Why Did Cleopatra Kill Herself? Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta Public Domain. Did Cleopatra wish to be noble in death, or did she fear public humiliation at the hands of Octavius Augustus? The Death of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, took place on the 10th or 12th August, 30 […]

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