Cleopatra according to history was a very intelligent and intellectual person. ... The facts around Cleopatra retrieved from multiple sources, include that the Romans were expanding their power to the Mediterranean, and that Egypt and Roman politics were closely intertwined. ... However, Cleopatra's brother was trying to block Caesar. ... In his will, he wanted Cleopatra and her older brother to rule and succeed him. Evidence of Cleopatra comes from Rome. ...

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Shakespeare shows us Antony grandly entering the stage with Cleopatra on his arm obviously unashamed of being with Cleopatra and showing their affection towards one another. ... His short temper with the messenger is due to the fact that he has just been reminded about his political duty and his irritated reaction shows the audience the conflict that is set up in his mind by the tension of duty in Rome and pleasure with Cleopatra. ... Though Antony is in Egypt with Cleopatra, the world of Rome persistently intrudes. ... In Act 1, Scene 2 although Antony is in Cleopatra's palace it is the ...

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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. ... Mark Antony and his lover Cleopatra fled to Egypt where they committed suicide together. ... In fact, the Senate constructed a plot against him because they feared that he was planning on becoming king. ...

• Word Count: 571
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• Grade Level: High School

Augustus soon won over his troops and the Romans by convincing them that Antony was plotting with Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, and in 31 B.C his forces defeated those of Antony at the battle of Actium . As a result Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide. ... The fact that the Republic needed a guiding hand was beyond doubt. ...

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The fact that gladiatorial combats were the centerpiece of Roman spectacle afforded individual gladiators the opportunity to achieve fame, notoriety and, in some cases, even wealth. ... "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 Cleopatra's] behalf and fought most bravely "7 Despite Dio's antipathy and dislike towards gladiators on the whole it is apparent that he did, in fact, believe that some gladiators and, by extension, c...

• Word Count: 1225
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate