Cleopatra, and Marc Antony spent time in their decadent love affair on the Greek island of Samos in the summer of 32 B.C.

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

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 ...

Marc Antony was a no less fascinating character than Cleopatra. In his youth ... the first emperor of Rome. Octavian defeated Antony's forces at the battle of Actium in 30 B.C. Shortly afterward ...

Certainly she possessed the ability to roil passions in two powerful Roman men: Julius Caesar, with whom she had one son; and Mark Antony ... following Antony and Cleopatra's defeat at Actium ...

Cleopatra and Mark Antony’s ambitions led to a military confrontation with Octavian. The decisive battle at Actium in 31 BCE ended in their defeat. ・Antony and Cleopatra retreated to Egypt ...

She returned to Egypt after Caesar was assassinated and fell in love with Mark Antony. The latter was defeated by his rival Octavian in 31 BC. Cleopatra chose death by snake bite and Mark Antony ...

Antony’s army was defeated. He fled to Alexandria ... Her three children were taken to Rome and raised by Mark Antony’s widow. One of her daughters. Cleopatra Selene, later became a queen ...

Cleopatra returned to Egypt as Caesar’s great-nephew and heir, Augustus, teamed up with Marc Antony and Lepidus to fight Caesar’s assassins. By 42 BC, Augustus and his allies had gained the ...

Over the next few years, they defeated their enemies in Rome ... 31 BC destroyed three-quarters of the Egyptian fleet. Cleopatra and Marc Antony killed themselves and, finally, the Roman Empire ...

Soundly defeated, Cleopatra could negotiate only the form ... 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.