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The story of Cleopatra is full of love, romance, greed and war.

The story of Cleopatra is full of love, romance, greed and war. After Caesar's death, Rome was in turmoil. Several Armies competed for control. The two greatest generals were.... Mark Antony and Octavian. Octavion was the adopted son of Julius Caesar, but Mark Antony led a larger army. When Antony asked Cleopatra to meet with him, Cleopatra decided that she had another opportunity to return to power both in Egypt, and in Rome. She had already made one ruler of Rome fall in love with her. Could she conquer another Roman leader's heart?
She agreed to meet with Mark Antony in 42 B.C. and her royal ship was prepared to take her to him. A legend says that Cleopatra dressed herself as Venus, the Roman goddess of love. She filled her ship with so many rose petals that the Romans knew of her fragrance before they could see her ship. The boat was sailed by her maids, dressed as sea nymphs. She reclined under a gold canopy being fanned by servants. At their first meeting, Antony was immediately love-struck with the Egyptian queen. Forgetting his responsibilities, he accompanied Cleopatra to the Egyptian city of Alexandria. And spent the winter with her there. Mark Antony and Cleopatra became lovers. At night Cleopatra would go rambling with him to disturb and torment people at their doors and windows, dressed like servants. The Alexandrians in general liked it all well enough, and joined good-humoredly and kindly in his frolic and play. Finally, rousing himself from sleep, and shaking off the fumes of wine, Antony said goodbye to Cleopatra and returned to his duties as a ruler of the Roman empire. 6 months later Cleopatra gave birth to twins, Cleopatra Selene and Alexander Helios. It was four years before Cleopatra saw Mark Antony again. During this time he had married Octavian's half sister, Octavia. They had two daughters. It was not a love marriage, but a marriage that would bring peace between Mark Antony and his rival Octavian, but instead it brought about war. In 37 BC, while on his way to invade Parthia, Antony enjoyed another stay with Cleopatra. He hurried through his military duties and raced back to Cleopatra. From then on Alexandria was his home, and Cleopatra was his life. He married her in 36 BC and she gave birth to another son, Ptolemy Philadelphus. Meanwhile, back in Rome, Octavia remained loyal to her unfaithful husband. She decided to visit Antony, and when she reached Athens she received a letter from him saying that he would meet her there. Cleopatra was determined to keep Antony away from his wife. She cried and fainted and starved herself until she got her way. Antony cancelled his trip, and Octavia returned home without seeing her husband. The Roman people were disgusted by the way Antony had treated Octavia. They were also angry to hear that Cleopatra and Antony were calling themselves gods, new Egyptian gods! Worst of all, in 34 B.C. Antony gave away large chunks of the Roman Empire as gifts to Cleopatra and her children. He made Alexander Helios with Cleopatra King of Armenia, Cleopatra Selene the Queen of Cyrenaica and Crete, and to Ptolemy Philadelphus he made him the King of Syria. Caesarion, Cleopatra's child with Julius Caesar, was proclaimed the "King of Kings" and Cleopatra was the "Queen of Kings." Angered by all of this, Octavian convinced the Roman Senate to declare war on Egypt. Cleopatra and Mark Antony had gone too far!

Cleopatra Part 2 of 3: Mark Antony

Oct 16, 2008 by clairepitts1994
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    19 Comment(s) posted so far

    On Oct 17, 2008 crystal_89 wrote:

    Hehehe awesome! Thats was so cool yay great screenshots too!

    On Oct 17, 2008 Livdude wrote:

    Great job, love the outfits and their hair. \:D \:P \:cool\: Very nice work

    On Oct 17, 2008 Warrayfinson wrote:

    I love it! Great work again!
    Keep Creating!!

    On Oct 17, 2008 stephanie1225 wrote:

    Awesome \:D \:D \:D

    On Oct 17, 2008 -kalisa- wrote:

    That was great!\:rah\: \:rah\: \:rah\:

    On Oct 17, 2008 trolzgirl wrote:

    Great!!!!!!!!!!\:wub\:

    On Oct 17, 2008 maxi king wrote:

    \:cool\: great story!\:cool\:

    On Oct 17, 2008 jackieQ789 wrote:

    loved it thanks for sharing cant wait for part 3\:rah\:

    On Oct 17, 2008 narniana wrote:

    That was awesome!!Just like the last chapter!!\;\)

    On Oct 17, 2008 Earcat wrote:

    I love your costumes and decor.

    On Oct 17, 2008 skyblue7377 wrote:

    very cool...I love your scenes and sims....great story

    On Oct 17, 2008 Little Cloud wrote:

    \:wub\:

    On Oct 17, 2008 candy820 wrote:

    Awesome chapter once again. \:D \:D \:cool\: \:D

    On Oct 18, 2008 catsandbooks wrote:

    Great part, the characters and scenery are great! \:\)

    On Oct 19, 2008 cutedazy wrote:

    Very well written!

    On Oct 21, 2008 robbyngirl wrote:

    Super Job!! Great Screenshot and Great Story!! \:rah\:

    On Nov 12, 2008 Launini wrote:

    Supercoool!\:wub\:

    On Mar 7, 2009 fabrizioammollo wrote:

    Good job with scenaries.

    On Mar 25, 2009 Kvetoslava wrote:

    \:rah\:

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