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

The story of Cleopatra is full of love, greed and war. In 31 B.C. Antony's forces fought the Romans in a sea battle off the eastern coast of Actium, Greece. Cleopatra was there with sixty ships of her own. However, the battle did not go well for Antony. His ships were slow and awkward unlike the Roman ships which were much lighter and swifter. Seeing that the battle was being lost, Cleopatra fled. This act of cowardice dealt a serious blow to the morale of Antony's men. Octavian's men fought even harder! Why did she do this? The battle was nowhere near lost. It was not even clear which fleet was winning before Cleopatra cut her cables and ran. Then something even more surprising happened: Antony abandoned his men and ran after her! The Romans saw this as proof that Antony was bewitched by his love of Cleopatra, unable to think or act on his own. The Romans knew that victory would be theirs. Cleopatra and Mark Antony returned to Egypt. Antony lived alone for a time feeling sorry for himself, while Cleopatra prepared for an invasion by the Roman ships. Then Antony heard that his forces had surrendered at Actium and his allies had changed sides and gone over to Octavian. He returned to Cleopatra to party away their final days before the Romans came for them. In 30 B.C. Octavian's ships reached Alexandria. Mark Antony marched his army out of the city to meet the enemy. He stopped high ground to watch what he expected would be a naval battle at sea between his fleet and the Roman fleet. Instead he say his fleet salute the Romans and join them. At this, Antony's Cavalry also deserted him. His infantry were soon defeated and Antony returned to the city, thinking Cleopatra had betrayed him. Terrified that he would harm her, Cleopatra fled and locked herself in her palace. She ordered her servants to tell Antony she was dead. Beleiving it, Antony cried out "Now, Antony, why delay any longer? Fate has snatched away your only reason for living." At last Cleopatra's servant came and told him Cleopatra wanted to see him. Overjoyed to hear Cleopatra was alive, he ran to her. Cleopatra was afraid to open the door because of the approach of Octavian's army, but she and her two serving women let down ropes from a window and Antony climbed them. Distraught Cleopatra laid Antony on her bed and cried, and called him her lord, husband and emperor. Antony told her to not pity him, but to remember his past happiness. Then he died. When Octavian and his Roman soldiers finally reached her home, Cleopatra was disarmed and taken prisoner. Her children were also taken prisoner and were treated well. Octavian allowed Cleopatra to arrange Antony's funeral. She buried him with royal splendor. After the funeral she took to her bed, sick with greif. Octavian kept her under close guard. One day he visited her and she flung herself at his feet trying to get his attention, but Ovtavian showed no interest. Cleopatra knew Octavian intented to humiliate her byt marching her through Rome in chains. According to legend, she returned to her guarded home, took a bath, and ordered a feast. While the meal was being prepared a man arrived with a basket of figs and delivered it to Cleopatra. In the figs was an asp (poisonous snake) it bit Cleopatra, she knew she was dying. She wrote a letter, sealed it, and sent it to Octavian. He opened it and found Cleopatra's plea that he would allow her to be buried in Antony's tomb. Octavian sent messengers to alert her guards. But it was too late. They found the 39 year old queen, dead. Two small puncture wounds were found on Cleopatra's arm. As she wished, she was buried beside Antony. Cleopatra was the last pharaoh. After her death Egypt became a Roman province. Caesarian, Julius Caesar and Cleopatra's son, died at the age of 17. Cleopatra's other children were sent to Rome to be raised by Octavia, his half sister and Mark Antony's Roman wife. Cleopatra Selene married King Juba II of Mauretania and had two children. No one knows what happened to Cleopatra's two sons with Mark Antony, but they seem to have disappeared mysteriously. Cleopatra's beauty was written about from Plutarch's Lives: "For her actual beauty, it is said, was not in itself so remarkable that none could be compared with her, or that no one could see her without being struck by it, but contact of her presence, if you lived with her, was irresistable; the attraction of her person, joining with the charm of her conversation, and the character that attended all she said or did, was something bewitching. It was a pleasure to hear the sound of her voice, with which, like an instrument of many strings, she could pass from one language to another..." ~The End~

Cleopatra Part 3 Of 3: The Death Of Cleopatra

Nov 11, 2008 by clairepitts1994
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    20 Comment(s) posted so far

    On Nov 12, 2008 Strawbz wrote:

    Wow beautifully done! \:rah\:

    On Nov 12, 2008 skyblue7377 wrote:

    Beautifull!! Brilliant...I so loved the beautifull sims and backgrounds...just incredible

    On Nov 12, 2008 maxi king wrote:

    \:rah\: great story!\:rah\:

    On Nov 12, 2008 catsandbooks wrote:

    Great ending, the sims and backdrops were beautiful! \:D

    On Nov 12, 2008 candy820 wrote:

    Awesome as always.\:D \:D \:D Loved every bit of it.\:D

    On Nov 12, 2008 Warrayfinson wrote:

    That was so good, I loved it! Where did you get the costumes, they are so good! Hope to see more soon!
    Keep Creating!!\:D \;\)

    On Nov 12, 2008 narniana wrote:

    Loved the whole story (1-3)\:wub\:!!It's great to learn so much for that beautiful pharaoh....\:D Thank you..!!!I hope you will make a story like this again!!\;\)

    On Nov 12, 2008 ProwlerTylo wrote:

    Great job.\:\)

    On Nov 12, 2008 Earcat wrote:

    Wow! Wonderful adaption. I hope you create more historical stories. Maybe Helen of Troy or Mary Queen of Scots.

    On Nov 12, 2008 Little Cloud wrote:

    Yeah, I agree with Earcat \:D. that would be cool!!! Or maybe you could do a two sided story, one from Princess Mary's point of vies, and the other side from Princess Elizabeth's point of view. Anyway, god job \:rah\: \:P

    On Nov 13, 2008 K3V!N wrote:

    very nice

    On Nov 13, 2008 Hardyfan101 wrote:

    COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\:rah\: \:rah\: \:rah\:

    On Nov 13, 2008 stephanie1225 wrote:

    Magnificent \:D

    On Nov 13, 2008 crystal_89 wrote:

    THAT WAS AWESOME! Hehe it helped me pass my History test yay! Also where did you get cleo's skin?

    On Nov 13, 2008 robbyngirl wrote:

    Great Ending to a great story!! Great Job!\:rah\:

    On Nov 17, 2008 spicylove wrote:

    \:rah\:

    On Feb 2, 2009 lug12 wrote:

    \:D

    On Mar 7, 2009 fabrizioammollo wrote:

    I'd like a lot the plutarch quotation. \:\)

    On Mar 25, 2009 Kvetoslava wrote:

    \:rah\:

    On Feb 11, 2011 Carina94 wrote:

    very nice

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