Yet today, the only reference you will find to her in pop culture is as a minor character in the hack-and-slash video game Dante’s Inferno (where she is called “the greediest woman in all of Rome”).

The most successful player of this game was Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. When he came to power after defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium in 31 B.C., he said his rule ...

Augustus managed to persuade the Roman poets ... Her last conquest was of the Roman general Mark Antony, described here as a vainglorious and oafish man who was no match either for Cleopatra ...

The Queen - the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, effectively ended the final war of the Roman Republic between Octavian and Mark Antony ... known as Augustus. It was recorded that Octavian allowed ...

Antony’s defeat and suicide ultimately paved the way for Octavian to ascend to the Roman throne as the emperor Augustus, fundamentally changing the course of history forever. Still, the ill-fated ...

The discovery of the ancient gate suggests that the famous king of the Israelites may not have been sole ruler of his time.

The Queen - the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, effectively ended the final war of the Roman Republic between Octavian and ...

Rome had emerged victorious: the age of the Pharaohs was dead. Following the deaths of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, the victorious Octavian changed his name to Augustus Caesar and assumed sole control ...

Augustus’ reign truly began after the defeat and death ... Although it’s considered fact that Cleopatra killed herself along with Mark Antony, historians aren’t exactly sure where her remains are ...

Cleopatra, the Greek Queen of Ancient Egypt, and Marc Antony, the famous Roman general ... But he was preoccupied with the upcoming showdown with Octavian (future emperor Augustus) in the Adriatic.