, who were among the most despised, showed the utmost zeal in [Antony and Cleopa...

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Born in 59 BCE, he would have been a child during the Gallic Wars of Caesar, a teenager by the time Cato the Younger had committed suicide, refusing to accept Caesar's clementia, and an adult approaching middle age by the time of Octavian's victory over Antony and Cleopatra. ... These characters' actions and traits, as well as general themes of the time show up variously in Livy's books (especially 2 and 3), and shape the way Livy presents his history. ...

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