Cleopatra — "I shall adorn Caesar's triumph with my death."
I shall adorn Caesar's triumph with my death.
I shall adorn Caesar's triumph with my death.
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"I will never bow to a Roman."
"My will is as strong as my kingdom."
"I am not a woman to be trifled with."
"I am not afraid of the judgment of history."
"I am no ordinary woman."
Last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt who allied with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony; her suicide ended the Egyptian dynasty. Closely associated with Mark Antony (her partner and co-suicide) and Julius Caesar (her earlier ally and father of Caesarion). For an intellectual contrast, see Augustus, first Roman emperor (Octavian) — Augustus's defeat of Cleopatra at Actium ended Hellenistic Egypt and started the Roman imperial era. His propaganda machine framed Cleopatra as the foreign queen threatening Roman virtue — the founding template of East-corruption-versus-Roman-discipline rhetoric.
A dramatic statement of her intention to deny Octavian a public spectacle.
Date: 30 BCE
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