In 30 BC, Cleopatra lay naked on a cold bed. Then, she took out a poisonous snake and let the poisonous snake bite her body, and it didn't take long for her to die of poison, this year she was only 40 years old.
Cleopatra, whose real name was Cleopatra, had already created a new dynasty, Ptolemy, later Egypt, after Alexander the Great, before she was born. Her father became king, and Cleopatra became a princess from birth.
Cleopatra was the second princess of King Ptolemy, she was beautiful and intelligent, and she was very loved by her father, and before King Ptolemy's death, she made a will for Cleopatra to inherit the throne with her brother.
There is a tradition in Egypt that a woman can also inherit the throne, but marry the next king. At that time, in order to maintain the purity of the bloodline, the royal family generally married siblings, so the 18-year-old Cleopatra married her 8-year-old brother.
Before his father died, the two siblings got married, and in front of her father, Cleopatra, although she did not like her brother, also showed that she took good care of him. However, when her father died, Cleopatra snatched the imperial power from her brother. She is an ambitious woman herself, and she is not willing to submit to her brother's men.
However, Cleopatra had only been in power for half a year when she was robbed of her power by ministers who assisted her brothers, because in Egypt she still felt that women should submit to the rule of men.
Cleopatra was robbed of power, but she never gave up, she has been waiting for an opportunity to turn around against the wind. The effort paid off, and soon after, she got a chance.
At that time, there was a civil war in Rome, and the faction led by Julius Caesar fought with the Pompey faction, although Pompey's forces were not lost to Julius Caesar, but because of insufficient combat experience, he suffered a defeat, he had no choice but to escape, and just came to Egypt.
Egypt was at this time in the hands of Cleopatra's younger brother, Ptolemy XIII, he wanted to sell a favor to Julius Caesar, so he grabbed Pompey and gave his head to Julius Caesar, but he didn't think that his clever approach touched Julius Caesar's backlash.
Although Pompey was an enemy of Julius Caesar, he was also the son-in-law of Julius Caesar, and although they could hurt each other, they could not tolerate others hurting each other, and Julius Caesar did not receive the favor of Ptolemy XIII, but was very dissatisfied with him.
Cleopatra saw Julius Caesar's power, and she wanted to use his power to strengthen herself. So Cleopatra wrapped herself in a bed blanket, let her subordinates pretend to be a merchant, and gave her to Julius Caesar as a gift.
Julius Caesar was surprised to receive such a big gift, so he opened the blanket. Cleopatra was only 21 years old at this time, and Julius Caesar was 52 years old, and he was fascinated by her when he saw the beautiful and moving Cleopatra. For a spring dinner, Cleopatra became Julius Caesar's lover.
Julius Caesar favored Cleopatra and knew that she wanted power, so Julius Caesar helped her, killed her brother, and let her inherit Egypt again, and she also gained the reputation of "Cleopatra".
In order to justify her name, Cleopatra chose an obedient brother as a puppet, remarried, and she became the de facto ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar lived together for a long time, and the two of them had a son.
When Julius Caesar later went on a campaign, he was accidentally killed by the enemy. There was civil unrest in Rome, and his adopted son Octavian and his men Antony began to fight for territory, and the two of them defeated the others, Octavian occupied the west and Antony occupied the east.
Cleopatra did not have a strong supporter of Julius Caesar, and in order to preserve her power, she let her and Julius Caesar's son inherit the throne of Egypt, and she ruled with his son.
Egypt's power is far from being comparable to Rome, in order not to let Rome swallow it, Cleopatra wanted to find a new reliance in the new Rome, and the person she picked was the more powerful Antony.
In order to take Anthony, Cleopatra also worked hard, she dressed up a cruise ship in a colorful manner, she dressed up as the goddess of Venus, dressed cool and stood in the middle of the ship, Anthony had coveted her charm, and now seeing her so active, Anthony stayed on the boat with her for two days and two nights without coming down.
It fell into place, and Cleopatra became Anthony's new lover. Anthony was a martial artist, he was easily pinched by Cleopatra, and after only a few months, he became Cleopatra's puppet, and he would do whatever she wanted him to do.
Anthony's mediocrity gave Octavian an opportunity, and he took the opportunity to attack. Anthony did not react in time, so he was defeated by Octavian, who humiliated him. Anthony couldn't let the goddess see him so downcast, and he ended up killing himself.
As soon as Anthony died, Cleopatra was once again in crisis, and Octavian wanted to capture her and humiliate her in front of the whole people. Cleopatra knew about this, but Egypt's power could not compete with Rome, she was not a character willing to admit defeat and escape, and she was caught by Octavian in one move.
At first, Cleopatra still wanted to use her "unique" beauty to conquer Octavian, but no matter how Cleopatra exerted her charm, Octavian was unmoved. For the first time, Cleopatra had a feeling of discouragement and powerlessness, she knew that she could not escape death, but how to die, she still had her own decision.
Cleopatra wanted to lose her dignity, she asked her maid to get her a poisonous snake, she took off her clothes and lay on the bed, put the poisonous snake on her breasts, and soon the poisonous snake bit her, and she also died of poison.
However, after her death, something very strange happened in the palace, and her two maids were also bitten to death by poisonous snakes. At that time, there was no reason for the maid to martyr the master, so later generations speculated that the death of Cleopatra and the maid was not their initiative, they were all killed by Octavian.
Later, Octavian buried her and Antony together at Cleopatra's deathbed request.
