This doomed romance ended abruptly in 44 BCE when Caesar was quite literally stabbed in the back (and from all sides) by his ...

The first-century B.C. Cleopatra immortalized by Plutarch, Shakespeare and Elizabeth Taylor was merely the seventh, and last, in the line of Cleopatras to rule Egypt in 193-30 B.C. Their claims to ...

Cleopatra VII was the last queen of the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic dynasty, ruling Egypt from 51-30 BC. After her death, Egypt fell under Roman domination.

The Roman historian Dio Cassius reported that Cleopatra's body was embalmed as Antony's had been, and Plutarch noted that on the orders of Octavian, the last queen of Egypt was buried beside her ...

Afterwards, Egypt fell under Roman domination. The identity of Cleopatra's mother is not known, and historians say it is possible that she, or any other female ancestor, was an indigenous Egyptian ...

Julius Cesar and Cleopatra in ... 49 BCE he quite fancied ruling without his sister/wife. He conspired against her, so Cleo fled to Syria, raised an enemy and soon Egypt had descended into civil ...

said that biological anthropological studies have found that Cleopatra shares no DNA with South-Saharan Africans, and she descended from the ancient Macedonian dynasty that ruled Egypt for nearly ...

Trouble in Egypt Romans feared that Cleopatra wanted the throne for herself ... He convinced Romans that he was ruling in the best traditions of the republic, but actually was an absolute ruler ...

But there is not terribly credible evidence that Cleopatra was black, and instead she was of Macedonian Greek descent. The country of Egypt in particular has taken offense to the show altering ...

The job of ruling over ancient Egypt was largely thought of as a man ... figure in ancient history than the more celebrated Cleopatra. During her rule, the woman king oversaw the building ...

Cleopatra has fascinated us for 2,000 years. The legendary last queen of Egypt was the wealthiest, most powerful woman in the world. Today, she remains one of the most famous women of history and ...

When it comes to ancient Egypt, they can draw the portrait of pharaohs ruling Egypt with an iron ... (2016), "The Ten Commandments," (1956), and "Cleopatra" (1963). It's a common trope among ...