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2 days ago · In the Liberators' civil war of 43–42 BC, Cleopatra sided with the Roman Second Triumvirate formed by Caesar's grandnephew and heir Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. After their meeting at Tarsos in 41 BC, the queen had an affair with Antony which produced three children.
5 days ago · Mark Antony, the Roman general, and Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen, had a love affair that rocked the ancient world. It was a romance that would go down in history as one of the most famous and scandalous of all time. Their relationship began when Antony summoned Cleopatra to meet him in Tarsus.
10 hours ago · Cleopatra and Antony were trapped, their forces depleted, and their options limited. According to ancient sources, Antony fell on his sword, believing Cleopatra had betrayed him. Mortally wounded, he was brought to Cleopatra’s mausoleum, where he died in her arms. Cleopatra, realizing all was lost, took her own life.
4 days ago · In 34 BCE, Antony ceded vast swathes of Roman territory to Cleopatra and their children, restoring the Ptolemaic Empire to its greatest extent since the 3rd century BCE. This made Antony appear disloyal to Rome and worsened tensions between him and his former brother-in-law Octavian.
5 days ago · Cleopatra's relationship with the Roman triumvir Mark Antony enabled her to expand Ptolemaic influence throughout the eastern Mediterranean. However, it also precipitated a war between the Roman Senate and Antony, which saw Antony and Cleopatra's forces destroyed by Augustus at the Battle of Actium in 30 BCE.
4 days ago · The defeat of Cleopatra and Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE marked the end of Ptolemaic rule. Following their defeat, Cleopatra and Antony committed suicide, and Egypt was annexed as a province of the Roman Empire. Cleopatra's death marked the end of an era, but her legacy and the cultural influences of her reign persisted.
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