In order to avoid seeing Octavian take Egypt and avoid capture, Mark Antony and later Cleopatra would take their own lives in August of 30 BCE. Let's take a look back on this the 2,047th ...

Blood and betrayal turned Rome from republic to empire. Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and Octavian transformed Rome 2,000 years ago through military might, power plays, and political ...

Antony and Cleopatra fled back to Alexandria but, within a year, the city was besieged by Roman soldiers. Rather than be captured and taken to Rome as prisoners, the two lovers committed suicide.

FERRERO'S ROME AND EGYPT; Italian Historian Writes of Last Days of Antony and Cleopatra, and the Rise of Augustus. Share full article. Dec. 19, 1908.

Antony was quickly seduced by Egypt's queen, Cleopatra. Augustus suspected that the two wanted Rome for themselves. Before they could threaten him, Augustus attacked.

Antony made no hurry to return to Rome in the wake of the disaster. Cleopatra had become pregnant with his child, or rather, his children. In 40 B.C.E., she gave birth to twins, ...

I n the late summer of 32 BC, Rome declared war on Ptolemaic Egypt and its powerful queen, Cleopatra.In front of the Temple of Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, a member of an archaic priestly order ...