In Egypt, almost no one does not know Cleopatra. She is often talked about like a strange and spectacular pyramid cluster. This is due not only to her sunken goose, closed moon and shy flower-like appearance and Venus-like figure, but also to her legendary life and the mystery of death that is still unknown.
In 51 BC, after the death of Ptolemy XII, according to Egyptian law and edicts at that time, the 21-year-old Cleopatra married her half-brother, who was 6 years younger, and jointly took power. In 48 BC, she was expelled from Alexandria by her brother after losing a court battle. Cleopatra was extremely ambitious, recruiting troops along the Border between Syria and Egypt, intending to return to Egypt to seize the throne from her brother.
At this time, when the Roman head of state Caesar pursued Pompey to Egypt, a fellow cleopatra offered her a plan in the process: send soldiers disguised as merchants and carry the queen wrapped in blankets to Caesar's mansion. Caesar opened it, and was amazed that in front of him appeared Cleopatra VII—her beauty immediately fascinated Caesar. Since then, the two have fallen in love together and become a good couple.
In return for Cleopatra's "feat" of storming the barracks at night, she became queen of Egypt and took over power. Cleopatra soon bore Caesar a son, named Caesar Leon or Ptolemy Caesar. On March 15, 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated, and she left Rome in frustration.
In 31 BC, Octavian fought with Antony at Cape Aktium.
In 30 BC, Octavian approached Egypt, at this time the Egyptian army was in civil unrest, Antony saw that the general situation was about to go, so he removed his armor, drew his sword, and committed suicide, at the age of 52.
Cleepatra, who had been captured alive by Octavian, received the news that she would be taken to Rome as a trophy for parade, and asked Octavian to let her pay tribute to the deceased Queen Antony. Before that, she had already written her own will. After bathing, he had a rich dinner. After that, she went into her bedroom in frustration, lay on a golden bed, and slept very peacefully, but never woke up again.
Octavian, who hurried to the rescue, unfolded her suicide note and the queen requested that she and Anthony be buried together, and although she was a little disappointed in her suicide Octavian, he sincerely admired her greatness and buried her body next to Anthony according to her suicide note. So what kind of method did she use to seek her own death?
Most people believe that the queen arranged in advance to bring a basket full of figs containing a small poisonous snake called "Assan" into the tomb, and then let the little snake bite her arm and die of poisoning. Or maybe the queen had already fed the snake in a vase, and then stabbed the snake with a golden hairpin, causing it to go crazy until it wrapped around her arm. Those who hold this view have proposed, based on research sources, that there is a window on the side of the bedroom facing the sea, from which frightened poisonous snakes can completely slip away. In addition, the Queen's doctor proved: "She did have two scars on her arms that were not very obvious. ”
There are also many people who disagree with the above two views, because the marks of bites or stabs are not found on the body of the deceased, nor are any poisonous small snakes found in the bedroom. They believe that death by taking poison is the most likely.