We will remember that Cleopatra slept with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony long after we remember what she accomplished in doing so: that she sustained a vast, rich, densely populated empire in its ...

Dive into Cleopatra’s epic story of ambition and tragedy, as Lone Star Ballet fuses classical dance with modern flair in ...

In the middle of the civil war that would bring him to power, Julius Caesar spent ... Augustus took Rome, and Marc Antony took Egypt. Marc Antony fell in love with Cleopatra soon after they ...

Two of the world’s most powerful men fell for her—Julius Caesar and Roman general Mark Antony. “MARBLE PORTRAIT OF CLEOPATRA VII,” CA 50-30 B.C.; CHRISTOPH GERIGK, AT ALTES MUSEUM ...

Martinez believes this piece depicts Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s last Ptolemaic ruler, known for her political acumen and relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Not all experts agree with ...

Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony, with a fair amount of historical accuracy. Perhaps most importantly, it would have emphasized Cleopatra's cleverness and political acumen in a male-dominated world.

Adopted by Caesar ... of Cleopatra, Egypt’s beautiful queen. Trouble in Egypt Romans feared that Cleopatra wanted the throne for herself and his relationship with her made Mark Antony a hated ...

Cleopatra ruled Egypt between 51 B.C. until her suicide in 30 B.C., following Mark Antony's naval defeat against Caesar's adopted son Octavian at Actium in the Mediterranean. Mark Antony ...

Roman proconsul Julius ... Cleopatra spent much of that same year as Caesar’s lover, sealing her reputation in the Roman world as a femme fatale who would later “ensnare” Mark Antony.

In 48 B.C., Cleopatra, facing palace revolt in her kingdom of Egypt, welcomes the arrival of Julius ... Caesar, who she has led astray, is killed, she transfers her affections to Marc Antony ...

She may be one of the most recognizable figures in history, but we have little idea what Cleopatra actually looked like. Only ...