Octavian magnified Cleopatra to hyperbolic proportions to do the same with his victory—and to smuggle Mark Antony, his real enemy and former brother-in-law, out of the picture. As Antony was ...

Cleopatra always had a high-profile ... in 44 B.C.E. After Caesar’s death, Mark Antony began sharing an uneasy alliance with Gaius Octavian (Caesar’s grandnephew) and army general Marcus ...

"Cleopatra negotiated with Octavian to allow her to bury Mark Antony in Egypt. She wanted to be buried with him because she wanted to reenact the legend of Isis and Osiris. The true meaning of the ...

Octavian defeated Antony's forces at the battle of Actium in 30 B.C. Shortly afterward, Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide, he by his own sword, she by a poisonous asp. Octavian, according to ...

Roman General Mark Antony, disputing Octavian’s right to leadership, formed a romantic and political alliance with Cleopatra. However, he abandoned her and the twins she bore him to marry ...

Julius Cesar and Cleopatra in the Horrible Histories ... With Caesar gone, Rome was being ruled by three men including Mark Antony and Octavian. Mark Antony was married to Octavian’s sister ...

Fake news and political propaganda are not new, but they are pervasive. Research into how to change minds that seem invested in myth rather than fact has implicated memory.

ISBN: 1783462701 Sorting Fact from Fiction in the Life of One of Rome’s Most Famous Generals Courtesy of Shakespeare and Hollywood, Mark Antony (83-30 BC) is among the most famous of all Roman ...

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