Cleopatra ultimately allied herself with Antony, with whom she had three children; together the two appeared to lay out plans for an eastern Roman empire. Antony and Octavian's fragile peace came ...

Where, oh where is Cleopatra? She's everywhere, of course—her name immortalized by slot machines, board games, dry cleaners, exotic dancers, and even a Mediterranean pollution-monitoring project.

He then revealed that Marc Antony had made arrangements to leave large gifts and royal titles in his will to his illegitimate children by Cleopatra. This was widely seen as definitive proof that ...

"Until now, everyone has had pretty much the same fix on Cleopatra: passion's plaything ... and Mark Antony (the father of three of her children and whom she seems to have loved), Egypt's queen ...

Again, Rome wasn’t delighted that Antony was handing over chunks of the empire to his kids and the senate declared both him and Cleopatra to be enemies of Rome. Octavian had decided he’d had ...

Cleopatra has fascinated us for 2,000 years. The legendary last queen of Egypt was the wealthiest, most powerful woman in the world. Today, she remains one of the most famous women of history and ...