When you think of Cleopatra you tend to think of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile. Which isn’t far from the truth. Cleopatra was queen of Egypt, which is located on the Nile River. In her lifetime she had every luxury imaginable, which she used to gain the popularity of the roman authority. She was very important in terms of Egyptian history. However she was also very well known in terms of Roman history. She …showed first 75 words of 478 total…

…showed last 75 words of 478 total…Their relationship inspired Shakespeare’s play, “Antony and Cleopatra,” which dealt with their lives together. In result of losing the Battle of Actium, Cleopatra surrendered and attempted to establish a relationship with Ocatavian, later becoming Augustus the first Julian emperor of Rome. She failed, thus in 30 b.c. she allowed herself to be bitten by a cobra, which is a royal symbol of ancient Egypt. After he brother was killed that ended the Ptolemaic dynasty.