Cleopatra always had a high-profile love life. The queen of Egypt, she was the mistress of Julius Caesar, ruler of Rome, until his assassination in 44 B.C.E. After Caesar’s death, Mark Antony ...

Augustus took Rome, and Marc Antony took Egypt. Marc Antony fell in love with Cleopatra soon after they first met. Captivated, he decided to stay with her in Egypt. The news spread quickly and ...

While some love stories, like Romeo and Juliet or Cleopatra and Mark Antony, are well-documented, there are many lesser-known tales of romance that have had a lasting impact on the world.

Shakespeare did not present us here with an exalted love: Cleopatra is a nymphomaniac; and sex is, for Antony, just an animalistic gratification. Neither of the lovers is a noble person who ...

She was dangerous to have as a sister It wasn’t just brothers that Cleopatra had it in for. She also feared her sister Arsinoe was plotting against her and convinced Mark Antony to have her ...

The greatest plays, profound books, all have tried to put into words how love moulds our lives – from the ancient wisdom of the Valmiki Ramayana to the timeless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, or the ...

She returned to Egypt after Caesar was assassinated and fell in love with Mark Antony. The latter was defeated by his rival Octavian in 31 BC. Cleopatra chose death by snake bite and Mark Antony ...