Monthly Archives for August 2012


August 12: Cleopatra

On 12 August in 300 BC, Cleopatra VII Philopator committed suicide. She was the last Egyptian leader of the Ptolemaic Dynasty and was the lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. After her death, Egypt became the Roman province of Aegyptus. Cleopatra’s story is still being retold in the modern era. The first film version […]